The Festival of Arts is pleased to announce a new exhibit at foaSOUTH featuring the artwork of contemporary painter Bradford J. Salamon now on display through April 25, 2018.
Born into a family of artists, Salamon worked as a professional illustrator, opening studios in Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, and Fountain Valley before relocating to Los Angeles in 2013. Before his move, he exhibited at the Festival of Arts for eight years. His study of significant, historical painters has enabled him to develop a unique blend of classical and contemporary approaches to his method of painting.
“Bradford’s current series includes larger than life paintings of vintage images and objects expressing a dynamic complement of texture and atmosphere that patently illustrate his signature style,” said exhibit curator Pat Sparkuhl.
This exhibit at foaSOUTH showcases his unique portraits of vintage objects alongside his painting “Red Billow Camera” which was acquired by the Festival of Arts Permanent Art Collection in 2012.
Inside the foaSOUTH gallery. Works pictured (left to right): “Jameson” 48 x 24 inches, oil on canvas; “Red Billow Camera” 40 x 20 inches, oil on canvas; “PGC Aspirin” 36 x 24 inches, oil on canvas
ABOUT BRADFORD J. SALAMON
Along with traditional schooling at the Art Institute of Southern California, Bradford J. Salamon is a painter who refined his skills during private tutorial sessions under the watchful eyes of working artists such as Jeremy Lipking and David Leffel.
With a body of work spanning from charcoal portraits to gestural landscapes, from intimate interiors to narrative scenes, Bradford is most celebrated for his intuitive oil portraits of both famous and ordinary people. Currently, he is working on paintings of vintage objects that he also considers portraits because of the stories they tell.
Publications about his work include reviews in ArtScene, ISM, and Modern Luxury magazines, coverage in the Orange County Register and OC Weekly, and most notably, essays by critics and curators in Orange County Tastemakers. Bradford’s art is included in collections at the Laguna Art Museum, the Orange County Museum of Art, Chapman University, and in private holdings.
“Darth Vader Diptych” by Bradford J. Salamon, 72 x 60 inches, oil on canvas
ABOUT FOA SOUTH
Opened as a collaboration between Festival of the Arts and Active Culture, foaSOUTH serves visitors and residents of Laguna Beach by promoting Festival-related exhibitions throughout the year. Located at 1006 S. Coast Highway on the corner of Anita and PCH, the gallery has partnered with Active Culture to provide frozen yogurt and natural foods on the premises at their café. Open weekdays from 10 am – 9 pm and weekends from 8 am – 9 pm. The Festival of Arts is a non-profit organization whose proceeds go to support the arts in and about Laguna Beach. For more information, call (949) 494-1145 or go online to www.LagunaFestivalofArts.com
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