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…
Category: Galleries
Eric Merrell: Bringing the California Desert to NYC
Bascom Burns, Tributes to Phil Kovinick, Tim Townsley, Silvio Silvestri and More News
Slow Art, Palm Desert Firehouse Mural, Historic Artist’s Home in Danger and More
With Desert X returning to the Valley in 2019, all eyes will be on installations scaled to Instagram. In the shift to Insta-art, those who work in the enduring tradition of 20th Century Impressionist painters are easily overlooked. One such…
Magic Bus, Mutant Cactus, Desert Light Gallery and More
J. Smeaton Chase, Kim Stringfellow, Joshua Tree Mapmaker and More
Indio Water Tower, Banning Art Scene, Samuel DeWalt Arner, Made in the Mojave and More
The Desert X team may want to look to Indio for an example of site-specific art firmly rooted in the desert soil. You start with a local ingredient, in this case a 95-year-old water tower that stood at the corner…
Desert X Etiquette, Lou Armentrout, Cathedral City Arch, Desert Drawing Club and More
Swinnerton Stash, Eric Merrell, Hwy 62 Art Tours, Mary Weatherford on Agnes Pelton and More
When Alan and Lois Stoneman built a home at Thunderbird Country Club in 1960, they asked Jimmy Swinnerton to paint them a smoke tree (a favorite of Alan’s.) Swinny borrowed the throw pillows from the couple’s sofa to make the painting match…
Lost Desert Artists, Erin Hanson’s Painted Parks, Bill Ogden, Hilbert Museum and More
One of the premier Impressionist painters in the US in the early 1900s, Julian Itter was also a Mojave desert artist and gold miner. Yet none of his desert paintings have been found. Adrienne Sadlo, a student at Eastern Washington…