BARBARA JOHNSON (1927-2021) DESTINATION ABSTRACTION, FROM COAST TO COAST: OILS & MONOPRINTS FROM THE JOHNSON FAMILY COLLECTION ONLINE MEMORIAL EXHIBITION July 6 through December 31, 2023 Exhibition Guidelines: Read Barbara Johnson’s Biography here. View all oil painting and printmaking offerings below as digital images. Each digital image is labeled as to title, medium, dimensions, and … Read more
Ron Grauer American, 1927-2018 Ron Grauer (1927-2018) was a gifted graphic designer, musician, linguist, writer, and teacher; but his brilliance blazed most brightly as a visual fine artist. Honored as a “painter’s painter,” Ron set rigorous standards for himself, creating impassioned landscapes, elegant still lifes, and sensitive portraits for more than five decades. “My every … Read more
“In pursuit of the essence of bird and animal, I use a kind of bronze calligraphy to define the interplay of form and space. Using the play of polar opposites–external and internal, positive and negative space–I establish the boundaries of my artistic experience.” After a B.A. from Whittier College, I attended Claremont Graduate School in … Read more
My paintings are meditations often begun before dawn, an intuitive response to changing forms and colors–night into day, day into night. They are a fusion of tradition and abstraction–a kind of visual haiku. Highlights of my art background include: receiving a B.A. in Fine Arts from Goucher College, studying printmaking in Paris with Misch Kohn, … Read more
Christine Crozier’s oil paintings are noted for their loose, expressionist, brushwork and rich colors. Her award-winning landscape, floral, and figurative paintings have attracted collectors throughout North America, Europe and the South Pacific. “Art is always a work in progress. My greatest joy is the constant process of exploration and discovery that the creation of art … Read more
Fred Carvell is a colorist who creates contemporary semi-abstract images of the land inspired by scenes he finds in the central California coast near Carmel and in the Mediterranean countries of France, Italy, Portugal and Greece. Using acrylic paint on acid free paper or canvas, he melds bright primary colors with luminous earth tones to … Read more
Mary Beach was born in California to a family of artists and writers. She earned her B.F.A. from the University of Colorado and later studied with Millard Sheets and Rex Brandt. A series of collages resulted from discovering her father’s French World War I magazines. Here she found a new visual expression and an outlet … Read more
Roianne Hart was born in Long Beach, California and always knew she wanted to be a painter. After attending UCLA, she enrolled at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After graduating she worked as an illustrator for McDonnell-Douglas and later as a freelance illustrator. For many years she focused on the human figure, but … Read more
Peter Plamondon earned his BFA in 1967 at the San Francisco Art Institute and his MFA in 1975 at the School of Fine Arts, Boston University. Peter was inspired to paint by Big Sur artist Kaffe Fassett, on a visit to Califonia in the early ’60’s. His paintings are now in prominent public and private … Read more
Sculpture had been Eleen Auvil’s primary focus for the past thirty years. Her materials include bronze, copper, stone, wood, handmade paper and mixed media. Her techniques and subjects are equally diverse. Auvil was also a talented textile designer and a printmaker, best known for her distinctive monotypes. She holds a rare dual Artist Member status, … Read more
