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But the gallery owners had another vision: that of education. "Most people try to do something outside of themselves at some point," Trotter says. They opened a second gallery—in the same Forest Avenue location his parents occupied for so many years—in July, 2016. While the Carmel location is a traditional commercial gallery, the Pacific Grove enterprise is a breed apart: most of the art on display is not for sale. "California art and artists were not part of art curricula in schools," Trotter explains. "In fact, in the late 1970s, in a process known as "deac- cessioning" [the permanent removal of an object from a museum's collection], the Los Angeles County Museum began auctioning off much of their collections of Early California art." Evidently the pieces were not highly valued, but that sentiment has certainly changed and the commercial market for works of the mas- ters such as Armin C. Hansen, Jules Tavernier and others is strong. The new Trotter Galleries is arranged in sec- tions, with each dedicated to a particular artist, 202 C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 7 (Above) A display dedicated to renowned painter Armin C. Hansen includes personal memorabilia and sketches. (Right) Gallery owners Paula and Terry Trotter.