Renee Bangerter Art

Renee Bangerter Art, one of Laguna’s newest art galleries, has gone through two incarnations since its 2012 opening as Laguna Ink Spot & Gallery.

Looking back, Bangerter, who has been drawing and painting since her early childhood, was working as a mortgage banker for decades when the 2008 recession forced her out of a comfortable job. “I became more introspective and wanted to explore my authentic self,” she says. “And I realized that I am most happy when I am creating.” After four years of planning, she opened a combination art gallery/tattoo parlor, an unusual venue where she and the other tattoo artists could also display their own fine art on the walls. Why did she choose Laguna? “There is something very special about a community that has so many artists and an art school in one place,” she explains. Early last year, Renee decided to focus specifically on painting and ceramic sculpture, rebranding the gallery as Renee Bangerter Art. “It gave me more flexibility to work on my own creations and community service projects.” (She serves on the executive committee of Laguna’s First Thursdays Art Walk and works with the Student Mentoring Program with LCAD students.)

She shows her own ceramics as well as realistic oil paintings of Dutch girls and ballet shoes, inspired by her favorite artist Johannes Vermeer. She also displays paintings mostly by local artists, both emerging and established, who work primarily in representational styles. The prices for these often detailed and finely wrought artworks are surprisingly affordable.

Renee Bangerter Art
412 North Coast Highway
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949.715.7304
reneebangerterart.com