A Piemonte Palette

A Piemonte Palette

I joined a group of painters in the Piedmont region of Italy this June, to explore its beauty through paint. Each day was magical – painting plein air at a villa or palazzo or garden. All arranged by the fantastic Julio Panisello of Roofless Painters. Retreating...
Julie Grist: Summer Paintings

Julie Grist: Summer Paintings

Summer has taken me far afield this year – to villas and lakes and mountain roads.  I adore this season, but sometimes find it hard to get back into the studio. When I did, I found myself painting in summer tones of watery blues and pinky creams, all with a lot...
Julie Grist shows vintage telephones in Landline: Call Me

Julie Grist shows vintage telephones in Landline: Call Me

Grist’s paintings of telephones, now on exhibit at Feros Ferio Winery in downtown Ojai, pay homage to the landline. The stalwart and humble hardware that once graced our living rooms and kitchen walls in bright reds, avocado greens and princess pinks.  “I...
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...
Julie Grist: Three Studies of Young Women

Julie Grist: Three Studies of Young Women

I had three young women, all recent high school graduates, visit me one weekend just after the Supreme Court ruled on the Dobbs case – effectively reducing womens’ rights in many states across the nation. All three were heading to different parts of our...
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...