BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1682999:Event:22540 DTSTAMP:20130619T031716Z SUMMARY:Rob Padilla and Mike Rivero DESCRIPTION:Rob Padilla and Mike Rivero\n\nPaintings\n\n\n\nCurated by :\nLiza Mitchell\n\n\n\nArtist Contact:\nLiza Mitchel\n310-489-8998\n\ nDates:\nApril 23 –May 25, 2009\nArtist Reception: April 25, 2009 7- 9p m for Rob Padilla and Artist Reception for Mike Rivero on May 2, 20 09 7-9pm for the Phantom Galleries Long Beach Art Walk Night and by ap pointment.\n\nLocation:\nPhantom Galleries LA on 3rd Street\n346 E 3rd Street\nLong Beach, 90802\n\nIn recognition of the Havana Biennial an d the recent lifting of certain restrictions by President Obama for Cu ban Families, Phantom Galleries LA presents several shows related to C uba including Viredo, Photography of Cuba from Meeno Peluce,  Helena Pasquarella and Raleigh Souther  Long Beach native Rob Padilla and Cu ban born Mike Rivero. \n\nRob Padilla:\n\nPadilla's style is best des cribes as \"the Far Side of Cubism\", due to his influences by Picasso and Gary Larson, along with Latin contemporary masters.  A linear st yle defines his unique perspective of imagery with vibrant color that suggests whimsy.  Unlike other juxtaposed styles, his self-taught art istic expression pokes fun at fun.\n\nPadilla's early aspiration was a s a syndicated cartoonist.  In 1983, the JACC California Journalism A ssociation of Community Colleges awarded Padilla for his artwork.\n\nI n 1997, he headed to Ensenada B.C. Mexico to enrich his artistic passi on.  The small village region of La Bufadora became his home and muse .  Mother Nature and her sisters inspired his imagination to seek bea uty while maintaining an offbeat sense of humor.  As a result, large scale imagery with bold brush strokes of line and color became his new art direction.\n\nPadilla continues to paint an artistic serenade wit h his discovery of imagination and exploration of color- and his favor ite subject: women. www.RobPadilla.com\n\nAbout Mike Rivero:\n \nBorn in Havana, Cuba, 1959.  Mike Rivero's family left Cuba for Madrid, S pain in 1970. Between school and working odd jobs to help support his family, Mike was impressed by frequent visits to the Museo del Prado and his interest in art flourished. He painted his first oil paintin g at the age of twelve.\n With the early influences of Picasso and M ariano Rodriguez, Mike first showed and sold his work as an essentia lly self-taught artist.  He went on to study with California impress ionist painter Michael Dancer and noted figurative painter Neil Nagy.  The Rivero Studio was established in San Pedro, California in 2001. \n Mike's exuberant and colorful approach to modern art has been ver y well received and his paintings are now part of many private collec tions in the United States and Europe. www.MikeRivero.com\n \nArtistâ €™s Statement\n \n“I consider myself an expressionist painter.  I am constantly searching for what I call a dance between color and comp osition.  When it comes to figurative work it is about attitude and e xpression.  Finally the purpose is to establish an intimate dialogue between my art and the spectator. \"\n\n \n\nFor more information vis it http://www.562citylife.com/events/rob-padilla-and-mike-rivero DTSTART:20090426T020000Z DTEND:20090426T040000Z CATEGORIES:art, opening LOCATION:Phantom Galleries LA on 3rd WEBSITE:http://www.phantomgalleriesLA.com/ URL:http://www.phantomgalleriesLA.com/ CONTACT:310.489.8998 ORGANIZER;CN="Phantom Galleries LA":http://www.562citylife.com/profile /PhantomGalleriesLA ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Phantom Galleries LA":http://www.562citylife.com/profile/PhantomGalleriesLA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR