Art Scene

LOCAL ARTIST, MEG WALLING, DISPLAYS HER COLORFUL WORK ENTITLED “Regulated Patterns”

By | March 6, 2013 at 12:38 pm | No comments

AT FG CREATIVE’S PALM DESERT LOCATION   Meg’s unusual flair for use of color, shapes and form with a touch of whimsy evoke emotion   FG Creative is pleased to announce they are showcasing the work of local artist, Meg Walling, at their offices located...

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Artists One Eleven “Wax, Pixels and Paint” Inaugural Art Exhibition December 7-30, 2012

By | November 27, 2012 at 6:07 pm | 42 comments

By Lisa Morgan This year, Howard’s Back Door Gallery has devoted his gallery and framing studio to showcasing the best of professional artists residing right here in our beautiful Coachella Valley. December 7th – 30th, this gracious host will be exhibiting a group of...

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“The World Needs Art” Stark + Kent Galleries

By | October 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm | No comments

Grand Opening Celebration, Saturday October 27 @ 4 -10 pm By Lisa Morgan “The World Needs Art” and Stark + Kent Galleries is doing their part to bring a very thoughtful and unique collection to ours.  This brand new contemporary art gallery just recently opened their...

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Veronique Branger ~ Color in Motion

By | October 9, 2012 at 9:04 pm | 84 comments

By Lisa Morgan In her own words, Veronique Branger acknowledges, “I was very lucky to know right away what my passion is.” Born in Paris, France, she studied at the National School of Fine Art in Lyon, France. At 19 years of age, she became one of the co-founders and...

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Bluming Imagination

By | September 26, 2012 at 7:07 pm | No comments

By Selma Grows It’s a pleasure to introduce another self-supporting artist in the Coachella Valley. Mr. Keith Blum lives in Palm Springs and has been practicing his art professionally for over 30 years. Blum specializes in “Trompe L’oeil”, an art technique involving...

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Into the Grey

By | August 21, 2012 at 9:48 pm | No comments

Gerard Grey is a 35 year old local tattooist. He has been working as an independent contractor at Body Accents Tattoo for almost 4 years, where all of his coworkers have different artistic styles using different kinds of medium to produce quality tattoos. Body Accents is...

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Photographer Spotlight: Chris Miller of Imagine Imagery

By | July 11, 2012 at 8:46 pm | 801 comments

By Marissa Willman For local photographer and Imagine Imagery owner Chris Miller, no two days are ever the same. In any given week, Miller could go from shooting fashion editorial on a Monday to the Honeymoon Hideaway on Tuesday and a local benefit concert on Friday. And he...

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Art That Makes You Think

By | July 3, 2012 at 8:18 pm | 1,414 comments

By Laura-Anne Rowell Originally hailing from Detroit, Michigan, local artist Lee Balan moved to southern California in the early 1960s. A true hippie who was also perhaps influenced by taking LSD during the peace and love movement, Lee hopes purveyors of his work will question...

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Art Forward

By | June 26, 2012 at 10:47 pm | No comments

By Laura Anne Rowell Art can be as simple as putting paper to pen or the act of picking up a camera and seeing beauty in the everyday. The ladies of OUTSIDE IN HERE are collative talents displaying different genres of art, life and views of the desert. Natalie Aguayo, Kristin...

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Artist Christopher James- Metal Comes To Life

By | June 19, 2012 at 10:00 pm | No comments

By Laura-Anne Rowell When you think of metal rarely do you think of dragons, owls or tigers, but that is exactly what artist Christopher James sees. His art has taken junk, fire and imagination to a whole new level. James’ vivid imagination started early in his life. As a...

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