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Melissa Morgan Fine Art Gallery OPEN Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 5pm
Available by appointment The Melissa Morgan Sculpture Garden is located at 73 660 El Paseo Palm Desert CA.
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Collectors and art adventurers can visit anytime. Our outdoor public sculpture garden is always open 73785 El Paseo Drive Palm Desert, CA. Current artists include; Anthony James, Squire Broel, Lawrence Schiller, Nobuhito Nishigawara, Bill Barrett, Steve Tobin, Joseph McDonnell, Peter Busby, Carole Feuerman, Ed Moses and more. The gallery strives to present museum-quality programming. The gallery also offers confidential advice and guidance to collectors, corporations, and institutions about identifying, locating, and acquiring works of art.

10/14/2026

And then, there was light! A glimpse inside Anthony James’s studio.

Spanning six feet in diameter, Andy Moses’s large scale paintings draw the eye across in sweeping fields of pigments, wi...
10/14/2026

Spanning six feet in diameter, Andy Moses’s large scale paintings draw the eye across in sweeping fields of pigments, with the circular canvas giving the composition a sense of continuous movement.

Geodesy 1503, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
72-inch diameter

Available at Melissa Morgan Fine Art.

From sneaker culture to porcelain. Brock DeBoer transforms familiar Nike silhouettes into meticulously crafted ceramic s...
10/13/2026

From sneaker culture to porcelain. Brock DeBoer transforms familiar Nike silhouettes into meticulously crafted ceramic sculptures. Nostalgic, instantly recognizable, and completely unexpected.

Available at Melissa Morgan Fine Art.

Covered in dichroic rhinestones and slowly rotating on a mirrored platform, Andrea Stanislav’s The Vanishing Points is a...
10/13/2026

Covered in dichroic rhinestones and slowly rotating on a mirrored platform, Andrea Stanislav’s The Vanishing Points is as seductive as is it surreal.

Originally created as part of Stanislav’s River to Infinity - The Vanishing Points, first exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the work has since appeared in exhibitions across the country.

Now on view at Melissa Morgan Fine Art.

DOUBLE DOWN reflects Peter Tunney’s distinctive text-based practice, combing bold language with richly layered media and...
10/13/2026

DOUBLE DOWN reflects Peter Tunney’s distinctive text-based practice, combing bold language with richly layered media and collage. Throughout his career, Tunney has transformed words and phrases, including GRATTITUDE, DON’T PANIC, and THE TIME IS ALWAYS NOW into visually commanding works that invite both immediate reaction and deeper reflection.

David Yarrow: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofWords by David: I am fully aware that in 2026 any photograph that looks implausible w...
10/12/2026

David Yarrow: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Words by David: I am fully aware that in 2026 any photograph that looks implausible will be deemed a product of Al. This is a whole new variable to consider now when releasing a new photograph. Could the photograph be fake? At least I am old enough to have the provenance of 45 years of photographs behind me. I feel sorry for the new kids on the block.

These Al concerns were one reason for bringing a B-roll film crew to Kevin Richardson's Lion sanctuary in South Africa. If we could document the process, we would also eliminate doubt. All the constituent parts of this photograph are very real; | just photographed Josie immediately after I filmed Yame the lion. The lion is a danger to all except Kevin and I work from a very heavy cage.

The idea came together piecemeal in the days before the scheduled shoot. We had built the bar in Kevin's sanctuary, but I was missing a strong foreground narrative, which is key to my work at Kevin's. Given the mutual trust we have developed in our 12-year partnership, there is an expectation to be creatively bold when I visit. Proceeds from pictures like these, after all, help keep the sanctuary open.

My son Cameron reminded me of a photograph I had taken many years ago in Montana of a lady and a wolf in an old wreck of a car. The battered car roof separated the two and threw off an Hitchcockian level of suspense. The photograph may have been made in the deep winter and 10,000 miles from warm Pretoria, but I felt I could lean on the concept.

As my plans started to build substance, I understood how we could use a beaten up old 1950s car not only to divide the picture into sections but also to keep the lion and the lead woman visually compartmentalized. The picture makes sense.

The end product has a pleasing compositional harmony and all the credit for that really goes to Kevin. I think Tennessee Williams would have approved of the iterative process that ended with his lion leaping so gracefully on to the top of that "tin roof".

10/12/2026

Behind the scenes with Carole Feuerman as she meticulously places water droplets by hand, adding another layer of realism to one of her tabletop sculptures.

In Mexican Marigold, Lisa Bartleson brings gestural abstraction into conversation with rigorous minimalism. Part of her ...
10/12/2026

In Mexican Marigold, Lisa Bartleson brings gestural abstraction into conversation with rigorous minimalism. Part of her Flora series, the work embraces subtle imperfections and the tension between organic and geometric form.

Brandon Ralph, Hats, 2026From The American Experiment series:The idea of America, and the American identity, has been ce...
10/11/2026

Brandon Ralph, Hats, 2026

From The American Experiment series:

The idea of America, and the American identity, has been central to this country's cultural conversation and debate since its inception. America past, present, and future is an ongoing experiment in free will and liberty for all who reach its welcoming shores, plow its fertile soil, and raise their children to achieve that great promise of the American Dream. In The American Experiment, photographer Brandon Ralph presents an exploration of the patriotic symbols, the vast and varied landscape, and the tapestry of humanity that poses the question anew: What makes an American? The result is a finely wrought collection of moments and Americans captured in time, separated by decades and by state lines, by events of national significance and by the invisible routines of day-to-day life. In Ralph's starkly beautiful and unwaveringly sensitive images, there is a sense of timelessness that speaks to our collective nostalgia, our unflagging optimism, and our unending pursuit of freedom for all people.

MMFA is pleased to welcome Louis Chapheau to the gallery’s program. A self-taught artist, Chapheau creates energetic, ex...
10/11/2026

MMFA is pleased to welcome Louis Chapheau to the gallery’s program.

A self-taught artist, Chapheau creates energetic, expressive works rooted in advocacy, dialogue, and self-reflection. His work has entered private collections and has been exhibited across Europe, North America, Australia, and Africa.

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73660 El Paseo Drive
Palm Desert, CA
92260

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Monday 11am - 5pm
Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

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