Susan Michals: Jonathan Wateridge, British Painter, Talks Los Angeles, Gerhard Richter and Diego Velázquez

(Boy on Wall, by Jonathan Wateridge. Oil on linen Photo courtesy of L&M Arts/Fredrik Nilsen) Realist paintings in Los Angeles are a hard sell these days. More often than not, abstract, street, and nouveau surrealism seem to be the norm along the corridors of La Cienega and Washington Boulevards. So the fact that L&M Gallery decided to go with a realist painter -- let alone an artist with virtually no reach in the American market -- seemed like it could be not only a critical risk, but a financia...