Artful Holiday Greetings! I understand that Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague of 1564. That idea keeps rattling in my brain as I wonder what great artistic feats will be accomplished during this period of quarantine or will they come after in hindsight? Nevertheless as I ponder what I may accomplish during these trying […]
IN THE STUDIO WITH: Shelley Heffler
What a pleasure it has been to get to know local artist Shelley Heffler who has some significant exhibitions coming up this year. I recently visited Shelley in her Inglewood Studio and was intrigued by her compelling abstract paintings and sculptural canvases. Shelley Heffler was born and raised in the Bronx. She attended the Fashion Institute […]
Women Around Town: March 2017
IN THE GALLERIES “We Choose Art: A Feminist Perspective” curated by Baha Danes is for one night only on Friday, 3/10/17 from 7-11 pm at the Montalban Mezzanine Space in Hollywood. Also for one night only, viewers can experience the Feminist SAFE ZONE Installation, which includes protest signs and photographs from the historic Women’s March […]
IN THE STUDIO: with Joanne Julian
A visit the studio/beach house of Joanne Julian in Mandalay Beach gives you an immediate sense of this amazing woman’s art practice and yield. Asian influences abound in this peaceful, organized studio space. Julian has been creating acrylic, graphite and sumi ink works on Arches paper for decades demonstrating her apt ability to absorb the […]
Dwora Fried’s Magnificent Boxes
It is such a pleasure to write about SCWCA member Dwora Fried and her wonderful assemblages. Fried will be having a solo exhibition this month at Gallery 825 entitled Big Box/little box. The upcoming exhibition offered an opportunity for me to visit her studio to view her current work and learn more about her art […]
IN THE STUDIO WITH Mei Xian Qui
A few weeks ago I met local artist Mei Xian Qui at her Inglewood studio, a space she has retained for the past 8 years. The artistic community in Inglewood serves her well as many of her artist friends assist with and support her practice. Many of the artists live in their […]
IN THE STUDIO with Nancy Worthington
I visited Nancy Worthington and her longtime partner Judith Fein, in their Palm Desert home/studio where they have lived since 2013. Their wonderful sprawling desert abode is filled with her art, mostly 3-dimensional mixed-media pieces with some less cumbersome works on the walls. Worthington has also made videos, collage, assemblage, a wine label and more. […]
In the Studio with…Patricia Terrell-O’Neal
I was not surprised at all when I entered the nicely lit and tidy well-appointed space of Patricia Terrell-O’Neal’s Santa Monica Studio. It seemed well-suited to the soft-spoken woman who inhabits it nearly every day. Terrell-O’Neal knew she was going to be an artist since she was a young girl growing up in Tennessee where […]
