SANTA MONICA, CA.- Robert Berman Gallery presents Paid to Play – an overview of the overlooked Southern California artists rooted in illustration, commissioned to create imagery for record albums, magazines, advertisements, et al. A genre dirtily linked to commercialism but nonetheless full of innovation, technique, artistic expression and speed. “Fueled by a combination of intense demand, sleepless nights and brutal competition, the four men at the center of LA’s airbrush market – Dave Willardson, Charles E. White III, Peter Palombi and Peter Llyod – embarked on careers that produced iconic work for Playboy, Levi’s, the Rolling Stones, along with major studio films such as American Graffiti and Tron.” – Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art. And the wrangler of these men was Mike Salisbury – the art director of West magazine, the Sunday supplemen