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Jim McVicker Featured in Plein Air Magazine September 2015 Issue
Californian Jim McVicker challenges himself by being critical of his paintings, but when he feels confident about a particular work, he keeps putting it forward. And that confidence was rewarded …
Continue Reading »John Cosby Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, 2015
Not long ago, John Cosby set up his easel on a rocky rise gazing southward across a cove in Laguna Beach, CA, half an hour up the coast from his …
Continue Reading »Christopher Slatoff in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine August 2015 Issue
Christopher Slatoff Featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine August 2015 Issue
Continue Reading »Casey Childs Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, May 2015
Casey Childs considers all of his figurative paintings to be self-portraits, even though none may depict the artist himself. Childs explains that the models and family members he paints become …
Continue Reading »Mian Situ and Jove Wang Featured in Art of the West, March April 2015
The William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, is hosting an exciting exhibition of paintings and drawings by seven contemporary Chinese figurative artists …
Continue Reading »American Art Collector, April 2015, Peter Adams and Tim Solliday
The California Art Club’s 104th annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition displays top-quality works from California and beyond. Before Elaine Adams became executive director of the California Art Club in 1993, …
Continue Reading »Michael Obermeyer Featured in Plein Air Magazine, Fall 2015 Issue
Few plein air painters are as perceptive as Michael Obermeyer when it comes to understanding and recording the most captivating moments in a day.
Continue Reading »Jim McVicker Featured in California Art Clubs Newsletter Winter/Spring 2015
IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CALIFORNIA IS HUMBOLT COUNTY with its stands of old growth redwoods and more than no miles of coastline, mostly rugged and wild. Humbolt is also …
Continue Reading »Mian Situ Featured in Southwest Art Magazine November 2014 issue
Almost 15 years ago, although he was already an established and respected oil painter in his late 40’s, Mian Situ still lived a working life that sometimes made him feel ...
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