
		Segil Fine Art Gallery: 110 West Lime Ave Old Town Monrovia CA 91016 Phone: 626-358-5563 Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 1-6 pm Online: SegilFineArt.com
	*Save The Dates!* Segil Fine Art welcomes Keewon Hong, Brenda Swenson and Laura Wynne to introduce their new collection of paintings in “Oil and Water.” Keewon Hong and Laura Wynne showcase their glowing oils alongside the brilliant watercolors of Brenda Swenson. Segil Fine Art requests the pleasure of your company, Sunday, July 16th from 3-6pm for a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception. This exhibit will also be available for online viewing beginning July 16th at www.segilfineart.com.
	Laura Segil Segil Fine Art Gallery



In this Issue This Month’s Featured Exhibiting Artist Collector's Corner This Month’s Gallery Feature News

This Month's Featured Exhibiting Artist This month I would like to introduce you to the work of Keewon Hong. In July and August, we’ll be meeting Brenda Swenson and Laura Wynne. KEEWON HONG Born in South Korea, Keewon immigrated to America in 1983. He is a self-taught artist who has been working in the Los Angeles area producing murals, fine art painting, and portraiture for the past fifteen years. His work is influenced by artists such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Corrot and Inness. He strives to emphasize the feelings of beauty and thought of each person portrayed in his figure paintings and the quiet, intimate, and sublime stillness of nature in his landscape work. His goal is to provide an emotional experience to the viewer who might, in return, have insightful reflections and beautiful thoughts of their own. Keewon’s hope is that he will continue to develop his personal style of painting as he celebrates both nature and humanity by exploring their cyclical relationship.


Collector's Corner Four Part Series; Art in L.A., a Cultural Expedition into Our Own Back Yard Part Three: Exploring LA’s Art Through the Eyes of a Collector By now you have strolled through the art walks, spent pleasurable hours in L.A.’s museums and have caught the art bug and are ready to buy art! That’s where galleries come in. Purchasing art should be fun, convenient and stress free. Whatever type of art you are in the market for, there is sure to be a gallery in your area to fit the bill. Here are a few tips to help your gallery experiences be the best possible. Never be intimidated. You are the client and potential customer. Take your time, browse, ask questions, and most importantly, enjoy yourself! If you discover an artist who’s style you really like, but don’t see a particular painting that you love, ask the gallery director if they have anything else by that artist, perhaps in the back room, on their website or at the artist’s studio. The more information you can give a gallery director, the better chance they have to match you with the perfect painting. Don't be afraid to tell them what you are looking for in regards to style, subject matter, size medium and artist. While writing this section, I had a very nice woman come in to admire the work of a particular artist. However, she was looking for a painting with eucalyptus and orange trees. Although we don’t have a painting of that particular subject, I told her that the artist would be happy to do a commission. She was thrilled! Art galleries are your retail destination to buy art. The goal of the gallery is to find wonderful homes for all of the artwork they carry! Of the hundreds of galleries in Los Angeles, here are a handful of suggestions in the foothill corridor. You can also “google” art galleries in L.A. or specifically your area. Monrovia: Segil Fine Art, Jaffin Gallery, Oh My Goddard Gallery Pasadena: Tirage, Gallery Gabrie, Michael Hollis, Mendenhall Gallery, American Legacy of Fine Arts, Fine Artists Factory Altadena: The Underground Arts Society Arcadia: Mellon Gallery Stay Tuned for our Next Editions: Four Part Series; Art in LA, A Cultural Expedition in Our Own Back Yard-continued: Part Four: Exploring LA’s Art Through the Eyes of a Foreigner From Paris! Taking a Look at the Pompidou Center’s Exhibit LOS ANGELES 1955-1985 THE BIRTH OF AN ART CAPITAL


This Month's Gallery Features Lynne Fearman “Most of my life has been spent painting in watercolors. They travel well and I delight in the immediacy of them. In recent years, I've been drawn to paint in oils, exploring the textures oils can create. Acrylic paint is also a favorite medium, because of its versatility. I enjoy putting my own spin on a landscape, changing the light to enhance the subject.” - Lynne Fearman Felicé Hrovat Felicé Hrovat’s interest in art started as a teenager in his native town of Trieste, Italy. His vision of becoming a competent artist has always been a part of himself. He worked as a commercial artist for over thirty years in Montreal, Canada, and in California. He is one of the artist demonstrators at the annual Southland Art Association Festival of Art Shows and has been conducting oil painting workshops at Taylor Ranch in Montebello since 1993. Felicé is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for his artwork.


NEWS *SAVE THE DATES!* Segil Fine Art July-August Exhibit Oil and Water The New Collections by Keewon Hong, Brenda Swenson and Laura Wynne July 16-August 26, 2006, with a reception for the artists Sunday, July 16th, 3-6pm Please note that the reception is at a new time and day for this show! Saturday in the Park with the Masters* Southern California artists are invited to the Second Annual “Saturday in the Park with the Masters”, learning from and painting with some of this area’s finest painters and instructors. Spend the day in the park. Bring your sketchbook, a comfortable chair, and your imagination. Move from venue to venue and learn from each painter. Saturday, June 3, 2006, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm; Pomona College on the Claremont College Campus. Prepaid tickets are available as well as at the door. For more information call Saralyn Lowenstein 626.358.0395, or JoAnn Formia 626.797.8562. Registration form> *ARTIST’S NEWS* Congratulations to Jeff Ward for a great write-up in the June issue of American Artist Magazine, pages 49-55. In May, a few of our artists participated in a Catalina Island painting trip-what fun! Here are a few new paintings in the gallery by Walter McNall from that trip. *GALLERY NEWS* June 15-July 15 I’ll be out of the gallery on an “art adventure” to London, taking an art marketing course with Sotheby’s. Linda Strack will be joining the Segil Fine Art team during my absence. We will also be extending the gallery hours for the summer, Tuesday through Thursday 11:00-6pm, Friday & Saturday 1-9pm and now staying open on Sundays 12-5pm. *CORRECTION* In our “New in the Gallery” e-mail sent out May 26th, the correct info for W. Jason Situ’s “Morning Clouds” is 9x12, $980 *Attention Gallery Artists! If you have news to share or upcoming events, please email Laura at the gallery. We'll be glad to get it in the newsletter!