by OjaiStudioArtists | Nov 24, 2018 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat
Inspired by life and her world travels, Valerie Freeman has an organic expressive approach to creating her artworks in ceramics and painting. She has developed her own lustre glazes for her one fire ceramic works. Freeman earned her BFA from Pratt Institute and is a... 
by OjaiStudioArtists | Nov 20, 2018 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat
photo: Kristan Altimus “What some might see as nothing but a thorn piece of canvas or a rusty sheet of metal to be discarded, I visualize as the perfect ingredient for my next piece of work. What others might view as worthless scraps of wood or slit fabric, I... 
by OjaiStudioArtists | Jan 29, 2019 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat
Inspired by a teacher in a high school jewelry class, Hallie studied art and metalsmithing at Cal State Northridge, and then promptly rented a studio in the San Fernando Valley. From 1970 to 1980 she and her husband, Stan, taught all facets of jewelry making to... 
by OjaiStudioArtists | Nov 24, 2018 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat
“My work is about playing with space – a balancing act of ideas, imagery, excitement, plans and mistakes, control vs. spontaneity, with gravity ever present. My goal is to make sculptures and paintings that are exhilarating. Immediacy, color, and transparency are... 
by OjaiStudioArtists | Nov 24, 2018 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat
Shahastra uses the transformational qualities of artmaking by maximizing saturated color, intense light and drawing on an illusive magical realm. She creates vibrant pastel landscapes, symbolic acrylic innerscapes and soulful colored pencil works. Shahastra has... 
by OjaiStudioArtists | Jan 18, 2020 | Annual Tour 2020, Artists, Mar 14 Second Sat, New Member 2020
My work as an artist explores the use of fashion as social identity. I explore this theme through the mediums of painting, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. I have long been fascinated with how fashion shows our evolving values that occur over the years as well as... 