Beverly Shipko's paintings of everything sweet look good enough to eat. She shows her work through Aug. 1.

The painter has turned the classic L.A. fruit cart into a mobile art studio and gallery. His goal: more direct connection between maker and buyer.

Often tackling socio-political issues in photo-realistic drawings and paintings, Valdez first presented his body of work “The Strangest Fruit” at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery ...