Sep 26, 2023
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... 
Aug 5, 2023
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... 
Feb 21, 2023
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... 
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 3, 2022
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... 
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... 