Animal Fairy Tales, Fables, Fact Or Fiction
December 5th - 21st, 2013
Guest Artist: Frances Melhop
Throughout the history of the world in cultures near and far, animals have played a huge part in the world of art.
From the beginning of time when man first scrawled a buffalo on cave walls to the present time; animals are characterized and depicted in stories, cartoons and movies. The rich history of animals represented in mythologies and folktales is endless. These animals awaken our creative spirit and feed our imagination.
From the years of the zodiac to the spirits of totem poles animals and animal icons play a huge part in our everyday life.
Beverly Archer
Rachel Bruskoff
Sam Bryer
Christine Caldwell
Marc Cote
Kathy Crabbe
Nancy Dillen
Jessica Fife
Nicole Finger
Doreen Foster
Laurelin Gilmore
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Flora Golden |
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Vanessa Gonzalez |
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Elizabeth Graehling |
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Linda Gunn |
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Annette Hassell |
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Adrian Hatfield |
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Nancy Hayes |
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Erin Hinz |
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Evan Hockett |
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Judith Hopkins |
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Jinwoo Kim |
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Fran Lee
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Les Mayers
Cathy Martin
Heather Mckey
Frances Melhop
Susan Melly
Megan Merz
Elizabeth Munger
Janie Olsen
Katie OSullivan
Anthony Pessler
Colin Poole
Shannon Richardson
Olga Hofmann
Linda Horsley
Leanne Huynh
Rose Irelan
Oh Ji Hyun
Karen Karlsson
Mindi Katzman
Mollie Kellogg
Patricia Latas
Meryl Lebowitz
Sophia Lee
Subodh Maheshwari
Erika Masterson
Paula Matthiesen
Mimi McCallum
Penny McManigal
Susan Melly
Julie Miles
Andrea Moni
Peggy Nichols
Varsha Patel
Iriet Peshkess
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Heather Arenas |
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Sabrina Armitage |
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Echo Baker |
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Eve Chartrand |
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Joanne Chase-Mattill |
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Annie Chen |
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Wook Hee Choo |
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Marianne Eichenbaum |
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Marianne Elson |
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Cynthia Fleury |
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Ming Franz |
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Emily Gibbons |
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Yobana Graciano |
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Connie Grappo |
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Cynthia Grilli |
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Sarah Hardt |
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Anne Herrero |
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Robin Hextrum |
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Robin Hiers |
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Kim Hill |
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Erin Hinz |
Kristine Poole
Serena Potter
Vanessa Powell
Rachel Sard
Gretchen Shannon
Kat Shoa
Emily Slapin
Leslie Sollberger
Joan Sowada
Kathleen Strukoff
Elisabeth Sullivan
Cynthia Swan
Suzanne Villella
Shirle Wempner
Robyn West
AK Westerman
Beth Yazhari
Karen Yee
Inka Zamoyska
Natasha Zaninovic-Brubaker
Women in Art
November 7th - 28th, 2013
Since ancient times, women artists have been creating alongside their male counterparts. Throughout history, women artists have been creating incredible artworks.
Mary Cassatt, Sofonisba Anguissola, Marie Bracquemond, Mary Beale, Mary Cassatt and Camille Claudel helped pave the way for the contemporary giants, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Cindy Sherman, Rachel Whiteread, Joan Mitchell, Yayoi Kusama, Bridget Riley, Agnes Martin , Jenny Holzer, and Barbara Kruger.
The show is dedicated to the spirit and creativity of all women artists, past and present.
Renee Bangerter
Mike Bell
Shayne Bohner:
aka Shayne of the Dead
Lynda Burbank
Jeff Brown
Virginia Carroll
Jessie Chernetsky
Lynn Coleman
Angie Cornelius
Leila Cothran - Illustrated Ink
Claudia Dominguez
Pauline Fernandez
Jessica Fife
Aaron Gabriel
Lynda Gardner
Susie Garrett
Elizabeth Graehling
Susan Brandt Graham
Stijn Helsen
Clay Hoffman
Sebastian Hyde
David Kammerzell
Michael Kellner
Michael McAlister
Darren Melander
Julie Miles
Louise Nylander
Arnold Anthony Orosco
John Pierce
Carly Quinn
Lorena Rivera
Carissa Rose
Donald Rosser
Ashley Schonborn
Eldon Slick
Piero Taico
Kat Tatz
Ali Thompson
Stephanie Ulrich
Amanda Valdes
Karen Yust
Bring Us Your Dead - Dia de los Muertos
October 3 to October 31, 2013
Guest Artist: Arnold Anthony Orosco
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. It is an ancient and enduring ritual when the living commune with the dead – a mystical night when the veil is lifted between their two realms and they may share a day together.
The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed. The historical roots of this celebration date back to the pre-Hispanic cultures of Meso-America of the indigenous people, especially the Nahua (Aztecs, Mayans, Toltecas, Tlaxcaltec, Chichimec, Tecpanec) and others native to Mexico more than 3,000 years.
For this show, Las Laguna Gallery displayed works from 41 unique artists.
small works - Big Talent
September 7th -28th 2013
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” - Vincent Van Gogh
Works included mixed media, oil and acrylic paintings, drawings, ink, graphite, glass, and pastels.
We selected a varied array of works from talented artists across the nation.
For this group exhibition, Las Laguna Gallery selected 89 spectacular artists.
Tom Acevedo
Michael Acosta
Ron Anderson
Carolynn Baker
Karrie Baldwin
Nancy Bardach
Sarah M Bender
Kathleen Benton
Stan Bowman
Rick Bulman
Patrick Carr
Eve Chartrand
Doina Ciobanu
Lynn Coleman
Penny Collins
Polly Cook
Hilary Couch
Ronnie Cramer
Nika Cranmer
Robin Daning
Andreina Davila
Charlotte Dean
Erik Deerly
Sandro Del Rosario
Nancy Dillen
Jeanne Dowd
Janet Edwards
G Eliot
Julie Elman
Tamara Embrey
Michelle Fair
Robert Fiacco
Misoo Filan
Amanda Fish
Sandra Fraser-Dust
Jeanie Gebhart
Gayle Gerson
Inguna Gremzde
Anne Hallam
Brenda Hurst
Holly Jerger
David Kammerzell
Karen Karlsson
Darlene Katz
Silvana Kenney
Rita Klachkin
Melissa Lackman
Giorgio Landa
Ja Young Lee
Kent LeFevre
Chalda Maloff
Carol Maltby
Dana Mano-Flank
Amy Mathews
Gabriele Maurus
Bridget May
Les Mayers
Betty McDonald
Mi-Hee Nahm
Louise Nylander
Shilo Ratner
Weston Riffle
E Rodz
Debra Rogers
Laura Phelps Rogers
Carol Roullard
Amanda Rouse
Cristina Sayers
Shea Casey Shea
Karen Shimoda
Alan Singer
Norine Spurling
Joseph Stauffer
Leslie Stoner
Stephen Strom
Denise Tarantino
Diana Unterspan
Amanda Valdes
Virginia Vogel
Annette Wagner
Wanda Waldera
Deborah Weir
Diana Wieler
Kathleen Williams
Leslie Wilson
Evie Yapelli
Elizabeth Yarosz-Ash
Inka Zamoyska
Mara Zaslove
All Things Considered
August 3 to August 31, 2013
Las Laguna Gallery is pleased to present
All Things Considered.
Works included mixed media, oil and acrylic paintings, drawings, ink, graphite, glass, and pastels.
Hundereds of images were submitted and we selected a varied array of works from talented artists across the nation.
Michael Acosta
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Pedro Arieta |
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Jack Azar |
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Ty Bowman |
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Margee Bright-Ragland |
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Jean Burnett |
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Eve Chartrand |
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Annie Chen |
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Michael Coakes |
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Marianne Eichenbaum |
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Lynn Fero
Emilyann Gachko
LaMoin Garrard
Kristina Hagman
Jose Hernandez
Olga Hofmann
Michele Janee
David Kammerzell
Rebecca Kaufman
Siegfried Knop
Melissa Lackman
Marie Massey
Patricia McLain
Lily Nava
Chloe DeeNoble
John Pierce
Susan Redeker
Carol Roullard
Lori Shocket
Virga Siauciunaite
Melissa Whitaker
Portraits: A Focus on the Face
July 6th - July 27th, 2013
Las Laguna Gallery is pleased to present
Portraits: A Focus on the Face
Works included mixed media, oil and acrylic paintings, drawings, ink, graphite, glass, and pastels.
Hundereds of images were submitted and we selected a varied array of works from talented artists across the nation.
Aktham AbdulQader
Thar AbdulQader
Tom Acevedo
David Alvarado
Kyle And
Ileana Barbu
Bhavna Bhen
Martin Blender
Margee Bright-Ragland
Constance Brinkley
Rick Bulman
Michele Castagnetti
Ruane Condron
Brett Erickson
Jeanne Ferraro
Pauline Fernandez
Gregory Gallardo
Andrea Guile
Minh Hang
Drew Hoffman
Terry Hutchinson
Wataru ITO
Russell Jacobs
Sarah Jewett
Ginnie Lange
K Larocca
Heather Lenefsky
Ryn Lim
Katie Moss
Hana Mulyati
Pieter Myers
Hal Myers
Khoi Nguyen
Nila Oakes
Jory Pacht
Eric Raddatz
Janet Roe
Lisa Ruiz
Roberta Schofield
Storm Sermay
Denise Shaffer
Enzie Shahmiri
Emily Shapiro
Brantly Sheffield
Deirdre Shibano
Lori Shocket
Virga Siauciunaite
Pablo Solares
William Stanton
Hiroshi Suzuki
Denise Tarantino
Lisa Timman
Paul Valadez
Rachel van der Pol
Diana Unterspan
Sara Vida
Andrew Wells
Erica Williams
Sara Zin
Jason Kuncas
July 6th - June 27th 2013
JK has been creating images since childhood. Born on Catalina Island, California in 1975, the artist began painting watercolors at a very early age. He studied fine art at San Clemente High School and then travelled to the high desert to gain a Bachelors of Art degree from The University of Arizona in 1998.
Shortly after college, JK walked through the museums of Europe for months to study the works of the Renaissance masters. However the ocean lifestyle of Southern California brought him back home to begin his professional career. While the artist continued to take specialized painting courses at Laguna College of Art and Design, he was also working as an apprentice for a professional muralist in Newport Beach.