Todd White has visited the gallery previously when it launched along with the opening of the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa.  White used to make signing guest appearances at wine sampling nights at The Red Chair Lounge. His popularity exploded shortly after those events and he now enjoys world acclaim as a thriving artist. Based in Los Angeles, White credits his unique style partially to his studio work on the cartoon series Sponge Bob. The characters in the series took on caricature style qualities not too different from seen above in these unusual portraits.

With a little time in his private studio painting, Todd White refined his style and captured the rich and famous or a look of exaggerated elegance that often includes women or men in formal attire with a cocktail and even a cigarette in hand. Hair styles portray an era of Hollywood sleek, and the backgrounds are generally void of color or scene. While there are other galleries in the region carrying Todd White art, The Gallery HB is the ultimate venue to visit and see them mounted on walls. With the largest gallery collection and a direction connection to Todd, you'll find this Huntington Beach hotel stand-alone gallery building is well worth a visit, whether from out of town, or living locally.

The gallery isn't solely dedicated to Todd White. Other recognized artists and sculptors include Toreen West, Dean Torrence.

 The Gallery HB at (714) 845-4835. Location: Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort, 21500 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach.

For those serious about art collecting, we'd like to also recommend another nearby gallery that offers incredible value for watercolor originals and sculptures. The Bill Anderson Art Gallery in Sunset Beach (next door to Captain Jack's) features the works of several internationally recognized artists who happen to live in Southern California. World travelers fly into Los Angeles to take a look and purchase original artwork.

And just in case you're new to the area, you really need to know about Laguna Beach's varied art galleries and fine art reps. With three major art venues, summer-long art events, and dozens of fine art galleries, there's nowhere on the coast between La Jolla (San Diego) and Santa Monica that compares. Honestly, when you take into account that most of Laguna Beach's galleries are near the ocean, you'd have to visit Carmel by the Sea on the Central California coast to find such a concentration of fine art at the beach.

Huntington Beach's The HB Gallery is Surf City's best bet at collecting fine art. There are other popular art galleries and framing shops, but their quality and cost are usually not in the caliber of the Hyatt hotel's unique, vendor-owned store.