As a young boy, Logan Maxwell Hagege showed significant ability and interest in creating art. Visits with his grandmother who lived in the Californian desert provided inspiration for his early practice. Today, working out of a studio in Ojai, California, Hagege creates modern visions of the American West in a style he has coined “stylized realism.” In his paintings, the sky is prominent, and his signature clouds frequently mimic the forms of the cowboys and Native Americans in the foreground. To gather subject matter and establish deeper relationships with the land and peoples of his paintings, Hagege travels extensively throughout the Southwest and southern California.

In addition to finding inspiration in nature and his subjects, Hagege has been guided by the work of painters such as N. C. Wyeth, Maynard Dixon, and Gustav Klimt. While he might be influenced by a particular location, Hagege notes that the scenes that he creates are solely original: “It’s my vision of the world; that’s where it starts and that’s where it ends.”

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