Logan Maxwell Hagege: Fertile Ground

1 August - 6 September 2025

Autumn Whisper, d. 2025, oil on linen, 37 x 32 inches

Logan Maxwell Hagege (b. 1980) is a California-based contemporary artist renowned for his striking portrayals of the American Southwest. Trained in classical technique at a Southern California academy, where he developed his skills drawing from live models, Hagege's work is rooted in tradition but shaped by vision. Hagege's stylized realism, blends precise geometry with soft, organic forms, resulting in compositions that feel timeless.

Fertile Ground opens on August 1st, with a reception from 5 to 7 PM. Works available for purchase Monday, July 21st at 11:00am MST
Unified, d. 2025, oil on linen, 20 x 16 inches

This exhibition presents a diverse selection of Hagege's recent work, showcasing the breadth of his subject matter and vision. From sweeping vistas and native flora to expressive portraits and sculptural still lifes, each piece reflects a deep reverence for the Southwest and its culture. Unified delicately combines many of the artist's signature motifs, including a Navajo weaving, a pueblo wedding vase, and blooming hollyhocks, iconic in his visual vocabulary.

A hallmark of Hagege's paintings is his rhythmic visual language: clouds often echo the curves of figures, while desert cliffs and adobe walls settle into carefully considered arrangements of shape and shadow. His refined use of color, deeply inspired by nature, captures the quiet drama of the landscape, from amber rock faces to expansive skies. More than a depiction of place, his work fosters an emotional connection to the land, revealing its beauty through light, form, and sensitivity.
The Song at Sunset, d. 2020, oil on linen, 96 x 144 inches

Raised in Los Angeles, Hagege's connection to the desert began early, during childhood trips to visit his grandmother in the California desert. These formative experiences laid the foundation for his lifelong engagement with the region's people, land, and stories. That connection continues to resonate throughout his work, which bridges past and present, realism and abstraction, the celestial and the earthly.
Elements, d. 2025, oil on linen,12 x 17 inches

Hagege's art is held in major museum collections across the country, including the Autry Museum of the American West, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the Eiteljorg Museum, the Briscoe Western Art Museum, and the Scottsdale Museum of the West.

With his masterful technique, lyrical compositions, and refined palette, he continues to redefine Western art for a new generation.
We invite you to celebrate the opening of Fertile Ground with us on August 1st, from 5 to 7 PM.

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