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Jumping Jack Flash
Recreating the Rolling Stones

by Young Hutchison

The attraction to what Jumping Jack Flash does is simply that you can never go back in time to see the Rolling Stones in their 1960's majesty. I mean, not even the Stones can pull that one off. Or should I say, especially the Stones can't, now that they've reached their mid '60's!
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A Tuscan Studio in Orange County
Uncovering a Passion for Expression

by Michael Steven Friedman

Van Gogh said, "I tell you, the more I think the more I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people." read more....


Fitz Maurice
I am an Artist, Not a Painter

by Tom Larimore

The long-time Laguna Beach-based artist has returned from a three-year painting adventure at her New Mexico ranch, where she explored and expanded her highly creative approach to art.


The Art of Maya
Chic Portraits Creating Immortality

For 15 years now, Maya has been quickly gaining recognition as a highly credible fine artist with a particular focus on modern portraiture.

Maya approaches her paintings from a Realist, almost Photo-Realist perspective with great attention to space value, skin tone and lighting. Her images are drawn from life; moments captured in an image rather than pre-planned poses.


Joni Herman
Learns secret techniques of Italian artists

by Barbara Brill

Joni Herman's most popular work for clients is a toss up between Venetian plasters and murals. Murals that often take on a whimsical tone with things like medieval castles in mist-enshrouded hills.


Lorene Ireland
From La Jolla to the Louvre


Lorene can remember visiting the Louvre and staring at Venus De Milo and Mona Lisa. This was back when only a red rope protected her, so Lorene actually touched this work of art. She was so mesmerized by the magnitude of the art in museums, galleries, castles, and the architecture, that she knew she wanted to become an artist......

Simic Galleries - "The Dynamic Duo" taking the Fine Art Industry into the 21st Century
by Heather R. Friedman

Mario Simic and Rami Ron, both men of integrity and limitless energy, have helped to build countless private collections, leading Simic Galleries to the forefront of the art market and on into the 21st century.


Vision
Ian Campbell's Gift

by Joel D. Amos

San Diego Opera General Director Ian Campbell is a man whose business, and his life for that matter, are planned five years in advance. He and his opera have thrived living ahead of the curve.

Kevin Cole
One of the Best Living Gershwin Pianists in the World

By Barbara Brill

Kevin Cole, the man Howard Reich, the arts critic for the Chicago Tribune, praises. "When Cole sits down at the piano, you would swear George Gershwin himself was at work. Cole stands as the best Gershwin pianist in America today."

Paul Gavin, Premiere Coastal Painter

Meet one of the South Coast's most talented artists in this profile that brings you inside the mind of one of the most talented Coastal Painters today.



 
  
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