In the upcoming group exhibit Still, Life, and Land, Maxwell Alexander Gallery will combine the talents of artists who create works all using a loose realistic style. All of the artists in the exhibit also make works of various subject matter—figure… — In the upcoming group exhibit *Still, Life, and Land*, Maxwell Alexander Gallery will combine the talents of artists who create works all using a loose realistic style. All of the artists in the exhibit also make works of various subject matter—figures to still lifes to landscapes, hence the title of the exhibit. Artists participating include **Sarah Freeman**, **Mark Daniel Nelson**, **Robert Lemler**, **Felicia Forte**, **David Shevlino**, **Eric Pedersen**, and **Joseph Todorovitch**.
Several still lifes will be represented in the show such as Nelson’s painting *Flower #4*, a colorful bouquet against a black background; Freeman’s work *Still Life with Pears* with four pears in a simple color combination of grey, green and white; and Forte’s *Painter’s Tape (Fern)*.
“*Painter’s Tape (Fern)* was first intended as a ‘portrait’ of a treasured object, created out of a desire to discover and share only that which is true and relevant to my own experience,” explains Forte. “The fern was a gift from a beloved sister and is therefore precious to me. I found the moth in my studio one morning after having recently read that moths have no mouths, instead eating their fill as caterpillars to fuel their later search for only love and death! Such romance had to be represented and remembered.”
Life can come in the form of figures such as Pedersen’s portrait titled *Zero Nine Two One One Nine Eight Eight (2)* that is part of a larger in-progress work featuring multiple portraits of the same size but with different colors. Also there is Shevlino’s work *Arms Spread* of a diver making her way toward the water.
Depictions of land are seen through Lemler’s painting *Cress Street*. “The stairs leading down to the beach at Cress Street in Laguna Beach, California, provided a unique perspective of the moment when a surfer enters the water,” says Lemler. “As a design, I have isolated the central subject of the surfer as the singular warm note in a very cool painting, creating a strong center of interest in a soft atmosphere.”
The show will run March 9 to April 2 with a reception on opening night from 7 to 10 p.m.

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March 14, 2013

Opening tomorrow at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Culver City, California, is the new show “Still, Life, and Land,” featuring a diverse set of artworks from some of the gallery’s favorite artists.More than 30 paintings have been curated into… — Opening tomorrow at the Maxwell Alexander Gallery in Culver City, California, is the new show *“Still, Life, and Land,”* featuring a diverse set of artworks from some of the gallery’s favorite artists.
More than 30 paintings have been curated into the show, with contributions coming from such artists as Sarah Freeman, Felicia Forte, Robert Lemler, Mark Daniel Nelson, Eric Pedersen, David Shevlino, and Joseph Todorovitch. Kicking off the show is an opening night gala from 7 – 10 PM on March 9th. For more information about the exhibition (and to see additional images), please contact Beau Alexander at (310) 839-9242, or visit the gallery’s website www.MaxwellAlexanderGallery.com.

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Western Art and Architecture mentions the “Drawings and Works on Paper” exhibit

February 13, 2013

Works on Paper at Maxwell Alexander GalleryJeffrey Carlson ReportingContributing Editor, Fine Art TodayMaxwell Alexander Gallery, a new venue for art in Culver City, California, presents its second exhibition: Drawings and Works on Paper. … — Works on Paper at Maxwell Alexander Gallery
Jeffrey Carlson Reporting
Contributing Editor, Fine Art Today
**Maxwell Alexander Gallery, a new venue for art in Culver City, California, presents its second exhibition: *Drawings and Works on Paper*.**
After a busy and successful inaugural show in December, Maxwell Alexander Gallery opened its doors for a second group show on February 9. Several artists represented in the opening exhibition appear again in the second, which features artworks in various media on paper.
The contemporary artists featured in *Drawings and Works on Paper* include Scott Burdick, Damian Chavez, Nicholas Coleman, Glenn Dean, Phil Epp, Logan Maxwell Hagege, Jefferson Hayman, Jeremy Lipking, Susan Lyon, Emil Joseph Robinson, Alexey Steele, Joseph Todorovitch, Leonardo Villasenor, and Vincent Xeus. Historic works by Will Shuster and Maynard Dixon are also included. Exhibited works are available for sale and moderately priced.
While all of the art on display might be included under the category of realism, it is the diversity of the available works that is most striking. *Drawings and Works on Paper* offers a range of styles and sensibilities that, together, purposely presses and confuses the limits of representational art.
Maxwell Alexander Gallery seeks to establish itself as a prominent new art space in California, where local artists working in diverse styles can cooperate to form unique and exciting exhibitions. While the majority of the pieces presented are figural works, even these display varied approaches. Damian Chavez infuses his works with shocks of unexpected color, and in so doing, demonstrates an affinity for painting both pattern and psychology that is reminiscent of Klimt. Logan Maxwell Hagege creates images of Native Americans that are both iconic and sensitive. Alongside enigmatic and evocative prints by Jefferson Hayman are charcoals and pastels by some of the finest figural artists working today, forming an eclectic and intriguing mix.
*Drawings and Works on Paper* opened February 9 and will be on view through March 5.

Maxwell Alexander Gallery is located at 6144 Washington Boulevard, in Culver City, California, 90232. For more information on the exhibition and artwork inquiries, contact the gallery at info@maxwellalexandergallery.com.

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February 9, 2013

California’s young, and very promising, Maxwell Alexander Gallery will celebrate the art of drawing with an exhibition opening later this week.  This new show Drawing and Works on Paper features approximately two dozen drawings, pastels, a… — California’s young, and very promising, Maxwell Alexander Gallery will celebrate the art of drawing with an exhibition opening later this week. This new show **Drawing and Works on Paper** features approximately two dozen drawings, pastels, and etchings from many of today’s top artists including Scott Burdick, Damian Chavez, Nicholas Coleman, Glenn Dean, Phil Epp, Logan Maxwell Hagege, Jefferson Hayman, Jeremy Lipking, Susan Lyon, Emil Joseph Robinson, Alexey Steele, Joseph Todorovitch, Leonardo Villasenor, and Vincent Xeus. Also included in the show are several historic works by artists Will Shuster and Maynard Dixon.

**Drawing and Works on Paper** opens this Saturday, February 9th, with an artists’ reception from 7:00 to 10:00 PM. All are invited to come out and see these works in person.

The Maxwell Alexander Gallery is located at 6144 Washington Boulevard, in Culver City, California, 90232. For more information about the exhibition, please contact Beau Alexander (310) 839-9242, or visit www.maxwellalexandergallery.com/exhibition/grand-opening/drawings-and-works-on-paper/

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February 8, 2013

LA Weekly Newsletter write up on “Drawings and Works on Paper” show

February 7, 2013

The new Culver City, California- based Maxwell Alexander Gallery will follow up its grand opening exhibit with a showing of approximately 25 works on paper ranging from etchings to drawings to pastels. Among the artists participating in the show are… — The new Culver City, California- based Maxwell Alexander Gallery will follow up its grand opening exhibit with a showing of approximately 25 works on paper ranging from etchings to drawings to pastels. Among the artists participating in the show are Scott Burdick, Phil Epp, Jeremy Lipking, Glenn Dean, Logan Maxwell Hagege, and Emil Joseph Robinson. Also available will be historic works by Maynard Dixon, Will Shuster, and others.
Of his charcoal on paper work Tanzanian Market, Burdick explains, “My wife, Susan Lyon, had volunteered in a school the previous year and we went back the next year for a painting trip. We were walking through the market near the town where she’d taught English classes when we heard a little boy shouting ‘Miss Susan, Miss Susan.’ One of the boys that had been in Susan’s class last year ran up and took us over to meet his mother, who had come to the market to sell chickens. The woman in this drawing is one of a large group of women who had traveled to the market to sell their chickens.”
Valley Riders, Dean’s preliminary drawing for a larger painting, will appear in the exhibit. “I’m attracted to the big, simple and sculptural shapes this view has,” he explains of the work. “I try to fill the canvas with one or two big shapes for an effect of heavy mass and scale. This was from a trip to Monument Valley last summer.”
The exhibition opens February 9 with a reception from 7 to 10 p.m. and runs through March 9.

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January 23, 2013

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Maxwell Alexander Gallery

6144 Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 839-9242 www.maxwellalexandergallery.com

Located in Culver City, in the middle of the thriving arts district, Maxwell Alexander Gallery brings a variety of quality Western and contemporary art to the Los Angeles area. With a goal to bring the best Western art to Los Angeles, Maxwell Alexander proudly represents artists such as Glenn Dean, Logan Maxwell Hagege, Jeremy Lipking, and Billy Schenck.

The styles of artwork that can be found in the gallery vary from Dean’s California impressionism to Schenck’s Western pop to Lipking’s naturalistic take on the West to Hagege’s bold interpretations of Western landscapes and the Native peoples of the West.

A group show opening February 9 features 15 artists including Lipking, Dean, Schenck, Hagege, and Phil Epp. An additional solo show featuring Dean’s work is set to open on April 6. Small works, set in craftsman-style frames will highlight “The Desert Southwest,” “The California Landscape,” and “The Seascape.”

On May 11, Schenck’s work, characterized by its unique, Western pop in a “paint-by- numbers” style, will appear. This legendary artist made a splash in the 1970s and ’80s with his bold energetic work, and has recently made a strong return to the contemporary Western art scene with fresh new works.