Monday thru Friday Noon to 9:30 pm, Saturday 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm & Sunday 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Solo Piano by Mr. Gary Johnson Fri, Sat. & Sun. 7 pm
Valet Parking Service Fri & Sat.
Five Course Spring Winemaker Dinner Philo Ridge & Utopia Present Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 7:00 PM
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Fine dining and a casual atmosphere make our restaurant a favourite choice among locals and visitors alike. Utopia's eclectic menu features the ultimate in California Cuisine with around the world cooking influences. Whether a large group or dinner for two, you'll find our restaurant to be the perfect combination of comfort, class and elegance. Accommodations are available for dinner and lunch meetings, birthdays, retirement parties and wedding rehearsal dinners. Utopia Restaurant is located in the heart of the East village arts district, down town Long Beach at 445 East 1st. Street (corner of Linden Ave. & 1st. Street)  Have Your Events at Utopia
Please call us for your special banquet events. Choose from our banquet menu or customized your own menu from dinner menu. (562)432-6888 for reservation or information
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Artist’s Statement Trained as a chemist, however, I found my passion in art. I took early retirement from teaching chemistry and went back to school. I received my B. A. in fine art at California State University at Long Beach in 1989. My work is profoundly influenced by Modernism, as I do not merely paint the surface of the objects, rather search for the innerness and the essence of the matters. Fragmentation of the objects into their essential volumes, planes and patterns creating dynamism and rhythm in space is the ultimate challenge for me. Molding beauty out of geometric and curvilinear forms is also my ultimate goals for my art. I believe what Mondrian said, “the surface of things gives enjoyment, the interiority gives life”. I am also drawn to paint in broad brush, intense color and lyric lines—a passionate disciple of the Abstract Expressionism- to invite the viewers into my own emotional world—passion vs. reasoning; possibility vs. limitation; optimism vs. despair. Growing up in the Chinese culture, my work is also influenced by the affinity I feel for the Eastern spirituality—the Noguchi’s Zen-like quality --seeking order from chaos, clarity from complexity; depicting “chi” –the flow of life energy that articulates the tension, balance and grace in nature. Let the spirits of forms flow, the “chi” will emerge and be embodied in the work. |
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