ART WALK Join more than 40 galleries...

ART WALK

Join more than 40 galleries throughout Laguna Beach on the first

Thursday of every month for a festive cultural evening from 6-9 p.m.

Free shuttle service commences from the Laguna Art Museum at 6:15 and

runs until 9 p.m. Information: https://www.firstthursdaysartwalk.com

or (949) 683-6871. The next First Thursday’s Art Walk is June 2.

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

*Laguna Art Museum

Laguna Art Museum is exhibiting “Laguna’s Hidden Treasures: Art

from Private Collections,” through July 10; “Paul Paiement Hybrids

1.0 -- 3.5,” through July 3; and “Surf Culture Redux” through Oct. 5.

“Paul Paiement: Hybrids 1.0 -- 3.5,” is a five-year survey of the

Los Angeles-based painter. Hybrids is an ongoing series of watercolor

and egg tempera paintings based on psychological theories of visual

perception, with the artist acting as a painter, scientist and

entomologist.

“Laguna’s Hidden Treasures: Art from Private Collections” focuses

on collectors and their art collections in Laguna Beach and the

vicinity. Works range from the early 20th century to the early 21st

century. Profiles of the collectors, their collections and the

selected artwork will accompany the selections.

“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.” Past, present and future links between

surfing and art are explored through works of art by surfers and

artists influenced by surfing.

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

494-8971. https://www.laguna art museum.org.

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

*California Art Gallery

(949) 494-7270

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

Primary focus on early California watercolor artists.

Architectural oils by Beverly Kadlec and watercolor landscapes by

guest artist Margaret Bedell.

*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 Linda Christensen and Francis Livingston.

*Laguna North Gallery

(949) 494-4324

376 N. Coast Highway

Featuring Margaret Jamison and Storm Chase.

*Lu Martin Galleries

(949) 494-8074

372 N. Coast Highway

Featuring a large variety of original paintings by 14 regional and

internationally known artists including Stephen Shortridge, Mostafa

Keyhani, Lu Martin, Don Langford, Ruo Li, Gerhard Ruhland, Alfredo

Gomez and Lin Hua Zheng.

*Marion Meyer

Contemporary Art

(949) 497-5442

354 N. Coast Highway

Marion Meyer Contemporary Art is introducing German contemporary

artist Peter Eller.

*Peter Blake Gallery

(949) 376-9994

326 N. Coast Highway

Featuring Suong Yangchareon “Urban Landscapes.” The Peter Blake

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

source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

https://www.artscenecal.com/pblake.html

Len 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 Doug Miller who has painted at least one new painting every

day.

*Sandstone Gallery

(949) 497-6775

384A N. Coast Highway

Exhibiting “Mindscapes -- A New Perspective” by featured artist

Mada Leach and guest artists Brian Allen and Durre Waseem.

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,

Urchizono, 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

https://www.artedgegallery.com

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 works by new gallery members Lori Quarton and Ed Beyer.

*DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway

Featuring “Laguna’s Early Art Colony” paintings by its founding

members including Frank Cuprien, William Wendt, Edgar Payne and

contemporary landscape artist David Chapple.

*Contemporary

Chinese Fine Art

(949) 376-6799

1099 S. Coast Highway

Featuring new paintings from China’s contemporary masters of

realism Coa Hui, Liu Gaofeng, U Zhe, Zhoa Kailin and Zhou Fang.

Exhibiting top contemporary realist artists from mainland China,

carrying only original oil paintings by 18 contemporary masters of

realism, including still life, figurative and landscape.

*The Esther Wells Collection

(949) 494-2497

1390 S. Coast Highway

https://www.estherwells collection.com

Featuring “Artistic Pleasures” group exhibition.

*Fil Mottola Gallery

(949) 497-1050

1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8

Featuring American and European academician artists from the 19th

and 20th centuries. Featured artist is Fil Mottola. Also featuring

the works of 65 international artists.

Gallery Grace

(949) 376-9951

1966 S. Coast Highway

https://www.gallery-grace.com*Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery

(949) 376-7902

1550 S. Coast Highway

Featuring the finest collection of Zimbabwean sculpture in the

United States. Works by two of the greatest stone carvers in the

world -- Nicholas Mukomberanwa and Sylvester Mubayi.

*Laguna’s Little Gallery

(949) 280-3209

1276 S. Coast Highway

Featuring Ann Bennett’s encaustic Chinese flashcard paintings

“Decoding the Chinese Mystery.” The artist creates a dialogue between

the intellectual mind and emotional body.

Li-Ying & Co.

(949) 376-0525

537 S. Coast Highway

Kaspin is back. The gallery has the largest new collection of his

original oil paintings. Also featured this month is Robin Altman’s

new collection of prints and oils by Nancy Pace and Elaine Hughes.