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Casey Child Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, December 2018
Viewers often wonder where artists find their models. For Utah-based painter Casey Childs, the answer is, everywhere—even at his favorite local café. One day not long ago, Childs was having …
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Nikita Budkov in California Art Club Newsletter, Fall 2018
It has long been observed that talent is an all too common commodity, and that talent alone can almost never lead to success. In fact, undisciplined or misdirected talent can …
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Nikita Budkov in Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art Blog Post, October 2018
On the evening of September 29, 2018 Our LAAFA Alumnus – Nikita Budkov had his first solo show with us here at LAAFA! His show was titled, “Nikita: The Song …
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Mian Situ on the Cover of Southwest Art Magazine, June 2018
Gold Medal Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles by Kim Agricola THE CALIFORNIA Art Club, one of the oldest and largest fine-art organizations in the country, presents its 107th …
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Adrian Gottlieb Featured in American Art Collector, August 2018
A new exhibition now open at American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena, California, presents new paintings by Los Angeles artist Adrian Gottlieb, whose works—many titled after important figures in Greek …
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Michael Obermeyer Featured in Southwest Art Magazine April 2018
EARLY IN THE 20th century, distinguished landscape painters began pouring into Laguna Beach, CA, to capture its seven-mile coastline, turquoise-blue water, and pounding surf.
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American Legacy Fine Arts in Western Art Collector February 2018
“Consumer confidence is on the rise and we are experiencing more people buying fine works of art with intentional collection strategies in mind. Although our gallery is located in Pasadena, …
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Nikita Budkov in Plein Air Today Online Magazine Publication, November 2017
American Legacy Fine Arts in Pasadena, California, recently opened a splendid exhibition of plein air works by some of the most collected and celebrated painters in the United States. Who’s …
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Michael Obermeyer in Southwest Art Magazine October 2017 Issue
A LITTLE OVER a century ago, a burgeoning colony of plein-air painters began populating Laguna Beach, so enraptured were they by its unparalleled beauty and light.
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Michael Obermeyer in Coast Magazine, August 2016
THE ARTIST: As far back as he can remember, Michael Obermeyer wanted to draw and paint: dinosaurs, planes, people – it didn’t matter. He worked as an illustrator in the …
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