Melissa Morgan Fine Art

Melissa Morgan Fine Art Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5
Sunday 12 -5
Sculpture Garden dawn - dusk
Closed Mondays for summer
Artist receptions 1st Fridays of the Month November - May
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The Melissa Morgan Sculpture Garden is located at 73 660 El Paseo Palm Desert CA. 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.

Lawrence Schiller represented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art.
05/22/2026

Lawrence Schiller represented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art.

Artist reception for Ryan Campbell  June 19 5-7pm at the gallery.
05/21/2026

Artist reception for Ryan Campbell June 19 5-7pm at the gallery.

Looking forward to Art Market Seattle and Intersect Aspen in July! For more information or passes contact the gallery.  ...
05/21/2026

Looking forward to Art Market Seattle and Intersect Aspen in July! For more information or passes contact the gallery.

Anthony James represented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art. Works on view at the gallery.
05/21/2026

Anthony James represented by Melissa Morgan Fine Art. Works on view at the gallery.

05/20/2026

"The soft evening backlight gives this picture a calmness that would be harder to evoke on a clear evening, and it is al...
05/20/2026

"The soft evening backlight gives this picture a calmness that would be harder to evoke on a clear evening, and it is all the stronger for it. It is quite rare, in my experience, to be able to work with subdued light in West Texas, and we will take it.
Most basic resource and industrial metal businesses have traditionally been male dominated. The extraction of copper and coal from the ground tended to be characterised by a 100% male worker base.

The oil industry followed this trend, but not entirely, and women are far from excluded from the history of the US oil industry. However, women prospectors faced widespread prejudice regarding their ability to do business or understand the industry. Once they struck oil, they had to work harder than men to attract investors and were often barred from the male-only saloons where many deals were made. It was an uphill battle.

This made the stories of female pioneer success more laudable and I wanted to celebrate this within my wider storytelling series about women living and working on the final frontier. Westerns have been too male dominated for years and women often play the lead role in our stories.

I learnt of a woman? - Emma Summers? - who, in 1893, used the $700 she earned from piano lessons to take half ownership of a well and build a business producing 50,000 barrels a month. She became known as the "Oil Queen of California".

We built this set using prompts from an archival picture of a derrick in the early 20th century. I think my team did an excellent job with the wooden tower and it made for as good a backdrop as I could have had.

Kelsey Merritt was my Landwoman for this shot; she always brings grace and commitment to set and is a joy to work with."

~ David Yarrow

05/20/2026
05/19/2026

  250 TR by Anthony James
05/19/2026

250 TR by Anthony James

Visit our sculpture garden !
05/19/2026

Visit our sculpture garden !

Address

73660 El Paseo Drive
Palm Desert, CA
92260

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+17603411056

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