With the Fall Open Studios Tour only two weeks away, we artists open our doors to the public and welcome the world to see our creations....

A proud father recently approached me at my open studio, asking if I could do a commission of his son and the 1958 MG-A he meticulously...

I recently spent five days in Arroyo Grande at a wonderful artist workshop at Willow Pond trying my hand at abstraction - building a...

1970something. The whir of a VW engine, the small wipers stuck mid-window, my father's strong hand on the delicate white steering wheel,...

I love artwork that tells a story - seeing a hint of movement, of something happening that you may see but read differently than the next...

It's that time of year again, when Ojai's east end orchards are fragrant with orange blossoms on the trees, and also heavy with luscious...

I joined a group of painters in the Piedmont region of Italy this June, to explore its beauty through paint. Each day was magical -...

Julie Grist exhibit on vintage telephones

Women-life-freedom protests in Iran

Three young women painting faces

Provence on bicycle. What a way to start traveling again – and luckily scheduled during Ojai’s heat wave of September. No paints or...