Chiho Aoshima -- Creator of that brilliantly trippy animated piece "City Glow" that played on five monitors simultaneously at MOCA's "Ecstasy" show.

  Enrique Martinez Celaya -- Art which examines the gray area between experience and its representation, as well as the relationship between fragmentation and wholeness, not to mention the tension between a thing and the absence of that thing.

  Jennifer Celio -- Intricate graphite drawings of contemporary landscapes revealing layers of history and meaning.

  Francesco Clemente -- An Artchive.com page devoted to Clemente with links to selected images

  Cassius Marcellus Coolidge -- Self-taught painter of dogs playing poker.

  Henry Darger -- Reclusive janitor and visionary outsider artist, creator of the 15,000 page, 12 volume, single-spaced, typewritten epic entitled The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, as caused by the Child Slave Rebellion.

  Carol Es -- Mixed media art interwoven with the fabric of personal experience

  Inka Essenhigh -- Surreal paintings incorporating figurative, abstract and cartoon-like elements.

  Carlee Fernandez -- Taxidermic luggage, sculpture and performance art. Artist interview here. An LA Weekly review is here.

  Llyn Foulkes -- Review of the Laguna Museum of Art's retrospective.

  Renee A. Fox -- Biomorphic and botanical abstractions charged with symbolic content.

  Zhenya Gershman -- Large yet intimate and vividly expressive figure paintings

  April Gornik -- Dark and moody landscape paintings, drawings, prints.

  Betty Green -- Complex mixed-media paintings by a Santa Monica artist.

  Moire Hahn -- Densely imaginative contemporary art inspired by Persian miniatures, Tibetan Thanka paintings, Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, Indian animal drawings, and Chinese guardian figures. Bio on uniteddivas.com.

  Lynn Hanson -- Personal expressions of the artist's intense relationship with the natural world.

  Randall Hufbauer -- Remembering our lost friend Randall...

  Kerry Kate -- Macabre and amusing art dolls, effigies, paintings, and more.

  Josh Keyes -- Diagrammatic paintings and drawings that comment on the isolating impact of technology and our culture of consumption.

  Bobbie Moline-Kramer -- All that remains

  Moonlight Glass -- Hand-blown glass art by John Mooney

  Kenneth Ober -- Paintings which explore time and space using simple visual notations within complex fields.

  Robert ParkeHarrison -- Moody, whimsical photographs.

  Polly Pitsker -- Auto-biographical photographs and digital images

  PROJECT inSECT -- An educational traveling exhibit of large insect paintings, along with live performances and educational materials.

  Sabrina Raaf -- Art-generating machines and extra tall photos of floating humans in domestic situations

  Holly Roberts -- Psychological dramas rendered in paint over photographs

  Michael Sexton -- Portrait/editorial photographer with a unique and compelling vision

  Michael Sokolis -- Painter of dreamlike urban high-wire crossings.

  David Trulli -- Noir retro-futurist scratchboard works and lensless photography

  Miller Updegraff -- Paintings of complex, non-repeating patterns that explore how the eye learns, over time, to construct pathways and perceive structure when confronted with visual randomness.

  Holly Williams-Brock -- Photorealist landscapes based on the idea of the photograph as a medium of manipulation, a veil that obscures truth, while painting becomes the medium of authenticity.

  Jim Woodring -- Creator of compellingly surreal cartoon worlds.

  Peter Zokosky -- Paintings of brooding monkeys, skeletons picking oranges, Abe Lincoln diving for lobsters, flayed animals, etc.

Blogs

  artbusiness.com -- Coverage of SF art openings with many photos

  Artopia -- John Perreault's Art Diary

The Bloggess -- Shopping advice and smart fashion tips from humorist Jenny Lawson.

  esart.com -- Carol's blog-o-rama

  Mat Gleason -- Mat's LiveJournal

  JMG Art Blog -- Jeff Green's art blog

  Modern Art Notes -- Tyler Green's modern and contemporary art blog

  my love for you -- Meighan O'Toole's art blog

  The OC Art Blog -- Contemporary art behind the curtain

Reciprocal links:  

  Monica Araoz

  ArtsrepubliK

  Deborah Batt

  Michael Crawford and Tom Hanus

  Cliff Finity

  Kumiko S. McKee

  Lou Patrou

 Ascot Studios Gallery

Other links

  Artist-A-Day -- Get a new featured artist each day on your iGoogle/Facebook page

  artsnet.org -- Resources for the Arts in technology, funding, development and communications.

  L.A. Theater Works -- The relativity series features science-themed plays

  Laurel Page -- Talented actress, voice-over artist, author, and experienced art consultant

  Left Coast Galleries -- The artist-collector connection

  McLean Fine Art -- Art advisory, consulting, and curatorial services

  Paul Pitsker -- Please note that Pitzker, Pitzger, Pitsger, Pitzer, and Pritzker are perfectly acceptable alternative spellings for most situations. Be creative.

  Tourette Syndrome Association -- Resources for persons with TS