Alex Schaefer and Airom

The Ballad of Jesse V.

Artists battled out on the canvas in plein air in a park in Culver City, Alex painting the environment and Airom painting introspective reactions to it unt...

Oil on wood panel

Acrylic

Oil on paper

Joseph Barron graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA and MFA. Shortly after graduating, Barron was awarded a Pollock-Krasner foundation Grant that allowed him to crea...

I was sitting across from this women who was on her cell phone shielded by the shade of the lifeguard house at Crystal Cove. I thought it would might make a good painting. :: Painti...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNRAMED: 29" x 40" FRAMED: 36" x 47" x 1.625" Artist Statement “This is part of my series, ‘Disappearing San Onofre.’ While down at San Onofre painting, I saw a boy teaching himself to surf. I noticed him come in after one too many mouthfuls of salt water. He took the time to wash the sand and seaweed off his board, but he was too tired to put away his board. He just sat down. Rather than trying to cover his crumpled pride through cussing and expletives, he sat, looked, and recovered, measuring his experience. It was heart lifting, in what looked to be defeat, he was not defeated, only disappointed—knowing he will try again. I could only smile. This kid had a rare kind of victory.” —Kevin Short...

Framed Dimensions: 17h x 13w x 1.25d inches JERED SPRECHER is an artist who makes paintings, drawings, and installations that abstract the landscape to explore the precarious relati...