Art Columns, Articles and Essays published in the Ojai Quarterly Magazine

Russell Crotty at work on “Around the Vast Blue” one of his suspended globes.             Photos: Laura Gruenther

“Art and About” 2016

1. • The enigmatic, paradoxical worlds of Russell Crotty  --- Artworks exploring the mysteries
   

                                                                                                 of time and space

1. • By the LIght of the Ojai Moon ---  Marilyn Noad’s paintings and monotypes
   

    • OSA at 33 keeps re-imagining itself -- The celebrated Ojai Studio Artists turns 33

              

       

                         

                              Stephen Edwards grinding “Betty’s Glasses” from cast glass and steel.

                                                                                                         Photo: Stephen Edwards

“Art and About” 2015

1. • Drawn to Drawing(s) --- Jeff Mann’s phantasmagorical pencil drawings
   

2. • The Quest for Nature --- Plein Air painters Susan Guy, Kristina Grey and Karen Lewis
   

3. • The Quest for Light --- Plein Air painters Dan Schultz, Steven Curry and Jennifer Moses
   

“Art and About” 2014

1. • When Poster Art Met Ojai --- “Lost Horizon”, “Birth of a Nation” and other films made
   

                                                                                          in Ojai with memorable poster art

1. • Letterpress Printing and Livres d’Artistes --- Norman Clayton, Michael Addison and others 
   

2. • Focus on Photography  Part 1: Moments in Time --- From Daguerre to Edwin Land, Cindy Pitou Burton and Luther Gerlach.
   

3. • Focus on Photography Part 2: Going Behind the Portraits --- Guy Webster and Dan Budnik
   

"Art and About" 2013

1. • The Gift of Art --- Kris Grey, Bernadette DiPietro, Steve Grumette and John Slade
   

2. • OSA 3 Decades --- OSA at 30 and the thriving Ojai art scene
   

                                         Richard Diebenkorn                    Beatrice Wood                       Robert Motherwell

                 A few of the original posters published by the Ojai Musical Festival, in “A Passion for Posters”

1. • A Passion for Posters --- History of original posters published by the Ojai Music Festival
   

2. • So Hot so Cool (Glass: part 2) --- Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend, Doug Lochner and J. Simpson
   

"Art and About" 2012

1. • So Hot So Cool (Glass: part 1) --- Chihuly, Brian Berman and Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend
   

2. • The Creative Question --- C.J. Jung & Krishnamurti
   

                           Glass blowing in “So Hot So Cool”             Jesse Arms Botke in “Rara Avis”

1. • Rare Avis in our Midst --- Jesse Arms Botke & Dianne Bennett
   

2. • Double-takes from another time --- Old cards and Stereoviews – Ojai, Ventura & Santa Paula  
   

"Art and About" 2011

1. • A Fertile Valley --- Opening column: the visual arts in Ojai
   

2. • And the Space In-Between --- Elisse Pogofsky-Harris, Christine Brennan
   

3. • The Road to Art Country --- The winding road to Ojai
   

4. • Of Dogs and Their Artists --- Picasso, Dianne Bennett, Linda Taylor, Kate Hoffman
   

                  Picasso’s sketch of his beloved dachshund “Lump” in “Of Dogs and their Artists”