First Thursdays Artwalk of Laguna Beach Sept. 5th 6PM to 9PM As the summer comes to an end and the crowds vacate our charming Laguna village, the art scene is in full swing. For this month’s Artwalk, we are excited to have our newest artist, Khalid Alkaaby, at the easel to demonstrate his figurative painting…
Hong Kong, Cuba, San Francisco, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach are the locales Brooke Harker has chosen for this new collection of paintings. Click here to see all available works by Brooke. “Spirit Ride” (Hong Kong) 40×52 inch ink, acrylic oil on canvas
As the first Thursday lands on the Fourth of this July, the member galleries decided to have a special, all day Artwalk on Saturday, July 6, instead. The citywide event will begin at 12:00 noon and go until 9:00 in the evening. Here at Lu Martin Galleries you will have the opportunity to meet artists…
We are very pleased to welcome our newest artist Khalid Alkaaby to the gallery. Khalid Alkaaby was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq in 1979. He worked as an artist and ran a successful art studio. In September 2005 Baghdad underwent immense bombings. The 14th of September was the deadliest day of the insurgency. The…
Artist Martin Beaupré makes his way from Quebec, Canada to Laguna Beach, California in November 2018 for the opening of his new art exhibit: Journey of Zen – Making The Way to Oneself. We will be hosting two receptions: Friday evening, November 16, 6:00 to 9:00 and Saturday afternoon, November 17, 3:00 to 6:00….
We are making available to the public for the first time a collection of original watercolor paintings by early California artist Arthur Grover Rider. The paintings come from the estate of Rider’s stepson, Robert Bethea and they have been in his personal collection since 1975. Arthur Rider was born in Chicago, traveled, studied and painted…
Lu Martin Galleries is pleased to introduce our newest artist, Irina Negulescu. Irina is primarily a figurative painter, known especially for her paintings of beautiful women underwater. Irina was born in Romania, and having been raised during the harsh years of Communism helps explain her exceptional ability to capture the soul and essence of her…
We just received this fun piece by Jennifer Verge, a spirited artist living in Venice Beach, CA who creates her works of art with found and re-purposed wood, hardware and other objects and infuses them with her expressions of passion for living. You can see more of her unique works of art here.
Artist Aaron Coleman has been busy creating in his studio in Kansas City. He arrived to Laguna Beach for the new year with a great collection of new resined abstract paintings for which he is known. In this collection we have some of his newly evolved pieces which have a beautiful, soft matte finish. Aaron…
Just in from artist Dasha Guilliam, this 40×40 in. diptych from her Textured by Nature series has a subtle, iridescent sheen which adds brilliance to the sky. Dasha’s passion for the sea stems from her childhood growing up by the Black Sea , and continues to inspire her creations. Each painting is imbued with a…
