Johnny Lane X Mutt Scouts Fundraiser Bash

Ellie Mayer Gallery is excited to announce a special fundraising event with artist and Mutt Scouts dog rescue co-founder, Johnny Lane on Saturday April 4th, beginning at noon at the gallery; 6616 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles

Artist Johnny Lane will talk about his work in the show with a Q & A afterwards and will donate fifty percent of all sales of his paintings featuring a dog in it to Mutt Scouts, plus the gallery will offer limited edition artist-signed prints of which 100% of the proceeds will go to Mutt Scouts. The show titled Now More Than Ever, bursts with life-affirming, joyous colorful works — what we all need now more than ever. Like all great art the work seems effortless at first, but like Matisse or Modigliani, two master painters Lane’s work is often described as being like, the line, contour, form and color use reveals the work of a true master in his prime. Johnny Lane has been quietly painting, putting in the hours it takes to become genius at his craft, for over thirty years since studying at RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) all the while championing Southern California’s four-legged. Mutt Scouts slogan “every breed, every need” means they take in every dog no matter what, thus its logo of a dog with a missing eye. And ever true to his kind nature, Johnny Lane is donating a large percentage of the proceeds of each painting featuring a dog to Mutt Scouts. Lane’s joyful subject matter is something all Los Angeleans are lucky to share in, being able to enjoy our beautiful beaches for rest and renewal or family time. It’s a far cry from where Lane began, growing up in a funeral home in Boston, MA. These paintings are bursting with the Joy of Life, or la alegría de vivir — he aptly named his daughter Viva (now 14). Ellie Mayer Gallery is beyond excited to offer these paintings to LA and bring some much-needed joy into our lives and homes. A documentary film is currently being made about Johnny Lane, his paintings and about Mutt Scouts dog rescue and a book about the artist “Colossus Of Montauk” is being published by Diogenes, due to come out later this year. About Johnny Lane: Johnny Lane (b. 1970) grew up in a funeral home in Boston and studied painting at RISD (Rhode Island School Of Design) in the early 1990's, where, under Professor Richard Merkin, Lane began developing what would become his signature style — emphasizing vivid color, audacious lines and strong figurative compositions. At RISD, Lane, a visual artist and musician, was a member of the band Flo, a group made up of fellow art students. His multidisciplinary art continued into the late 90’s with the band The Ghost of Tony Gold, which released an album and a single in 1997 and with two solo shows of his paintings in 1998; If Blues Was Money at Suite 1000 in New York City and Fashion Editor at Lionheart Gallery in Boston. In 1999 Lane exhibited in a group show at Bronwyn Keenan in NYC and after a move to Los Angeles, showed at Harmony Gallery in Hollywood in 2006 and in 2011 had a solo show titled I Loved You More Before at Dntwn Salon in Los Angeles. Lane's been an Artist in Residence at Herb & Wood in San Diego since 2017. He lives and works in Southern California where he runs the dog rescue Mutt Scouts which he founded with his wife in 2005.

What to expect:
Painting