Gary Fillmore, a well-known authority on Arizona and Western art, comes to Palm Desert on Friday, April 23rd to speak on the painters Marjorie Reed, John Hilton and Jimmy Swinnerton. All three once lived and painted in the Coachella Valley.…
Category: Desert Artists
Carl Bray Notecards
The Indian Wells Historic Preservation Foundation is selling note cards featuring Carl Bray paintings of classic desert scenes. The price is $10 for a box of 5 cards.
Artist Edna Hollinger
The Coachella Valley lost an important figure in desert painting in July with the death of Edna Hollinger.
Artist Jay Von Werlhof
In another loss, the desert archaeologist and artist Jay von Werlhof of Ocotillo died on December 10, 2009.
The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed
Gary Fillmore, owner of the Blue Coyote Gallery near Phoenix, has helped to assemble a show of traditional and contemporary landscape artists of the West.