ART WALK Join more than 40 galleries...

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on Thursday

for a festive cultural evening from 6 to 9 p.m. Free shuttle service

starts from the Laguna Art Museum at 6:15 and runs until 9 p.m.

Information: www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com or (949) 683-6871.

(*Denotes galleries that participate in the First Thursday Art Walk.)

The next Art Walk will be on Oct. 6.

LAGUNA ART MUSEUM

“While Pollock Was Sleeping: Bay Area Abstract Expressionism from

the Blair Collection” runs through Oct. 2.

The Blair Collection provides a rich view of California Abstract

Expressionist painting from 1948 to 1964. The collection includes a

few easily recognizable names, but many of the works in the

exhibition are by lesser known artists who are equally significant to

the “Second Wave” of Abstract Expressionist painting.

“California Art from the Permanent Collection: Part I, The

Beginning, 1832-1925” is the first of three exhibits that focus on

art from the museum’s permanent collection., which holds works

ranging from the early 19th century to present day. This first

exhibit, which runs through Oct. 2, traces art in California from the

earliest paintings, which were mostly descriptive, primitive

landscapes, to the romantic landscapes in Northern California, to the

advent of impressionism in Southern California, and, finally, to the

various modernist movements that followed.

“Surf Culture Redux” is on exhibit through Oct. 5. “Surf Culture

Redux” is a reconfiguration of the iconic works from the museum’s

most well-attended show in its history, “Surf Culture -- The Art

History of Surfing.” “Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the

Early 1900s,” is on view indefinitely in the Stein-Brief Gallery, is

a reprise of the Museum’s popular 2003 exhibition. The exhibition

features paintings, photographs and memorabilia that exemplify life

in Laguna Beach from circa 1900 to 1930. Artists represented include

(among others) William Wendt, Joseph Kleitsch, Clarence Hinkle, Edgar

Payne and Anna Hills.

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

494-8971. o7www.lagunaartmuseum.org.f7

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

California Art Gallery

(949) 494-7270

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

Primary focus on early California watercolor artists.

*Gallery McCollum

(949) 497-4027

206 N. Coast Highway

Gallery McCollum specializes in original landscape paintings of

Italy and France, tropical 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 artists Paul Brigham, Joseph Maruska and Logan Wood.

*Laguna North Gallery

(949) 494-4324

376 N. Coast Highway

Featuring oils by Margaret Jamison and Pamela Panattoni.

*Lu Martin Galleries

(949) 494-8074

372 N. Coast Highway

Featuring new mixed media abstract paintings by Greg Martin.

*Marion Meyer

Contemporary Art

(949) 497-5442

354 N. Coast Highway

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art is continuing The Eva Carter show

“Emotions on Motion” through Sept. 25 and is

also featuring Constance E. Scopelitis: Contemporary Portraiture.”

Scopelitis is a narrative figure painter. Her vibrant work defies

classification as it is filled with symbols, icons, archetypes and

myths that require contemplation to fully appreciate the visual

vibration on canvas. The compositions typically employ a discernible

foreground, middle ground and background, which invite the viewer

into the dream. She often combines traditional portraiture with

inferences to literature and mythology effectively joining the

ancient with modern.

*Moz International

(949) 376-5121

673 N. Coast Highway

Featuring Carlos Albert, “Latest Sculptures.”

*Peter Blake Gallery

(949) 376-9994

326 N. Coast Highway

Featuring Eric Johnson and Todd Brainard. The Peter Blake Gallery

on North Laguna’s historic Gallery Row has been a definitive source

for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

www.artscenecal.com/pblake.html.o7

f7Len Wood’s Indian

Territory, Inc.

(949) 497-5747

305-D N. Coast Highway

*Quorum Art Gallery

(949) 494-4422

374 N. Coast Highway

A cooperative gallery featuring the works of 12 artists, including

works by Ethel Alvy, an American modernist. Her landscapes evoke a

strong sense of place verging on distraction.

*Sandstone Gallery

(949) 497-6775

384A N. Coast Highway

o7www.sandstonegallery.com

f7Exhibiting in September featured artist Anne Moore’s monotypes

of “A Documented Journey”. Guest artists Helen L. Bell’s metal wall

sculptures and mixed media paintings “Blurred Boundaries II” and

returning artist Jamie Tobey-Kiendra’s watercolor and acrylic

paintings, “Tapestries.”

Schaar Galleries Ltd.

(949) 497-7289

484 N. Coast Highway

https://www.schaargalleries.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,

Uchizono, Weiderman and Yeomans.

*Deborah Carman Gallery

(949) 464-9709

305 N. Coast Highway

Featuring the whimsical art and sculpture of Debby Carman

including paintings, graphics and ceramic animals and unique

decorative sculptures.

*Whitney Gallery

(949) 497-4322

350 N. Coast Highway

https://www.marcwhitney.com

Featuring the works of Marc Whitney, whose style encompasses

figures, interiors, landscapes and still life. Also exhibiting are

Giovanni Casadei, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, David Shevlino, Cynthia Grilli

and Andrea Krupp.

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Art Edge Gallery

(949) 497-7520

761 S. Coast Highway

o7https://www.artedgegallery

.com

f7 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

Felice Hrovart, George Gallo, William Dorsey, Elaine Hughes, Joseph

Aaron and Martin Weekly.

*Cove Gallery

(949) 494-1878

1294 S. Coast Highway

Featuring a new exhibit by 15 local artists working in all media,

including abstract, plein air, still life, experimental, Chinese

brush and more.

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway

Featuring “Scenes of Laguna as Painted by Early California

Impressionists.”

*Contemporary

Chinese Fine Art

(949) 376-6799

1099 S. Coast Highway

Presenting a selection of original paintings by native Chinese

artists who blend the techniques of the old European masters with the

elements of Chinese culture, the gallery presents the works of 28

artists.

*Coolsville

(949) 376-2048

1143 S. Coast Highway

o7https://www.coolsville.com

f7Coolsville showcases the renowned wall sculpture of local

artist Roark Gourly.