The next First Thursday Art Walk will...

The next First Thursday Art Walk will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.

Aug. 7

NORTH COAST

HIGHWAY GALLERIES

California Art Gallery

(949) 494-7270

305 N. Coast Highway, Suite A

Gallery McCollum

(949) 497-4027

206 N. Coast Highway

Group show featuring original paintings of the Mediterranean,

tropicals and still lifes.

Greenwood/Chebithes Gallery

(949) 494-0669

330 North Coast Highway

Laguna Art Museum

(949) 494-8971

307 Cliff Drive

“Greetings from Laguna Beach: Our Town in the Early 1900s --

featuring paintings, photographs and memorabilia that exemplify life

in Laguna from circa 1900 to 1930; “Hassell Smith: 55 Years of

Painting” featuring the first comprehensive survey of this

internationally acclaimed Bay Area artist” “Some Fussy Logic: The

Joan Simon Menkes Gift” featuring an exhibition of recent gift of 50

works from that collection, focusing on artists who mostly came to

prominence in the 1980s. Information: (949) 494-8971, ext. 0. Web:

www.lagunaartmuseum.org.

Laguna North Gallery

(949) 494-4324

376 N. Coast Highway

Watercolorists Brian Norkaitis and oil painter Maggie Jamison are

the featured artists.

Lu Martin Galleries

(949) 494-8074

372 N. Coast Highway

New still life paintings by “Romanic Realist” Lu Martin.

Marion Meyer

Contemporary Art

(949) 497-5442

354 N. Coast Highway

Featuring “Natura: Flores para Mary, Paintings by Vladimir Cora”

from July 26 through Aug. 3 with an artist reception from 6 to 9 p.m.

on Aug. 7. Continuing upstairs is a selection from “Menage a trois,”

showing works by Georges Monfils, Paula Schoen and Christian Lopez.

Peter Blake Gallery

(949) 376-9994

326 N. Coast Highway

The Peter Blake Gallery on North Laguna’s historic Gallery Row has

been a definitive source for modern and contemporary art since 1992.

www.artscenecal.com/ pblake.html

Quorum Art Gallery

(949) 494-4422

374 N. Coast Highway

Quorum Art Gallery is a cooperative gallery representing twelve

local artists and is celebrating 40 years as a cooperative gallery in

Laguna. Jayne Harrison’s watercolors are immediately recognizable,

specializing in pet portraits and incredibly detailed exotic flowers.

Her work is in private collections in Europe, Japan and here.

Sandstone Gallery

(949) 497-6775

384A N. Coast Highway

Featuring “Reflections of Time,” mixed media work by featured

artist Linda Ames and “Recent Work” landscapes by guest artist Luke

Spencer.

Schaar Galleries Ltd.

(949) 497-7289

484 N. Coast Highway

www.schaargalleries.com

Studio 7 Gallery

(949) 497-1080

384B N. Coast Highway

Featuring Plein Air painting by Laguna artists in residence:

Anderson, Eagle, Weiderman and Wodark. Also showing Cambria, Cram and

Uchizono.

Whitney Gallery

(949) 497-4322

350 N. Coast Highway

www.marcwhitney.com

Featuring Contemporary Realism by prominent artist Marc Whitney

and original oils, watercolors and sculptures by Brian Blackman,

Giovanni Casadei, Felipe Castaneda, Michael Doyle, Evangelos Frudas,

Mark Kerckhoff, Andrea Krupp, Kenneth Muth, Jon Redmond, Peggi

Kroll-Roberts, David Shevlino and Elizabeth Wilson.

Vincent Farrell/ Deborah Carman Gallery

305 N. Coast Highway

(949) 464-9709

Vincent Farrell is a long-standing Laguna-California

Impressionist, labeling himself a “Colorist,” has on been in the

Laguna art scene for more than 50 years. He was one of the first

artists to open his own gallery, which continues to exhibit his work.

Debbie Carman draws, paints and sculpts whimsical cats and dogs and

unique colorful fine decorative sculpture.

SOUTH LAGUNA GALLERIES

Bahram-B Gallery

(949) 581-9542

1273 S. Coast Highway

Featuring stone-bronze sculpture, unique creations and paintings

by artist Bahram.

Bluebird Gallery

(949) 497-5377

1540 S. Coast Highway

The Bluebird Gallery has been specializing in California

impressionist paintings for more than 22 years.

Cove Gallery

(949) 494-1878

1294 S. Coast Highway

Featuring new plein air paintings by Jeanne Baer and “Dream Works”

in watercolor by John McCarty. The gallery is an artist-owned

gallery, features 15 award-winning artists.

DeRu’s Fine Arts

(949) 376-3785

1590 S. Coast Highway

“Selection of Highlights” from our Early California Impressionist

Collection including Maurice Braun, John Gamble and others. Also

contemporary impressionist artist David Chapple.

The Esther Wells Collection

(949) 494-2497

1390 S. Coast Highway

Featuring Gerald Brommer solo exhibition.

www.estherwells collection.com

Fil Mottola Gallery

(949) 497-1050

1492 S. Coast Highway No. 8

Featuring American and European Academician Artists from 19th and

20th Century past and present. Featured artist is Fil Mottola and 65

other artists.

Haupt Gallery

(949) 494-2486

750 S. Coast Highway

www.hauptart.com

Open House for Haupt’s own personal, private collection. The

gallery features artwork by German artist Joachim Haupt. He is known

for the modern abstract mixed-media technique that he developed

called “lacquer foil art” that incorporates lacquer, gold and silver

leaf, acrylic paint, abalone shells, eggshells and mother of pearl to

bring the painting to life.

Joseph Wise Fine Art Gallery

1550 S. Coast Highway

(949) 376-7902

Featuring sculptures by Dominic Benhura and Nudes by Sergio of

Chili. The gallery offers one of the world’s finest collection of

serpentine stone sculptures, including museum quality sculptures by

master artists, Dominic Benhura and Nicholas Mukomberanwa.