This past Friday, July 18th, the new Tim Solliday show opened at Altermann Galleries at 225 Canyon Road. The show resplendent with Solliday’s characteristic qualities of authentic depictions, expansive landscapes, and emotionally moving portraiture. You will be moved and awed by his works. Pieces are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis so get there as fast as you can. Here is the artist’s bio from Southwest Art Magazine in 2004:

California plein-air painter Tim Solliday won his first art competition at the age of fourteen and knew he wanted to paint for his career. He attended a city college in the Long Beach, California, area but soon dropped out having been disappointed with the art courses.

Solliday then went to work as a sign painter, and learned the principles of art. When he left the sign company, he painted on his own and supplemented his income by creating posters, doing book illustrations and doing artwork for the film industry.

At the Lukits Academy of Fine Art, Solliday studied for six years with Theodore Lukits. He began selling his work at local art shows and has since found a national following.

Solliday works from a studio in Alhambra, California, once inhabited by Frank Tenney Johnson. His subjects include landscape, narrative and figures. He has earned top awards from the Oil Painters of America, California Art Club Gold Medal shows and the Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational.

Check it out and post comments to let us know what you thought!

Thanks!

GDS

For those of you who are modern art lovers, you must go see the Joe Ramiro Garcia exhibition at LewAllen Contemporary on West Palace. The show is comically ironic, texture-rich, color-packed and stimulating. Here’s the artist’s bio:

Born in Houston, Texas, Garcia attended Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts before studying for two years at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was honored in 2005 with a Painters and Sculptors grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. His work has been included in five recent museum shows and several books on Southwest art.

The show opened on July 4th and runs till July 27th. Let us know what you think of the show by posting your comments!

Thanks,

GDS