ART WALK Join more than 40 galleries...

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on the first

Thursday of every month for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9

p.m. Free shuttle service commences from the Laguna Art Museum at

6:15 and runs until 9 p.m. Information: https://www.firstthursdays

artwalk.com or (949) 683-6871. The next First Thursday Art Walk is 6

to 9 p.m. April 7. [*Denotes galleries that participate in the First

Thursday Art Walk.]

*Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum will be exhibiting “Richard Pettibone: A

Retrospective,” through May 28; “Laguna’s Hidden Treasures: Art from

Private Collections,” through July 10; “Paul Paiement Hybrids 1.0 --

3.5,” through July 3; and “Surf Culture Redux” through Oct. 5.

“Paul Paiement: Hybrids 1.0 - 3.5,” is a five-year survey of the

Los Angeles-based painter. Hybrids are an ongoing series of water

color and egg tempera paintings based on psychological theories of

visual perception, with the artist acting as a painter, scientist,

and entomologist.

Lecture: Artist Paul Paiement will lecture on his work over the

past five years, including a book signing of his catalog at 1 p.m.

Sunday. Lectures are free with paid admission.

“Richard Pettibone: A Retrospective,” is the first retrospective

of Pettibone’s work in more than 20 years. The exhibit will present a

range from his early assemblages and small-scale “replicas” that

first brought him critical attention in the ‘50s and ‘60s, to his

sculptural work and his most recent complexly layered work.

“Laguna’s Hidden Treasures: Art from Private Collections” will

focus on collectors and their art collections in Laguna Beach and the

vicinity. Works range from the early 20th Century to the early 21st

Century. Profiles of the collectors, their collections, and the

selected artwork will accompany the selections.

“Surf Culture Redux” is a re-configuration of the iconic works

from the Museum’s most well-attended show in its history, “Surf

Culture -- The Art History of Surfing.” Past, present, and future

links between surfing and art are explored through works of art by

surfers and artists influenced by surfing.

Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive. For information, call (949)

494-8971. https://www.lagunaart museum.org.

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

*California Art Gallery

(949) 494-7270

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

Primary focus on early California watercolor artists.

Architectural oils by Beverly Kadlec and watercolor landscapes by

guest artist Margaret Bedell.

*Gallery McCollum

(949) 497-4027

206 N. Coast Highway

Gallery McCollum specializes in original landscape paintings of

Italy and France, tropicals and local scenes, featuring artists

Caroline Zimmerman, Patrick Tobin, Michael Logan, David Solomon and

Michael Obermeyer.

*Greenwood/

Chebithes Gallery

(949) 494-0669

330 N. Coast Highway

Featuring Bennett Bean, Timothy Berry and Daniel DuPlessis.

*Laguna North Gallery

(949) 494-4324

376 N. Coast Highway

Featuring watercolors by Laurie Downey and oils by Pamela

Panattoni.

Len Wood’s Indian

Territory, Inc.

(949) 497-5747

305-D N. Coast Highway

*Lu Martin Galleries

(949) 494-8074

372 N. Coast Highway

Featuring a large variety of original paintings by 14 regional and

internationally known artists including Stephen Shortridge, Mostafa

Keyhani, Lu Martin, Don Langford, Ruo Li, Gerhard Ruhland, Alfredo

Gomez and Lin Hua Zheng.

*Marion Meyer

Contemporary Art

(949) 497-5442

354 N. Coast Highway

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art is featuring Melissa Battersby, an

intuitive artist who paints with the palms of her hands without the

use of brushes.

*Peter Blake Gallery

(949) 376-9994

326 N. Coast Highway

The Peter Blake Gallery on North Laguna’s historic Gallery Row has

been a definitive source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

https://www.artscene cal.com/ pblake.html

*Quorum Art Gallery

(949) 494-4422

374 N. Coast Highway

The gallery includes 12 artists, presenting a variety of artwork

expressions. Newest gallery member Mike Kenney is featuring landscape

paintings past and present.

*Sandstone Gallery

(949) 497-6775

384A N. Coast Highway

Exhibiting Transparent watercolors by featured artist Shirley

Amburgey and scenic paintings by guest artist Richard M. Greene.

Schaar Galleries Ltd.

(949) 497-7289

484 N. Coast Highway

https://www.schaar galleries.com

*Studio 7 Gallery

(949) 497-1080

384B N. Coast Highway

Oil painting demonstrations by local plein air artists in

residence Eagle, Robinson and Wodark, Cram, Anderson, Saltzman,

Urchizono, Weiderman and Yeomans.

*Deborah Carman Gallery

(949) 464-9709

305 N. Coast Highway

Featuring new works by Deborah Carman including paintings,

graphics and whimsical ceramic animals and unique decorative

sculptures.

*Whitney Gallery

(949) 497-4322

350 N. Coast Highway

https://www.marc whitney.com

Featuring the works of artist Marc Whitney, whose eclectic, highly

personal style encompasses such themes as figures, interiors,

landscapes and still life. Also exhibiting other artists, including

Giovanni Casadei, Peggi Kroll-Roberts and Andrea Krupp.

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Art Edge Gallery

(949) 497-7520

761 S. Coast Highway

https://www.artedgegallery.com

A new gallery featuring a wide range of original art by national

and international artists, including a fine selection of contemporary

Chinese watercolor and oil paintings.

*Bluebird Gallery

(949) 497-5377

1540 S. Coast Highway

The Bluebird Gallery has been specializing in California

impressionist paintings for more than 22 years, featuring artists

George Gallo, William Dorsey, Elaine Hughes, Joseph Aason and Martin

Weekly.

*Cove Gallery

(949) 494-1878

1294 S. Coast Highway

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway

Featuring highlights from the gallery’s collection of early

California impressionists and works by contemporary artist David

Chapple.

*Contemporary

Chinese Fine Art

(949) 376-6799

1099 S. Coast Highway

Featuring “New Paintings” through March. Exhibiting top

contemporary realist artists from Mainland China, carrying only

original oil paintings by 18 contemporary masters of realism,

including still-lifes, figurative and landscapes.

*The Esther Wells Collection

(949) 494-2497

1390 S. Coast Highway

https://www.estherwells collection.com

Featuring “Marks of Creativity,” for the third year in a row. The

gallery is presenting new, selected drawings from some of the

gallery’s resident artists. This year’s exhibition is comprised of

small works with a variety of subjects, media and styles.

*Fil Mottola Gallery

(949) 497-1050

1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8

Featuring American and European academician artists from the 19th

and 20th Century. Featured artist is Fil Mottola. Also featuring the

works of 65 international artists.

Gallery Grace

(949) 376-9951

1966 S. Coast Highway

https://www.gallery-grace.com

*Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery

(949) 376-7902

1550 S. Coast Highway

Featuring the finest collection of Zimbabwean sculpture in the

United States. Works by two of the greatest stone carvers in the

world -- Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Sylvester Mubayi.

*J. Kamin Fine Art

(949) 494-5076

1590 S. Coast Highway

Exhibiting a new arrival of Post World War II Russian

Impressionists paintings; contemporary American Impressionists;

Jacqueline Kamin; Chinese master Shuqiao Zhou and emerging

contemporary impressionist Stacy Kamin.

*Laguna’s Little Gallery

(949) 280-3209

1276 S. Coast Highway

“Oriental Group Show,” featuring the fine art collections of

Tibetan, Chinese and Indian art.

Li-Ying & Co.

(949) 376-0525

537 S. Coast Highway

Kaspin is back! The gallery has the largest new collection of his

original oil paintings. Also featured this month is Robin Altman’s

new collection of prints and oils by Nancy Pace and Elaine Hughes.

*Lynn Peri

(949) 497-6690

1590 S. Coast Highway.

Presenting contemporary Italian fine art etchings by renowned

artists Agostino Zaliani, Safet Zec, Enzo Faraoni and many others.

Also featuring sculpture by Carlos deAnda and jewelry by Alma.

The Old Picture Company

Two locations: 1259 S. Coast Highway, (949) 497-6337 and 682 N.

Coast Highway (949) 497-7122.

https://www.theoldpicture

company.com

Featuring thousands of vintage photographs, ranging from small 8 x

10s to over-sized panoramas and mounted plaques, in sepia tone or

black and white. They also carry gift items, clothing, and home

accessories.

*Redfern Gallery

(949) 497-3356

1540 S. Coast Highway,

Suite 103 https://www.redfern gallery.com

Featuring Mark Rossi “Fantastic Bronzes.” Rossi captures the

essence of each animal through close study in the desert and

foothills.

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

1476 South Coast Highway

California’s largest gallery featuring original antique

lithographic posters. The gallery is a museum unto itself showing how

color art printing was initially created -- the stone lithographed

poster. Current artists: Jules Cheret, Cappiello and Toulouse Lautrec

and more.

*Vladimir Sokolov Gallery

(949) 494-3633

1540 S. Coast Highway

Featuring contemporary, unique mixed media collage and acrylic

paintings by Vladimir Sokolov; acrylic paintings by Alexander Sokolov

and laminated acrylic sculpture by Vasa.

*Watercolor Gallery

(949) 494-8838

1492 S. Coast Highway, No. 7

Featuring Cindy Moore’s “Impressions of California.”

*Wendt Gallery

(949) 497-4292

1550 S. Coast Highway, Suites 101 and 102

https://www.wendtgallery.com

“One Man Show” by Jeffery Hein.

CENTRAL

DOWNTOWN GALLERIES

Auster Studio/Gallery 133

(949) 494-9525

2405 Laguna Canyon Road

https://www.kenauster.com

Banking on Art at

Wells Fargo Bank

(949) 598-9844

260 Ocean Ave.

Community Art Project’s Banking on Art is featuring an exhibition

of Laguna Outreach for Community Arts artists.

Festival of Arts exhibit at

Wells Fargo Bank

(949) 464-4282

260 Ocean Ave., third floor

Featuring artworks by 2005 Festival of Arts jurors: photographer

Jerry Burchfield, watercolorist Roger Folk, plein-air oil painter

Mark Jacobucci, printmaker Julita Jones, mixed media artist Terry

Manchester, multi-media artist Charlotte Myers, ceramicist Marjorie

Sawyer and sculptor John Warren.

The exhibit runs through April 10 and is part of an ongoing series

at Wells Fargo. Admission is free.

Coffin/Fulton Fine Art

(949) 497-2214

301 Forest Ave.

Featuring plein air landscapes and figurative work of A. Jane

Fulton and Lesanne Pelle Coffin.

The Crystal Image

(949) 497-3399

225 Forest Ave.

Featuring one of the world’s largest natural arts gallery with

world class gem art, museum quality home decor, as well as fossils,

minerals, meteorites and gem and mineral jewelry.

*Diane DeBilzan Gallery

(949) 494-5757

224 Forest Ave.

The gallery is featuring a group show featuring artists William

DeBilzan, Louis Longi and new gallery artist Andrew Myers.

*Fingerhut Gallery

(949) 376-6410

210-A Forest Ave.

The gallery represents a collection of paintings, graphics and

sculptures by Jiang, Toomalatai, Snowden, Barbara McCann, Vanderween,

Dr. Seuss, and Wilkinson, along with modern masters, including

Chagall, Picasso, Miro, Rembrandt and Matisse.

Forest Avenue Fine Art

(949) 376-4244

220 Forest Ave.

https://www.forestavenue fineart.com

Exhibits continue with Alexander Volkov, Csaba Markus, Paige

Bradley, Alexandra Nechita, Frederick Hart, Siu Ho Lee and the Makk

Family.

*Harlow’s

(949) 376-6075

332, Suite 7 Forest Ave.

Featuring original works by artists James Strombotne, Gerard Van

der Leun, Maureen K. Scott, Dante Liberi, Annette Reed, Patrick

Clifford, Juliane Hodjera, Suzanne de Ainza Oliver.

*Laguna College

of Art & Design

(949) 376-6000

2222 Laguna Canyon Road

https://www.lagunacollege.edu

Featuring “Color It Orange,” the 31st annual juried youth art

exhibition of countywide schools for students Kindergarten through

twelfth-grade 12. More than 700 pieces by hundreds of studentswill be

on display. An opening reception and scholarship award ceremony will

be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the college.

McKeehan Art Gallery

(714) 883-3861

3295 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite C, at Stan Oaks

Exhibits feature flowers, landscapes, wildlife and portrait-style

paintings in oil and pastels.

*Miranda Galleries

(949) 497-4491

417 S. Coast Highway

A unique and innovative gallery, featuring a collection of

contemporary artwork from around the world, including an extensive

collection of sculpture, works on canvas and paper and original

graphics and monotypes.

*Pacific Edge Gallery

(949) 494-0491

540 S. Coast Highway,

Suite 112 https://www.pacificedge gallery.com

Featuring Brenda K. Bredvik’s new one-woman show “Paradise opened

Saturday and will run through April 8. The gallery has a collection

of recent works by gallery artists John Cosby, Sandra Jones Campbell,

Tom Swimm and Maria Bertran.

Pure Color

(949) 497-1129

570 S. Coast Highway

Featuring powerful images of art in nature with the photographic

art work of Mike Kelly.

*Richard MacDonald Gallery and Sculpture Garden

(949) 497-4988

326 Glenneyre St.

https://www.richard macdonald.com

Figurative sculptor, Richard MacDonald, will be showing a diverse

collection of new and retrospective bronze sculpture reflecting his

life-long interest in dancers, athletes, mimes, and Cirque du Soleil

performers.

*[seven-degrees]

(949) 376-1555

891 Laguna Canyon Road

https://www.seven- degrees.com

Featuring local and resident artist’s paintings, sculptures and

installations.

[seven-degrees] is a multi-media art and event venue that defines

experience. The technology equipped media lounge, an idea lab for the

promotion of artistic endeavor, the gallery and visiting artists

studios are open to the public.

*Sherwood Gallery

(949) 497-2668

460 S. Coast Highway

Featuring an eclectic collection of contemporary and progressive

works of art. Representing more than 30 artists in mixed media,

glass, jewelry, sculpture, paintings and ceramics.

*Studio Strombotne

332 Forest Ave, Suite 10

(949) 376-4636.

Featuring original works by James Strombotne.

*Wentworth Gallery

(949) 376-3878

305 Forest Ave.

Features art by internationally acclaimed artists including Peter

Max, Howard Behrens, Charles Fazzino, Gary Benfield, Calman Shemi,

David Schluss and Janet Treby also including authenticated works by

Picasso, Miro, Chagall, Dali, Matisse and Renoir.

*William Merrill Gallery

611 S. Coast Highway

(949) 464-0067

Featuring “Larger Than Life Ceramics” by sculptor Cybele Rowe, an

Australian residing in Southern California. The gallery offers an

international collection of original fine contemporary art. The

principle interest of the gallery is in reflecting the diversity and

creativity found in Contemporary Modern Art and Sculpture.

*Win Henstock Gallery

(949) 376-5789

550 S. Coast Highway

Specializing in original California impressionist plein air

paintings by world recognized painters, featuring Saim Caglayan,

Calvin Liang, Win Henstock, Jim Wodark, Steve Wang, Anita Plummer and

Barbara Fudurich.

*World Treasures Gallery

(949) 376-8176

176 S. Coast Highway

The gallery features works of art from around the world. Featuring

soapstone and wood sculptures, their collection consists of vibrant

paintings, contemporary sculpture, ceramics, functional art and

furniture. Paintings on clay by J. Ortiz.