Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Peter Linde Busk


Peter Linde Busk  Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May  2016  acrylic and crayon on linen  43" x 33.6"
derekeller.com

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Heather Gwen Martin


    Heather Gwen Martin  Breezy  2016  oil on linen  35" x 37.5"
    lalouver.com

Monday, June 27, 2016

James Esber


             James Esber  Tricky Dick  2016  17" x 14"  water color and acrylic on paper  
              pierogi2000.com

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Merlin James

                     Merlin James  Untitled  2014  acrylic on canvas  20.5" x 15.7"
                     kerlingallery.com

Friday, June 24, 2016

Magalie Guerin


Magalie Guerin  Untitled  (Hat-Popcorn)  2015  oil on canvas  20" x 16"  
nicellebeauchene.com

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Steve Gibson


               Steve Gibson  Bar Crossing  2015  oil on linen  36" x 30"  
               stevegibsonart.com

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Bill Traylor


Bill Traylor 1854-1949  Untitled (Falling Man & Bird)  graphite on cardboard  12.25" x 8"  
fleisher-ollmangallery.com

Monday, June 20, 2016

Robert Hardgrave

Robert Hardgrave  Untitled (Yellow)  2015  toner transfer and acrylic on tyvek 30" x 24"
gallery16.com

Friday, June 17, 2016

Evelyn Statsinger


Evelyn Statsinger  Passing Creatures Near movable Shores 1978  oil on linen  47 7/8" x 38"
pafa.org

Evelyn Statsinger was a stalwart in the Chicago Monster Roster group and always a favorite of mine. She seemed to epitomize the Chicago school of painting and drawing in the latter part of the 20th century. Wonderful color, obsessive, finely crafted and steeped in the vernacular of outsider art.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

John Mills


John Mills  Lets Agree To Disagree  2015  graphite and oil on canvas   60" x 60"
rosamundfelsen.com

John Mills exhibition up now at Rosamund Felsen in L. A. is his second with the venerable gallery in the arts district of downtown. I curated an online exhibition of Johns work a few years back on www.curatingcontemporary.com. I was impressed with his work then and am even more now with his latest effort of airy abstractions. He has carved out territory in an area of abstract painting that is somewhere between automatic drawing and illustrating the unknowable. The subtleness of the ground along with the authenticity of the drawing style combine to make an unsettling viewing experience in the best way possible. The work is a perfect melding of abstraction and allusion to a private world Mills has created for us to explore.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

James Castle


James Castle  Untitled (Redwood Tree)  n.d.  soot and saliva on envelope  4 1/2" x 5 1/8"
fleisher-ollmangallery.com

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Jan-Ole Schieermann


Jan-Ole Schieermann  MYS/MOS  # 5  2015  acrylic and ink on canvas  78.4" x 70.9"
miergallery.com

Monday, May 30, 2016

Matt Kelberg


                Matt Kelberg LL Bean Boudoir  2016  oil stick on canvas  60" x 48"
                morganlehmangallery.com

Monday, May 23, 2016

Rubens Ghenov


Rubens Ghenov  Linemotes With Errings  2016  acrylic on linen  20" x 16"  
morganlehmangallery.com

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Daniel Dove


Daniel Dove  Canvas Study 009  oil on canvas  22" x 26"
leftfieldslo.com

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Jesse Willenbring

 Jesse Willenbring  Penelope Waiting No. 1  2016  flashe, fabric dye, acrylic and pastel on canvas 57.75" x 44"
thomasduncangallery.com

Friday, May 13, 2016

Amy Lincoln


               Amy Lincoln  Purple Taro  2016   Acrylic on panel   20" x 16" 
               morganlehmangallery.com

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Chris Martin


Chris Martin  28  2015  acrylic, oil and glitter on canvas  135.2" x 117.75"
davidkordanskygallery.com

This is Martin's second exhibition with Kordansky and his first in the new location with it's cavernous space and beautiful lighting. Martin is more than up to the task of holding the space with his huge colorful paintings. Martin, whose home base is in New York, uses scale, materials and above all color to achieve work that envelops the viewer in a psychedelic trip through his view of culture. I almost get the feeling that he is channeling the west coast more than the east with his obsession with Amy Winehouse imagery intertwined with glittery surfaces. I felt the specter of Bay Area Funk as I walked through the gallery.

Friday, April 29, 2016

David Reed


David Reed Painting # 650 2003-16 acrylic, alkyd on polyester  35" x 84.5" 
peterblumgallery.com

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Magali Guerin

Magali Guerin  Untitled (Hat Popcorn 2015  oil on canvas  

magalieguerin.com