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Behind the Artist: Thomas Kinkade
Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light Few contemporary artists are as ubiquitous as Thomas Kinkade, whose luminous imagery adorns more than 10 million homes worldwide. Born in Sacramento County, [...]
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5 Facts You May Not Know About Disney and Dali’s Lost Project ‘Destino’
In 2003, Disney Studios released “Destino,” a unique animated short film originally conceived by one unlikely pair—Walt Disney and famed Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. Now, 15 years after its [...]
The Barcelona Suite: Picasso at the Turn of the Century
Life wasn’t easy for Pablo Picasso at the start of his artistic career. This becomes all too apparent when examining the history behind Picasso’s famous “Barcelona Suite.” Picasso was born in [...]
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Peter Nixon Muses About His Artistic Muses
The Muse series by Peter Nixon is a fascinating take on the nine Muses of Greek mythology. As shared below, Nixon has specific meanings behind his beautiful goddesses. Muses originate in Greek [...]
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How a Shark Bite and Bob Ross Led Matt Beyrer to Fine Art
Artist Matt Beyrer has proven to be popular with collectors, selling out 11 of his 11 Park West Gallery VIP auctions since his debut. So what is the origin of his desirable Natural Expressionism [...]
Park West Foundation Holds 5th Annual Jump Shot Your Future College Fair
Foster care students will have the opportunity to get a head start on their futures at the Jump Shot Your Future resource fair. The Park West Foundation is supporting the 5th Annual Jump Shot [...]
Auctioneer Spotlight: Dan Moloney and Esmeralda Dua
Many of our Park West collectors develop friendships with the art teams over the course of their land or sea vacations. Here’s a chance to get to know one auctioneer couple more as they share [...]
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Ron Agam Follows in His Father’s Footsteps With New Lenticular Art
As the son of world-renowned artist Yaacov Agam—one of the founders of the kinetic art movement—one couldn’t blame Ron Agam for being a little timid about his art. It turns out, however, that Ron [...]
5 Easy Ways to Make 2018 Your “Year of Art”
Do you have a New Year’s resolution yet? There are the standard goals—weight loss, less screen time, finally writing that novel—or you can break the cycle and try something new for 2018. Why not [...]
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100 Years Ago, Joan Miró Held His First Art Show—And It Was a Disaster
Artworks by Joan Miró are found in museum collections around the world. You might expect, then, that his artistic debut in 1918 was highly regarded. It wasn’t. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of [...]
