Nov 4, 2022
“Women – Life – Freedom” – the slogan chanted in Iran in September 2022 over the killing of 22 year old Masha Amini by Iran’s military police for improperly wearing her head covering – has not only charged the Iranian public... 
Oct 14, 2022
OSA artist Carlos Grasso is part of the group show “COLORSPACE” now showing at the Studio Channel Islands – Blackboard Gallery in Camarillo. Other artists showing include Ariane Leiter, Margaret Korisheli and Barry Frantz, all worth seeing also.... 
Oct 14, 2022
“The Bounties of Ojai” by Gayel Childress was chosen as this year’s poster for Ojai Day, October 15, 2022. The painting image has everything special about Ojai: the mountains with Chief Peak, vineyards, citrus orchards, the Pink Moment, the Ojai... 
Sep 14, 2022
Provence on bicycle. What a way to start traveling again – and luckily scheduled during Ojai’s heat wave of September. No paints or easel, but a sketchbook was packed along with cycling gloves and sunglasses for a six day road tour on bike through one of... 
Aug 30, 2022
Where have all the landlines gone? Really, it’s only been about fifteen years that cell phones have become ubiquitous – and how quickly we’ve lost all the character and personalities of the telephone. I started a painting series on old phones (oil... 