Save the Date…Saturday, February 7, 2015, enjoy an artist meet and greet at the Loft at Liz’s in conjunction with the group exhibition titled “HWĪT.” See my Huffington Post article about the opening event took place on December 12. Liz Gordon curated a beautiful show featuring work of several talented artists.

The name, (an old English/Germanic word for white), was conceived by gallery director. Randi Kreeft and is a subtle nod to celebrate the season. Curated by gallery owner, Liz Gordon, “HWĪT” features several mediums from seven artists paying homage to the color white. I am a big fan of Liz Gordon and her gallery. She is a warm and generous soul, which is not always synonymous with being a gallery owner.

Any artist that has had the good fortune of exhibiting at the Loft at Liz will tell you what a great person Liz Gordon is. “Liz is full of energy and ideas. She gets more accomplished in one day than other people might in a week,” said J.J. L’Heurex (who will be featured in the upcoming show).

Artist J.J. L’Heureux will offer a nine-foot photograph taken on one of her Antarctic expeditions as well as four paintings from her Bergy Bit series. See photo below: J.J. L’Heureux

Since 2000, L’Heureux has been crisscrossing the globe on many photography expeditions. She recently returned from Alaska: Barrow and the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. In fact, she will not be attending the opening reception since she will be on her fourteenth journey to Antarctica. This is what inspires her to create her Bergy Bits (as she has dubbed the paintings from her Bergy Bit series). “I have memories of how the ocean looked and felt.” Her memories of the beauty of the glaciers inspired her paintings.

L’Heureux has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Chicago Academy of Science Museum, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fernbank Museum (Altanta), the Science Spectrum (Lubbock, Texas), Goddard Center (Ardmore, Oklahoma), the International Wildlife Museum (Tucson), the Lafayette Science Museum, (Lafayette, Louisiana) and more. http://www.jjlheureux.com/

Stuart Kusher has been creating art his entire life. While working in other mediums Such as drawing, painting, sculpture had always been a mainstay for the artist. A self taught sculptor, he does not use models but said he prefers to allow the art to evolve. He said it all comes down to “reading into the shadows and the clay and struggling until I identify with an idea.”

Kusher has been included in previous group shows at the gallery. “Liz truly cares about artists and believes in the work she exhibits,” remarked Kusher.His work will be featured in a solo museum show at MOAH in 2015. http://www.stuartkusher.com/

Natalie Arnoldi, daughter to Charles Arnoldi and a talented artist in her own right will be exhibiting five works in the show…two oils paintings and thee gouaches.

I recently had the chance to see some of Arnoldi’s work in person at the Upstairs Gallery at Hal’s in Venice…beautiful noir inspired work. I’m looking forward to seeing more at Liz’s.

Arnoldi explained that she was receiving a wide range of reactions…from serene to disturbing, and that it was “a testament to what I try to accomplish in my work: to create a piece of art which, by engaging the viewer, becomes a reflection of personal allegories and emotions that is totally unique for each person.” http://www.nataliearnoldi.com/

See image: by Natalie Arnoldi, Last Chance, 2013, oil on canvas 50 x 45 inches

A perfect addition to this group show…Elizabeth Orleans will be offering several big installations for “HWĪT.”

Orleans will be showing a total of twelve pieces. One of the walls of the gallery had to be cut to install the Ladder Two artwork.Orleans said she just finished her installation at the gallery…”It was a lot of work but it looks like a great show! Her (Liz’s) antique hardware store is fantastic and her gallery program keeps getting better and more well known over time and is a cool space.”

See image: by Elizabeth Orleans, Inner Space Squares

Additional artists included in the group show are: Carlos Grasso, Eric Johnson, Elizabeth Orleans, Diane Silver, Zadik Zadikian as well as guest artists from Art 1307: Marco Abbamondi, and Amedeo Sanzone.

On view: December 12 – February 9

What: Meet & Greet/Art Talk “HWĪT”
Where: The Loft at Liz’s, 453 S. La Brea Ave, above Liz’s Antique Hardware, 90036
When: February 7, 2015, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Phone: (323) 939-4403
Website: http://www.theloftatlizs.com/