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Blue Rain Gallery Sales Associate joins us on the podcast to talk about our upcoming show "Drawings from the Archive" featuring never before seen charcoal drawings by Alberto Valdés.

Email us at info@blueraingallery.com for a copy of the show brochure or view the digital copy here (Brochure foreword by Todd Scalise)

Join us for the show's opening reception Friday, March 31st from 5 - 7pm, 2023

Watch Episode 19: David and Alberto Valdés

View work by Alberto Valdés

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Alberto Valdés 1918-1998

It was the early 20th Century Modernists, among them Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, and most importantly, Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, that particularly appealed to Valdés and, years later, he stated that “through the years of study, they have given me the necessary foundation that I needed.”

In addition, his own neighborhood of Boyle Heights had a profound influence on him: East L.A. was a hotbed for the Mexican-American, or Chicano, Civil Rights Movement (el Movimiento), which began in the 1940s and culminated in the 1970s. The ideology of the era celebrated a Pre-Columbian cultural origin and many artists embraced a hybridized heritage with indigenous iconography like ancient glyphs and figures.

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The Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by Leroy Garcia and produced by Leah Garcia. Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta.

Starr Hardridge joins us for his second episode on the Blue Rain Gallery Podcast. He talks about new work for his show "Renewal," that opens at Blue Rain Gallery February 24th from 5 - 7pm. View work from the show here

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Starr Hardridge’s work uses an assemblage of pointillism and southeastern woodland bead work aesthetic. Schooled in traditional disciplines of classical painting, his style continues to evolve with an abstract symbolism influenced by a struggle for balance within the natural world. His bold use of color and geometry wield a modern twist inspired by Muscogee patterns and designs.

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Watch episode 14 with Starr Hardridge here  

View all available work by Starr Hardridge

Shop the Starr Hardridge collection at Blue Rain Print Shop

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The Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by Leroy Garcia and produced by Leah Garcia. Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta.

Straddling the line between abstract expressionism and western pop, GL Richardson’s work finds footing in a unique place between conceptualism and pure emotion. With identifying human truths as perhaps the only tenuous ligament connecting his past life in advertising and ranching, his work aims to distill life’s complexities into base analogies.
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View available work by GL Richardson
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The Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by Leroy Garcia and produced by Leah Garcia. Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta.

Bonus segment from our studio visit with Roseta Santiago. View more artist videos on our YouTube channel

Bonus segment from Nicolas Otero's studio visit in November 2022

Apprenticed by master artists since the age of 16, Nicolas Otero's body of work has gained a significant reputation. Museums, churches and collectors include his work in their collections. The traditional methods including the production of natural pigments and hand carved panels are a constant in his studio. He has also created altar screens which are highly collectable. His work is shown in galleries and is featured in a variety of publications 

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View available work by Nicolas Otero

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The Blue Rain Gallery Podcast is hosted by Leroy Garcia and produced by Leah Garcia. Music by Mozart Gabriel Abeyta