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Christine Apostolina Beirne: Epic Arctic Adventure Comes to Ojai!


Here I am painting at Galbraith lake which is North of the Brooks Range in the North Slope of Alaska. As you can see, it was cold! The good thing? It was too cold for the bugs too. But, once the day went on, they came out in full force.
Here I am painting at Galbraith lake which is North of the Brooks Range in the North Slope of Alaska. As you can see, it was cold! The good thing? It was too cold for the bugs too. But, once the day went on, they came out in full force.

I’m busy getting my studio ready for this year’s Ojai Studio Artists Tour and hanging work from my Epic Arctic Adventure! This summer, I traveled 11,000 miles from California to Alaska’s Arctic Ocean and back—drawing every single day along the way.



Come by my studio to see those daily drawings—sometimes more than one a day!—along with a selection of oil paintings I managed to complete despite the wind, rain, cold, smoke, bears, and… did I mention the bugs? (Yes, twice. They were that bad.)


You’ll also find new pieces from my Dreamscape series (including one currently on view at the Ojai Valley Museum!) and some of my Southern California landscapes.


And here’s a bonus: fellow OSA artist Vera Long will be showing her work in a different area of our property—so you get two artists in one stop!


I can’t wait to welcome you and share this journey through my art.

 
 
 

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Apr 22

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Mar 26

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Mar 26

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Feb 10

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Oct 09, 2025

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