Allied Artists to Host Annual ‘Art on the Green’ Exhibit and Sale

By LILY TINOCO and SARAH SHMERLING

Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains & Seashore will host its sixth annual “Art on the Green” on Sunday, July 16, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Palisades Village Green.

The exhibit and sale will feature local artists and their original, representational landscape and seascape paintings of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and beyond.

“All paintings in the show must be representational art depicting the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and national, state and local parks and open spaces within the 10 counties of Southern California: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura,” according to the requirements.

The show will support the Village Green, as well as local and national conservation organizations, according to a press release.

Allied Artists is a 20-year-old organization of local fine artists who paint representational art of the Santa Monica Mountains and beaches, designed to promote appreciation of the environment and local conservation and maintenance efforts. The group collaborates with organizations like Will Rogers State Historic Park, National Wildlife Federation, Mountains Restoration Trust and others.

Local artists and longtime Palisadians Susan Flanigan and Russell Hunziker previously exhibited their art in the “Art on the Green” show.

Hunziker has lived in the Palisades for over 30 years. He is an active painter, board member of the Allied Artists and former board member of Topanga Canyon Gallery. His previous works have depicted an ode to his love of nature, from the Santa Monica mountains and beaches to the Sierra Nevada.

“Having the art show on the Village Green is a highlight of the group’s year,” Hunziker said to the Palisadian-Post ahead of this year’s event. “It’s such a beautiful location. We look forward to it every year.”

Flanigan came to Southern California in 1982 from Wales, living in the Palisades and Malibu for more than three decades.

“When the opportunity presented itself to pursue her love of painting the great outdoors, she joined the Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains and has never looked back,” a 2021 press release stated.

Allied Artists of the Santa Monica Mountains & Seashore also sponsors free monthly paint-outs on the second Saturday of each month. The paint-outs provide the opportunity for any painter to “enjoy a sense of camaraderie with like-minded people” and “are a great way to see the beauty of the natural environment,” according to a press release. A painting demonstration and friendly critique is usually held at the event.

The monthly paint-outs are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and are open to any artist at any skill level. The next paint-out is scheduled for Saturday, August 12, at Sycamore Cove Beach in Point Mugu State Park in Malibu. Pastel artist Virginia Kamhi will be providing the August 12 demonstration.

Previous paint-outs have been taken place at Via de las Olas Bluffs in Pacific Palisades.

For more information and other upcoming events, including free monthly paint-outs, visit allied-artists.com.