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 Bill Anderson
Art Gallery is known throughout the world. Artist and owner
Bill Anderson, receives buyers from New York and Spain to his gallery
space in Sunset Beach. Oddly, the local audience has not been his
largest clientele, but things are changing. As the Hollywood crowd moves
south to Orange County, Anderson is meeting more customers such as
actress Cameron Diaz, who purchased a sculpture of a mother and child
for her very own mom. For those who know and appreciate fine art, the
prices at the gallery are reduced from the New York galleries where the
artists' works sell for much more. Perhaps that's why many collectors
hop on a plane to visit the Sunset Beach gallery. The Southern
California vacation is merely a bonus to a shopping trip to collect
great works. Anderson Art Gallery, 16812 Pacific Coast Highway,
Sunset Beach, CA. 90742. (562) 592-4393. Hours: Fridays and Saturdays 1
to 10 p.m., Sundays 1 to 8 p.m. or by appointment.
Anderson could fill a
gallery with his paintings and sculptures alone. The Minnesota-born
retired art teacher has traveled the globe to view placement of his
artwork in solo and group exhibits in Italy, Holland and Mexico. His
works are included in the permanent collections of the Vincent Price
Museum, Bowers, Museum, Carnegie Museum and in Mexico at the National
Museum of Watercolor and also at the National Museum of Printmaking.
Listed in the Who's Who in American Art and Who's Who in American
Education, he's also co-written books and been featured in the
prestigious History of California Watercolor book, as well.
There's no stupid
question around the patient teacher, Bill Anderson. His passion for art
has no bounds as he surrounds himself with other great artists and a
wife who's modeled for many of his paintings. Ausma Anderson is as
amiable and knowledgeable as her husband, though she often defers
technical questions to him in the gallery she co-owns and operates.
The Andersons'
friends include an Encyclopedia of watercolor history. From the
master who helped shape the American watercolor movement, Milford Zornes,
to an all star cast of visionaries such as Raual Anguiano, Henry
Fukuhara and Howard Hitchcock, you'll sometimes find these great artists
dropping by the Anderson Gallery. Even when they are not visiting Sunset
Beach, their art is represented on the walls, mantles and display space
of one of the finest galleries on the West Coast.
The gallery itself is
not large or plush. It is part of a building that includes the famous
Captain Jack's Seafood Restaurant. It's a comfortable space filled with
drawers and bins of original watercolor paintings. In the manner that
some shops sell posters, Anderson Gallery includes many unframed
masterpiece works that you need to sort through before finding that gem
of choice. Falling in love with great art is not difficult. On several
visits we admired a Milford Zornes painting hung on the wall. A steal at
no more than $200 (it was fairly small) one day it was there and the
next, it was gone.
When you are in the
area, don't miss a visit to Anderson Gallery, 16812 Pacific Coast
Highway, Sunset Beach, CA. 90742. (562) 592-4393. Hours: Fridays and
Saturdays 1 to 10 p.m., Sundays 1 to 8 p.m., Mondays and Tuesdays by
appointment.
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