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Paris & Los Angeles

103 - May / Jun 21

A significant part of the mission of the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University is to bring renewed recognition to California figurative and representational artists of the past 100 or so years. Some of these artists had begun to slip from the larger... Read More →

A significant part of the mission of the...

Richard Turner

Advocating an Ancient Contemplative Practice

100 - Nov / Dec 20

In our current troubled era, beset by a worldwide pandemic, political unrest and environmental disasters, people seem to be turning to calming, often ancient and time-honored practices: meditation, yoga, various forms of spirituality. So, it seems timely that an acclaimed Orange artist is advocating a... Read More →

In our current troubled era, beset by a...

Mia Tavonatti

Uplifting Art Heals People & Communities

96 - Nov / Dec 19

Mia Tavonatti is not one to let hardship or even pain dampen her spirits—or her immense capacity for creativity. The Orange-based artist (whose first name is pronounced “MY-a”) took a tumble a couple of months ago from a scaffolding in Marquette, Michigan, where she was... Read More →

Mia Tavonatti is not one to let hardship...

Gardena High School's Extraordinary Art Collection

at the Hilbert Museum of California Art

94 - Jul / Aug 19

Gardena High School in Gardena—a city in the South Bay region of Los Angeles—owns one of the most spectacular assemblages of California art in the state. It’s a stunning collection of paintings founded a hundred years ago, donated to the school by its graduating senior... Read More →

Gardena High School in Gardena—a city in the...

Greg LaRock

Capturing California Light & Life

93 - May / Jun 19

Ask Orange artist Greg LaRock what it is about California that inspires so many painters to attempt capturing its scenery and light, and he has a ready answer: “It’s supremely beautiful. I’ve painted all over the country and overseas, and there is something different here.... Read More →

Ask Orange artist Greg LaRock what it is...

Mary Blair

A Genius of Color & Style

92 - Mar / Apr 19

Mary Blair (1911-1978) is known worldwide to Disney fans as the matchless designer, illustrator and colorist, who set the tone for such iconic animated films of the wartime era through the midcentury as Dumbo (1941), Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1945), Song of the... Read More →

Mary Blair (1911-1978) is known worldwide to Disney...

Norman Rockwell

One of American's Best-Known Artists

91 - Jan / Feb 19

One of Norman Rockwell’s most beloved works, “Crestwood Commuter Station,” is not one of the master American illustrator’s usual close-up character studies. Instead, Rockwell’s artist’s-eye “camera” pulls back to reveal a wide shot of the hustle and bustle of a commuter train station in the... Read More →

One of Norman Rockwell’s most beloved works, “Crestwood...

Making Waves: A Tribute to John Severson & Rick Griffin

at the Hilbert Museum

86 - Mar / Apr 18

Surf Culture Art founders, John Severson (left) and Rick Griffin, pictured here in the 1980s. - - - - Almost as soon as the ancient Polynesian sport of surfing invaded California’s shores in the 20th century, an entire socioeconomic subculture began springing up around it.... Read More →

Surf Culture Art founders, John Severson (left) and...

Jayne Reich

79 - Jan / Feb 17

View the work of artist/sculptor Jayne Reich, and while you’ll enjoy the form and figure of each piece, it’s the understanding on a soul level forged between the artist and her model that holds the message. Reich’s art, which doesn’t require and even rejects explanation,... Read More →

View the work of artist/sculptor Jayne Reich, and...

Art Innovators

76 - Jul / Aug 17

Marisa (left) and Sabina (right) with Tiddlywinks Toys & Gamesproprietor, Jeanie Viveros. Art Innovators provides classes at Tiddlywinksin Old Towne every second Saturday of the month. Despite studies that show learning about art is critical to development; in the last couple of decades art has... Read More →

Marisa (left) and Sabina (right) with Tiddlywinks Toys...