09/30/2026
Peripheral View brings together five artists—Russell Crotty, Tim Ebner, Ned Evans, David Lloyd, and Steve Schmidt—who share a connection to surfing, but whose work approaches that experience indirectly. Rather than depicting surfing as a sport, lifestyle, or recognizable subculture, each artist allows it to enter the work tangentially, as one influence among many. The diversity of their individual practices is central to the exhibition.
Russell Crotty’s longstanding fascination with astronomy and observation has produced works that look beyond the immediate landscape toward the night sky and larger structures of the universe.
Tim Ebner’s practice resists a single stylistic identity, shifting between the figurative and abstract, and among painting, sculpture, image, and object. This constant movement parallels the changing conditions of the ocean.
Ned Evans’ work is informed by abstraction and the legacy of Southern California Light and Space. Color, atmosphere, surface, and spatial perception connect his work to the experience of landscape without directly depicting it.
David Lloyd’s paintings move between abstraction, landscape, imagined space, and recognizable imagery. This variety reflects a continual exploration of different ways to construct and experience an image.
For Steve Schmidt, process and material are fundamental. Through recycling, collage, and assemblage, found and repurposed elements are transformed into new forms built through accumulation and recombination.
The exhibition is presented alongside a solo exhibition by John Van Hamersveld, which seen together, propose surfing less as an iconography than as an underlying
visual and physical consciousness. The connection remains at the periphery—sometimes visible,
sometimes almost imperceptible—informing how these artists understand landscape, space,
motion, material, and Southern California itself.
The two exhibitions consider a subtle but important distinction: artists who surf rather
than surf artists.
Opening reception
October 10 from 3-6PM
5828 Wilshire Blvd.
On view October 10 - November 25, 2026
