Julie Grist: Women Life Freedom

Julie Grist: Women Life Freedom

“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...
Carlos Grasso COLORSPACE Exhibit at Studio Channel Islands

Carlos Grasso COLORSPACE Exhibit at Studio Channel Islands

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....
Ojai Day Poster 2022 by Gayel Childress

Ojai Day Poster 2022 by Gayel Childress

“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...
Julie Grist: Pedaling Provence

Julie Grist: Pedaling Provence

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...
Julie Grist: The Personalities of Old Phones

Julie Grist: The Personalities of Old Phones

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...