To be an abstract artist in LA in the 1980s was the next best thing to being lead singer in a punk band. You lived in a downtown LA loft and partied with celebrities. Hard-edge artist Penelope Krebs enjoyed the…
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Janet Morgan and Gregory Frux: Bringing Back Expedition Art
Elaine Mathews: Master of Rock and Earth
An Appraiser Looks at Swinnerton
Cady Wells and the Desert Modern
Ralph Love and Roy Morrissey: The Art Shacks of Temecula
Plein Air Painting in the Desert
California is a vast and picturesque region with a great variety of landscape. From the snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the dazzling beaches and coves of the coast; from the flower-covered hills and secluded tree-lined valleys to…
Eric Merrell: Bringing the California Desert to NYC
The Hunt for Agnes Pelton’s Cabin
Cheryl Jordan: Seeking the Heart of the 92256
The heroes of early desert photography recognized that a time and place was passing long before anyone else came to the same conclusion. They had a way of seeing what would be missed. Mecca postmaster Susie Smith, for instance, documented…