“Le Petit Jardin” @ LAX Curated by Ginger Van Hook
Installed at Terminal 1 Gate 1. Southwest Airlines Hallway Gallery
Los Angeles World Airports. Department of Cultural Affairs. LAMAG Barndall.
Special Thanks to Scott Canty, Ligeia Gore, Tim McGowen and Sarah Cifarelli
2012
We celebrate Los Angeles in Bloom with “Le Petit Jardin @
LAX” curated by Ginger Van Hook or translated from French to “The Little Garden
@ LAX”. One will see images of nature, gardens, and abstract versions of nature
depicting our relationship with and the intimacy that we share with nature.
Often subjects of still life paintings, photographs or renderings, nature plays
a pivotal role in our landscape of the Greater Los Angeles basin and “Le Petit
Jardin @ LAX” captures this world of green thumbs expanding upon the vitality
of our unique paradise.
Once a desert, Los Angeles has blossomed and with it, the
culture of fine arts has come into full bloom. Artists like Linda Kunik, Founder of “Plant it Forward” and
Ann Summa, a Photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times, both elevate the
community garden to a higher level with photographic documentation and creative
excellence.
Watercolorist Gayle Garner Roski depicts the serenity of
water lilies and reveals important history by rendering the reflections of a
California Mission. Photographers Ginger Van Hook, Jenelle Casarez, Roger
Thomas and Ingrid Deitrich reveal our relationship with Oriental Gardens.
Artists Michael Verbenec and Anne Cheek La Rose focus on the
blooming Los Angeles desert, while Photographers Frank Zgonc, Phil Tarley,
Krista Marlene and Ellen Cantor expose the softer side of LA with rose petals,
bamboo and the vibrancy of flowers, tulips and orchids.
Artists and oil painters Renée Fox, Patricia Meisels, Kuniko
Ruch, Kate Davis Caldwell, Terry Arena and Carol Spence use sensual orchids,
dancing California Poppies, climbing Rose trellises, seeds, ferns, green lawns,
and Lavender Irises to reveal their natural environments.
Oil Painters and mixed media artists Karrie Ross, Marlene
Yamada, Juna Amano, Ofunne Obiamiwe, Marjan Vayghan and Felicity Nove explore
the abstract concept of the garden and the flower creating an eloquent magical
quality inherent in the diverse landscape of Los Angeles.
Special Thanks to Peter Mays and Gallery 825/LAAA for the opportunity to have the artist reception in the spectacular space with FIVE SOLO SHOWS!
