It is with great pleasure that I can announce that I am now being represented on the coast of California by the Just Looking Gallery in beautiful San Luis Obispo. The gallery, with owner Ralph Gorton and Gallery Director Ken McGavin at the helm, has been in operation for 28 years now and has long established itself as a premier gallery, offering strikingly individual work to its clientele.
When I was first contacted by them a few weeks ago, I was not looking for a new gallery. But their enthusiasm for my work and the fact that they only carry a very small roster of hand-picked artists, which offers closer attention in promoting the work , quickly won me over. I have already placed a number of paintings in their very able hands and look forward to working closely with them in both the near and distant future.
I was also excited by the prospect of finding such a gallery on the West Coast. For many years I have had a number of people tell me that the style of my work would fit well in the central and northern coastal regions of California and the galleries representing my work in the east have sold a fair number of paintings to collectors on the West Coast. So, hopefully their optimism will hold true.
In case you weren’t aware, San Luis Obispo, besides being one of the oldest cities in California, is known as of late as being one of the happiest cities on the planet, the only American city on a list compiled by Dan Buettner for his National Geographic book Thrive, based on a five year global study on the keys to personal happiness. Buettner applied the same techniques in studying happiness that he used in his famed study on the global blue zones, areas where longevity is much longer for the average human.
I always hope that my work finds a happy, appreciative home and, if this is any indicator, San Luis Obispo and the Just Looking Gallery sound like the place where it should be.
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