Pasadena - Paintings

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "Located in the North Fork of Big Pine Canyon in the Sierra Nevada Ridge, Temple Crag rules over the landscape. I'v...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 16" x 20" FRAMED: 25.5" x 29.5" x 1.75" Exhibited A Journey Along the California Coast, at the California Art Club Galle...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibited Fleeting Moments 2nd Biennale: Works en Plein Air, American Legacy Fine Arts, November 22 – December 15, 2019 ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Painted on plein air in the artist's community of Portuguese Bend, this is a f...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 24" x 26" FRAMED: 28" x 30" x 2.125" Artist Statement "Fireworks, an aerial celebration of shimmering explosions that bu...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "I painted this work on location above Luffenholtz Beach in Trinidad California. Our coastline is stunni...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 9" x 12" FRAMED: 12.25" x 15.25' x 1.125"

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 18" x 24" FRAMED: 24.5" x 30.5" x 1" Artist Statement "This scene was inspired by a trip to Tejon Ranch nearly 10 years ago with a small group of artists from the California Art Club. The golden color offers a different take on “California gold’ and is very much like the the foothill scenery near my home in Angels Camp." — Ray Roberts

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist FRAMED: 21.375" x 17.375" x 1.25"; UNFRAMED: 12" x 16"

Mixed media on canvas, framed. EXcondition Exploring the common properties of shaping, firing, and glazing clay along with creating collage works with encaustic medium and acrylic has inspired Beth Field to create a wide range of creative pieces. She draws on her love for color, pattern, and old things of all kinds to craft individual pieces that carry an echo of another time and place. Beth Fields has followed a wandering path before finding her heart home in McKinney, TX. After growing up in the North Dallas suburbs, Beth received a BA from Eugene Lang College in NYC, NY and a MEd from Boston College...

Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired in 1997 by a private collector, Palo Alto, San Carlos, and Oceanside, ...

Provenance Acquired by the artist directly from the artist Artist Statement "Most villages were mostly abandoned, city life was the preference. The few left in the village were very graceful and kind. As I was painting a small crowd gathered to watch. It began to rain. I was kept dry by an umbrella held over me provided by the local people. —John Budicin...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. FRAMED: 28.125" x 32.125" x 1.25" UNFRAMED:20" x 24" Artist Statement "I am always looking for different ways to capture the beauty of the San Gabriel Mountains as they loom above Pasadena. I found this view while scouting and exploring the Arroyo Seco...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibited Fleeting Moments 2nd Biennale: Works en Plein Air, American Legacy Fine Arts, November 22 – December 15, 2019 ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. FRAMED: 20.375" x 32.25" x 1.5" UNFRAMED: 12" x 24" Artist Statement "Each year, Laguna Beach utilizes goats for brush...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description Winner of the Impressionist Award of Excellence, Master Signature Category Exhibited Oil Painters of America...

Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Description This view created en plein air of a trail meandering through a vertical stand of pine trees, reveals an invitin...

Created to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1995, this print by Gerald Harvey Jones, known for his depictions of historical moments, captures the t...

Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California; Private Collection, Pasadena, California; Mutual Savings, Pasadena, California — acquired presumably from the artist via an art consultant; Displayed at Mutual Savings headquarters, Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California, c. 1965–1993 A 1955 photo showing Bickerstaff paintings on display at the same Mutual Savings and Loan office in Pasadena can be seen through the online resource at Pasadena Digital History Label on Verso Mutual Savings No. 3107 Description This luminous desert landscape, painted in rich yet delicately modulated tones, depicts California’s Palm Springs Desert with a scattering of smoke trees...

2024 Consigned to American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California; 2005 Private Collector Encino, California; 2005 Ota House, Marina Del Rey;...

Provenance On consignment to the gallery from a private collector in Newport Beach, California. Artist Statement "The location is in a small town within the province of Yunnan in So...

Sepia tones permeate this remarkable oil painting by American artist Geoffrey Johnson, who captures a hauntingly timeless scene. A woman waits by the window of her home, silent, almost absorbed in the diffuse ambiance of the room? The artist emphasizes the intimacy of his subject, a silhouette between presence and absence whose identity he has limited to a shadow. The woman is treated like a ghost, associating her with the invisible and the forgotten. In all its diversity, art is a step towards understanding human emotions and, often, an opening into the soul. The canvas analyzed here is that of a seemingly banal dining room, including an old-style kitchen area, inhabited by this quasi-incorporeal female figure. This eloquent artistic choice echos a reflection on the condition of loneliness. Few details appear some paintings on the wall, a dining table with two visible plates, a chandelier, etc. The sepia tint is emblematic of nostalgia, reminiscent of the photographic process that ages pictures to give them an air of yesteryear. Here, the artist recalls the past, not to idolize it, but to question the persistence of female alienation over time. The deliberate use of a restricted, even desaturated chromatic range reflects a timeless universe in which the female figure echoes across the ages. Like an entity in a sepia photograph, where the being is frozen for eternity, the woman appears and disappears simultaneously, symbolizing the volatility of existence and the fragility of memory. Johnson confronts us with a profound reflection on our solitude and relationship with time, painting the isolation of women in the hues of a bygone era. Through a technique that magnifies the essential and erases the extra, he resurrects an atmosphere inviting us to reinterpret our reflection on existence. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Born in 1965 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Geoffrey Johnson graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he received several awards and prizes for his artistic excellence. Since 1995, he has exhibited in galleries and venues throughout the United States. His paintings may be found in many private and corporate collections, including those of Coca-Cola, Turner Broadcasting, BellSouth, and Wells Fargo. Johnson draws much of his inspiration from his travel experiences and first-hand observations. Using a monochromatic palette of sepia hues, the artist strives to reproduce the places that inspire him. Johnson’s work is powerfully evocative of the French Impressionists’ depictions of city life, interior spaces, and equestrian scenes. From Gustave Caillebotte’s steely, atmospheric renderings of foggy Paris streets and dusky rooftops to Degas’ spindly-legged racehorses, the influence of these artists upon Johnson’s painting is readily visible. His manner of distorting the human figure has also been likened to the skeletal, surreal forms of Alberto Giacometti. Johnson has established himself as a true innovator, successfully capturing the alluring space between abstraction and realism. His work is significantly influenced by his fascination with both the human figure and the powerful architecture of a modern city. Through a feeling of anonymity, figures become suggestive shapes, and the skyline of New York materializes mysteriously in the background. Johnson’s paintings embody the mood of each urban experience. Johnson has “always been attracted to interiors, work spaces [and] personal spaces.” Inspired by a box of...

This acrylic painting is a richly textured abstract study in hushed ochres, grays, and parchment tones. The work layers delicate washes of pale beige and slate gray, punctuated with ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 6" x 12" FRAMED: 9.875" x 15.875" x 1.375" Artist Statement “In a vast horizontal stretch of land open to sky...

UNFRAMED: 10" x 12" FRAMED: 14.5" x 16.5" x 2.25" Consigned to the gallery, Pasadena, California; By descent to a private collector, Encino, California; Acquired by a private colle...

Ron Childers’ works represent a series of artistic experiments, with each piece highlighting a distinct approach and technique in painting. This piece's central grid of interlocking ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. FRAMED: 30.375" x 30.375" x 1.125" UNFRAMED: 20" x 22" Artist Statement “The real voyage of discovery consists not in ...

Provenance Consigned to the gallery by private collectors Description Jack Wilkinson Smith was a New York-based illustrator before moving out West around 1906 seeking the mythical W...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 20.5" x 11" FRAMED: 20.5" x 11" x .75" Exhibited Spring into Art 2024, presented by the San Marino League at The Hunting...

This painting features a yellow sky (as Gastaldi named it) and it is part of 3. The #1 one is featuring a red sky and the third one is the desert light. #1 and 2 show the strength of nature with vigorous large brush strokes and bright colors whereas the colors of #3 depicting the desert light, are more muted and reflect perfectly the desert atmosphere before a storm. See, attached the pictures of the 2 matching ones. Jerome Gastaldi, born in Oakland, California, in 1945, is a contemporary artist. His works have been compared by art critics to that of Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Kienholz...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED:18" x 24" UNFRAMED: 26" x 32" x 1.125" Artist Statement "Capturing the movement of a sunset is always a challenge. The clo...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Artist Statement "A red bougainvillea marks a small memorial near the top of the trail. A warm spring breeze moves through the newly flowered grass." — Richard Humphrey...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Painted en plein air in the San Gabriel Mountains near the artist's home in the early summer of 2013. Description As part...

A contemporary minimalist composition depicting a painted yellow polo shirt with the black silhouette of a female dancer in a ball gown positioned on the left side of the chest, recalling the placement of emblematic brand logos. Presented as though it were a sewn garment label, the work includes the handwritten name “Zac,” applied with a fine brush. Executed on brown paper with direct, expressive strokes, the piece highlights texture and graphic clarity, combining playful simplicity with a pop-art sensibility. The artwork is signed “Donald” in the lower left part. ABOUT THE ARTIST Donald Robertson...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist; January 2024 submitted to Autry Museum of the American West for the "Masters of the American West" exhibition and sale. UNFRAMED: 2...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “Painted late one day after hiking up into the Comstock hills outside my home in Silver City, Nevada, to...

This painting is dated 1969 and signed by the artist Saint-Lou. The painting depicts three musicians with flowing hair, playing the clarinet, trumpet, and accordion. The stylistic a...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist; February 2023 submitted to Autry Museum of the American West for the "Masters of the American West" exhibition and sale. ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "While on a recent painting trip along the 101 Highway to Carmel I stopped twice to paint at one of my favorite spots, Rocky...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "This pastoral scene was painted on site over several days at a location just a couple of miles from our...

A face reduced to its coordinates. This colored pencil drawing constructs a figure from sharp angles, inclined planes, and almost geometric hollows. The eye becomes a triangle, the t...

Description im Solliday's pastel painting, "Moonlit Arroyo Pathway," invites the viewer to a moonlight hike along a meandering trail that gently vanishes into the undulating landscape of hills. The rolling clouds above accentuate the fullness of the landscape while a radiant moon bathes the scene in a celestial glow, casting its luminous enchantment upon the scene. Solliday's meticulous attention to delineated edges skillfully captures the rich textures and authentic essence of the natural world, transporting the observer into a mesmerizing nocturnal dreamscape. Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibitions 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California, November 10 – December 16, 2023 Theodore N. Lukits (1897-1992): An Aesthetic Realist and Peter Adams and Tim Solliday: Continuing the Lukits Legacy at Palos Verdes Art...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Artist Statement "It's nice to just get out and paint when having one of those challenging days, just to escape and crea...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “Here, the earth is quietly awakening as the first moments of life creep gently into the valley.” — Geor...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description This plein air oil painting depicts the uniqueness of Anacapa Island in the chain of Southern California’s Channel Islands archipelago. Anacapa was formed by volcanic eruptions. Its desolate landscape is dominated by a distinct geology of steep precipices and jagged rock formations. From this elevated viewpoint, Adams portrays the location known as Cathedral Cove with its outcropping spires and massive kelp beds that hug the shoreline. The peak of the middle island of Anacapa is visible in the distance, and further out to sea is Santa Cruz Island...

An abstract expressionist canvas executed in layered strokes of black, white, and ochre. A luminous white silhouette in the foreground appears to recline atop a dynamic field of yell...

Provenance: Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Unframed: 16" x 12"; Framed:18.5" x 22.5" x 1"

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 19.5" x 23.5" x 2.5"

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Exhibited California Art Club's 108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, March 3 - 29, 2...

This oil-on-canvas is a vibrant abstract composition built from bold planes of saturated color. Deep oranges, reds, and ochres dominate the surface, counterbalanced by earthy greens ...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" FRAMED: 19.5" x 23.5" x 2.5"

Artist Statement "While staying at the Forbes' Trinchera Ranch in southern Colorado, I was intrigued by seeing this heavy cloud layer every morning hovering below Mt. Blanca's impressive peak of 14,351 feet. The cloud layer created an atmospheric division between the cool shadows below and the bright, warm light above." ―Peter Adams Description The artist's particular bold, broad brushwork magnifies a sense of epic in this pristine scene. The painting exemplifies the American West as an expansive land of free spirit and boundless possibilities. The colors are opulent and there is an intriguing sense of mystery about the subject, a Shangri-la feeling. The presentation of the painting makes a grand entrance statement. Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Gallery Note The artist began the painting in 2006 and completed it in November of 2017. Exhibited Maxwell House...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED: 8" x 8" FRAMED: 13.875" x 1313.875" x 1.125"

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. UNFRAMED: 24" x 30" FRAMED: 32.5" x 38.5" x 2" Artist Statement “I am always excited to paint at Malibu when the surf is large and pounding. The sounds of the waves crashing, the exhilarating patterns of foam and spray, the stark contrast of light and shadows excite and enliven my imagination. I am able to totally lose myself in what I am looking at and somehow the painting seems to paint itself.” — Peter Adams Exhibited Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in California Art Club's "On Location in Malibu 2024" May 11...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Description The artist portrays his wife, Gloria, in an elegant and refined setting. Her sinuous pose and assured profile project a sense of beauty and confidence. The drape of her pink silk robe hearkens back to her Chinese ancestry and its contrasting embroidered border creates a diagonal line that exudes a feeling of strength. Outside is cool and fresh, the beginning of spring; and the Glimpse of Beauty is viewed from either side of the window. Artist Statement "A Chinese lady looking out of her window enjoying the magnolia blossom in Spring. Her window is decorated with a piece of Paper Cutting art...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist. Artist Statement "This is a view that is very familiar to me. I see this as I drive home from my studio in the late afternoons and evenings, the fading light on the walls of Laguna Canyon...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. FRAMED: 15.5" x 18.5" x 1.125"; UNFRAMED: 9" x 12"

Visual Description: This contemporary painting painted in oil on linen is a portrait of a red-headed woman in an impressionistic style. Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly ...

Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist UNFRAMED 12" x 9" x .5" FRAMED 12" x 9" x .5" Artist Statement "Which is bejeweled, the blue pearl and gold laced vase, the hummin...