Brian Sisson, whose painting of The Strand is featured on Easy Reader's Summer Calendar cover, focuses on the simple elements that distinguish life at the beach from life anywhere else.
Sisson was born in 1956 into a big Hermosa family. One of eight kids, he attended American Martyrs and Bishop Montgomery schools, swam and surfed locally, played sports and tooled around the South Bay on a stingray bicycle in the '60s.

He met his future wife in the first grade at American Martyrs School in Manhattan Beach.
He attended art classes at El Camino College while still in high school, and attended Art Center in Pasadena -- arguably the finest art college in the country -- at age 17.

His paintings are presently on exhibit at Riley Arts in downtown Manhattan Beach. The "Postcards from the Coast" exhibit continues through the end of May and also features paintings by fellow South Bay artist Ross Moore and by Melissa Markell and Noah.
Sisson's online gallery at BrianSissonArt.com lists prices ranging from $15 for a poster, and $90 for a limited edition print, up to $4,000 for original canvases.

Sisson paints in acrylics, priming some of his canvases with beach sand. His images are sun-drenched snapshots of happenstance: a winter beach scene, a parking lot by the pier, or a lifeguard tower.
"I paint scenes that are designed to lower your blood pressure and make you nod in affirmation" Sisson said. He launches his new Coast Highway series of canvases at this event.
Studio Remy, a family-run art representation business in Redondo Beach organized the exhibit. Riley Arts is located at 1007 Manhattan Avenue (two blocks south of the Manhattan pier).

Brian Sisson, whose painting of the Hermosa Strand appears on the cover of the Easy Reader Summer Calendar, is exhibiting his work at Riley Arts in Manhattan Beach through the end of the month. "Postcards from the Coast"also includes work by a second beach artist Ross Moore, and by Melissa Markell and Noah. Riley Arts is located at 1007 Manhattan Avenue (two blocks south of the Manhattan pier). For more information, phone 310-372-3681.