Harry Carmean paintings in elegant Santa Barbara homes

We just spotted this ad in Santa Barbara Magazine - over the mantle is Harry Carmean's "Spanish Dancer" painting. There are a number of prominent collectors in Santa Barbara who have been purchasing Carmean's work over the years including the upscale Bacara Hotel, contemporary art collector Barry Berkus, actor Jeff Bridges and his wife Susan, Diana Basehart (founder of the Diana Basehart Foundation), Sarah Gore Lee and philanthropist Nancy Koppleman.

Harry Carmean exhibition at the Biltmore Hotel in Montecito

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, you are invited to come to an an exhibition of Harry Carmean's art while entertained by singer Lois Mahalia at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Santa Barbara. The Poetic Eye has collaborated with with the Bottoms Art Galleries in Santa Barbara to produce this event which will prove to be a visual and acoustical feast. It all starts on Thursday June 10 at 5:00 (and goes through 9:00). Carmean's work can be viewed anytime, so if you are in the area, be sure to drop by the gallery which is past the main lobby on the right.