The next First Thursday Art Walk will...

The next First Thursday Art Walk will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. May

1.

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Bahram-B Gallery

(949) 581-9542

1273 S. Coast Highway

Featuring stone-bronze sculpture, unique creations and paintings

by artist Bahram.

Bluebird Gallery

(949) 497-5377

1540 S. Coast Highway

The Bluebird Gallery has been specializing in California

impressionist paintings for more than 22 years.

Cove Gallery

(949) 494-1878

1294 S. Coast Highway

The gallery is an artist-owned gallery, features 15 award-winning artists.

DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway

DeRu’s Fine Arts gallery is featuring “Laguna’s Early Art Colony”

- Selection of Early California Impressionist paintings (1890-1940)

by its founding members, including Edgar Payne, Anna Hills, William

Wendt and more. They’ll also have live music and refreshments for Art

Walk.

Elizabeth Edwards

Fine Art

(949) 464-9805

1590 S. Coast Highway, Suite 4

The Esther Wells Collection

(949) 494-2497

1390 S. Coast Highway

“Compelled By Form and Shape,” sculptor Ralph Tarzian.

www.estherwells collection.com

Fil Mottola Gallery

(949) 497-1050

1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8

Featuring American and European Academician Artists from 19th and

20th Century past and present. Featured artist is Fil Mottola and 65

other artists.

Gallery Grace

(949) 376-9951

1966 S. Coast Highway

www.gallery-grace.com

Haupt Gallery

(949) 494-2486

750 S. Coast Highway

www.hauptart.com

Open House for Haupt’s own personal, private collection. The

gallery features artwork by German artist Joachim Haupt. He is known

for the modern abstract mixed-media technique that he developed

called “lacquer foil art” that incorporates lacquer, gold and silver

leaf, acrylic paint, abalone shells, eggshells and mother of pearl to

bring the painting to life. The gallery also features selective

sculptures of internationally known artists, as well as collectible

art.

Gwindingwi Gallery/

Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery

1550 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-7902

Featuring one of the world’s finest collection of serpentine stone

sculptures, including museum quality sculptures by master artists,

Dominic Benhura and the Nicholas Mukomberanwa. Collection includes

large Contemporary works suitable for indoors and outdoors. Also

exhibiting acclaimed French Limoges painter, Jacques-Jean Boiredon of

the Loire Valley. Boiredon’s works are exclusive to France and their

gallery. The gallery also has original oil Figurative Nudes by Sergio

of Chili.

J. Kamin Fine Arts

(949) 494-5076

1590 S. Coast Highway

J. Kamin Fine Art is introducing sculptor Nairi Bagdagulyan. The

gallery specializes in Post World War II Russian impressionist

paintings and represents contemporary American impressionist painter

Jacqueline Kamin and Chinese master Shuqiao Zhou. May 15 through June

30 the gallery will feature a new arrival of Post World War II

Russian Impressionist Painting featuring Genre, Landscapes and

Portraits.

L. Marconi Gallery

(949) 497-8825

1999 S. Coast Highway

Open by appointment only.

Pacific Edge Gallery

(949) 494-0491

540 S. Coast Highway,

Suite 112 www.pacificedgegallery.com

The gallery is dedicated to exclusively showing the finest

painters in Southern California.

Redfern Gallery

(949) 497-3356

1540 S. Coast Highway,

ext. 103

Featuring “Laguna through the Years” Early California

Impressionist Painters.

Shona Gallery of Stone

(949) 464-1154

1476 S. Coast Highway

The gallery is introducing emerging artist Regina Jacobson, known

for her haunting and exquisitely rendered character portraits, and

ceramic artist Ricky Maldonado whose intricately designed pieces

remind one of exotic fabrics draped over otherwise ordinary objects.

Current gallery artist include Helen Kim abstract, EW Lane mixed

media and acrylics, and jazz ensembles by Clifford Bailey. The

gallery exhibits a large selection of hand carved Shona sculpture

alongside original paintings, drawings and mixed media pieces from

contemporary and modern artists.

Solomon Fine Art

(949) 494-7120

1277 S. Coast Highway.

Village Gallery

(800) 546-5233

502 S. Coast Highway

The gallery features original pieces and limited editions of work

by Sam Park, Cao Yong and Steve Barton. A collection of work by

artist Stephen Shortridge is on exhibit.

The Vintage Poster

(949) 376-7422

1432 S. Coast Highway

www.thevintageposter.com

Showing a fun new series in collaboration with local artist Bill

Atkins. The series features two different limited edition prints.

These images were designed to invoke fond memories of Laguna for

those just visiting and to promote further visits to the city.

Vladimir Sokolov Gallery

(949) 494-3633

1540 S. Coast Highway

Sokolov Gallery has been doing business in Laguna Beach since

1980. It features unique mixed-media abstract paintings by Vladimir

Sokolov, abstract expressionist paintings by emerging artist

Alexander Sokolov and acrylic sculptures by Vasa.

Watercolor Gallery

(949) 494-8838

1492 S. Coast Highway, No. 7

Featuring a two artist exhibit -- Bob Maurer from Ohio and Roland

Lee from Utah.

Maurer’s style is known as the Royal Croft Renaissance artisan

style. Lee brings with him his original watercolors of Europe and the

rural New England landscapes.

Wendt Gallery

(949) 497-4292

1550 S. Coast Highway, Suites 101 and 102

www.wendtgallery.com

Various artists on display. The gallery specializes in original,

museum-quality artwork with an emphasis on California impressionism

and expressionism. Works by California Art Club Signature members

Karl Dempwolf and Jove Wang and the vibrantly colorful paintings of

expressionist museum artist Ann Krasner.

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

California Art Gallery

(949) 494-7270

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

Gallery McCollum

(949) 497-4027

206 N. Coast Highway

One-Man Show featuring Patrick Tobin, his new paintings, tropicals

and favorite surf locales.

Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery

(949) 494-0669

330 North Coast Highway

Modern Primitive Group Exhibition with Terry Turnell and Joe

Brubaker.

Laguna Art Museum

(949) 494-8971

307 Cliff Drive

Featuring artist workshops by Pat Phillips and Julita Jones in

printmaking the workshops are free for Art Walk. Also on exhibit --

“Waking Dreams: The Art of Lenny Kaplan, through July 6 on the lower

level, “Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s,

through July 6 on the upper level, “Whiteness, A wayward

Construction, open through July 6 on the Main Level. Information:

(949) 494-8971, ext. 0. Web: www.lagunaartmuseum.org.