December, 2008

Art Wall Dec 2008

Henry Fukuhara and Helen Fukuhara

Henry Fukuhara is a watercolor artist and educator. He was born in Los Angeles, on April 25, 1913. He was married to Fujiko Yasutake in 1938 and they are the parents of four children, Joyce, Grace, Rackham, and Helen.

November, 2008

Art Wall Nov 2008

Catherine Tirr

Catherine Tirr was born in England and studied fine art at Chelsea School of Art in London. One of her first group exhibitions was at the Royal Academy of Art, London, in 1979, where she was awarded the Stowells Trophy. Since her move to Los Angeles her work has been included in exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Armand Hammer Museum. In Los Angeles, she is represented by Howell Greene Gallery, where she has been exhibiting since 2000.

October, 2008

Art Wall Oct 2008

Renata Zerner

Renata is a painter and printmaker whose work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally. She works in oils, watercolors, and various print media. This exhibition shows her monoprints, etchings, and non-representational collages. Born and educated in Berlin, Renata left Germany after World War II and came to Los Angeles in 1951. She studied art at the UCLA Extension Program and with the Los Angeles artist Keith Finch. She first exhibited her work in a two-man show at Keith Finch’s studio in 1968.

August, 2008

Art Wall Aug 2008

Eli Lippert

Eli Lippert was born and raised in San Francisco. He was first inspired by the graffiti art throughout the city while growing up, which eventually brought him into the art world. Starting off strictly as a graffiti artist opened Eli’s mind and brought him to the realization that anything is possible, in art and in life.

July, 2008

Art Wall Jul 2008

Setsuko

Setsuko was born in Tokyo, Japan. She came to Los Angeles as a pianist and singer for a restaurant in 1972. She continued in the music business as she developed an art career in watercolor, acrylic, oil, and mixed media.

She has studied watercolor with Tom Fong; she studied with Robert Hallet and Cris Van Winkle at Citrus College, and was strongly influenced by Henry Fukuhara. She studied design with Elaine Moore.

June, 2008

Art Wall Jun 2008

Loraine Veeck

Loraine Veeck is a native Californian, currently living in the Los Angeles area. She studied art first at Pierce College in Los Angeles, and then at California State University in Northridge. Her mentor was Alice Beamish, who studied extensively with Hans Hoffman at Berkeley. She learned from Alice the importance of spatial concepts, movement, color, and allowing the intuitive flow of creativity.

May, 2008

Art Wall May 2008

Darlene Mellein

Darlene Mellein is an intuitive artist, painting in various media, often including elements of collage. She approaches a blank canvas with an abandon and boldness that convey humor, freedom, and imagination. Her graduate work in literature at UCLA focused on Women’s, African American, and Chicano literature — the literarily disenfranchised. Today, she traces the roots of her paintings to that earlier work, her inspiration coming from the underlying stories of various cultures, their triumphs as well as alienation, along with their colors and symbols.

April, 2008

Art Wall Apr 2008

Chris Hero - "Places of Worship"

Chris Hero’s paintings and drawings are figurative, exprssionistic, and often political. His "Places of Worship" project depicts Santa Monica’s religious and secular temples: Catholic, Mormon, Protestant, Jewish, and Buddhist; caffeinated, financial, and retail.

March, 2008

Art Wall Mar 2008

Howard Marshall

For over 20 years, Howard has produced unique works of art while also performing as a spiritual baritone singer. Howard’s work as a dollmaker, maskmaker, and painter utilizes vibrant color to explore themes from African- American and Native American cultures. Howard now concentrates most of his time, when he is not creating new art or preparing for exhibitions, in transferring his love of art to future artists.