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"Timeless Realism" Show at the LA Art House to Benefit the Women's Endowment

Timeless Realism reflects how medicine and art have always been paired together through history. During the Renaissance the Guilds representing Doctors and Artists were closely connected. It was believed that the doctor healed the body, while the artist healed the soul. And so, with great pleasure, Dareau and Perenchio are exhibiting paintings that show real life at its most beautiful, to both uplift the soul and for the advancement of medicine.

Perenchio will be showing a collection of her portraits and paintings of inspiring moments shared with her friends and her dogs, who serve as both models and muses. Dareau will be showing work that celebrates the loveliness of what often goes unnoticed. His selection of joyful subject matter includes fire-works, night swimming, and "Monet Time," paying homage to the elegance and allure of one of art history's most beloved painters.

Both Dareau and Perenchio paint the world around them rather than focus on internal visions. Dareau points out that 20^th Century, contemporary artists drew the map and then pushed the boundaries that defined "what is art," but today in the opening decade of the twenty-first century there is a yearning for the realism that once intrigued us in centuries past.

"My work is about time that goes by," Dareau says. "Time that is taking things away, making memories, but memories disappear after a while. So I paint my own garden, like a Candide who would take care of what is close to him."

"My work is about the story - the narrative," Perenchio says. "There are those special moments that we will never forget but a painting gives us that snapshot in time where we can see and maybe even hear the innermost feelings of a human soul - timeless thoughts - today but with respect to realism in a classical sense."

Perenchio has captured those moments in her works depicting Salma Hayek in her ninth month of pregnancy with her first child and the poignant moment between a father and son in a portrait of Norman Lear and his son as he was about to leave for college.

Dareau's landscapes, portraits, breathtaking fireworks and pools of water are subjects with a timeless appeal and will be as fresh years from now as they are today.

"Both Margie and Laurent paint images about desire," says Kevin Conroy, Director of the LA Art House. "Their work is about our hunger for things that cannot last in this world and how they can only become truly timeless through art."

Perhaps the most profoundly beautiful facet of this exhibition is that Dareau and Perenchio are using their art to point to what matters - women's health. Women determine the survival of mankind and the future of our children.

About

LA Art House is the result of a unique vision shared by Margaret Perenchio and Ann Moss, born out of their passion for art and their deep desire to help emerging artists. As artists in their own right, the two decided to combine their interests in art and philanthropy and created a gallery modeled on the 19^th Century French idea of the salon-an atelier where both artists and non-artists can exchange ideas and nurture their creativity. With Margaret Perenchio at the helm and Carole Bayer Sager, Ann Moss, Kelly Day, and a supporting team of creative people contributing their vast talents to this unique project, LA Art House is coming into its own as a private studio and a gallery which both showcases contemporary art and supports emerging artists.

Women's Endowment is a philanthropic collaboration whose primary focus is on funding international collaborative research of molecular solutions to women's cancers and diseases. WE also supports research for early detection, prevention and treatment in the field of women's health. WE has designated that proceeds from the art show be donated to the research of Dr. Robin Farias-Eisner who is working on a molecular targeted-therapy and early detection for women's cancers. Kelly Day (Chair), Paula Douglass, Laurie Gilmore and Anne Dunsmore founded the Women's Endowment.

Margaret Perenchio owns the LA Art House that opened in 2008 to exhibit artists while also creating a 19^th Century French Salon for artists to gather and paint. She's drawn and painted most of her life but began seriously painting in 1999.

Margaret lives in Los Angeles and New York, which gives her the opportunity to study at the renowned Art Students League of New York.

Laurent Dareau received his formal training from the National Superior Decorative Art School in Paris and his Masters of Painting from the National Fine Art School in Lyon. He was the honorable portrait artist for the French Army and French Foreign Legion and has been commissioned for many official portraits both in the United States and Europe. He's renowned for his exhibitions throughout France, Europe and America including Bartley Drey in London, Gallery One in San Francisco, Grey McGear Modern, Lawrence Asher and Barnsdall galleries all here in Los Angeles. He was born and raised in Paris, France and now lives in Los Angeles.

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