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This is a selection from the current collection of Focus On The Masters artist documentation. Click on the picture or artist name to view the portrait, biography, media presentations and website of the artist.
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Gayel Childress
Painter/Printmaker
Award-winning artist Gayel Childress works in watercolors as well as oils and monoprints. She is best known for her fluid interpretations of landscapes and figures that capture the essence of the…
Leslie Clark
Painter
Texture is an important element in Leslie Clark’s work that uses fabrics, rice and banana papers, watercolors, acrylics and oil paints to create soulful compositions depicting the nomadic peoples of Africa. Travel and…
Bert Collins
Bert CollinsPainter/Pastel Artist Portrait © Donna Granata 1997 Bert Collins is a noted Ojai Valley artist, painter and teacher who has won more than 200 awards during her lifetime. Her realistic scenes contain naturalistic color and fine detail. She is a member of...
Susan Cook
Susan CookPainter Watch Over Me by Susan Cook, oil on canvas, 48”x48” Susan Cook is a contemporary fine artist whose oil paintings are inspired by nature and an interest in experimenting with figuration, color and shapes. Initially, her paintings are quickly drawn,...
Carlisle Cooper
Carlisle Cooper (1919 - 2013) Painter Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 Often, after meeting Carlisle Cooper, one was amazed at his avant-garde painting style. One would expect him, as a Southern gentleman, to have a very traditional approach to his work. In reality, he...
Lynn Creighton
Lynn CreightonSculptor Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 Lynn Creighton believes that life is a spiritual journey and that it is this quest which allows artists to connect with the ideas they hope to express. The contours of her bronze and clay works reveal captured joy...
Russell Crotty
Russell CrottyInstallation/Mixed Media The Super Earth Dilemma 48:1 by Russell Crotty, 2018 Ink, acrylic, fiberglass, and tinted bio-resin on paper on wood 48 x 48 x 2 in. (121.9 x 121.9 x 5.6 cm) Ojai-resident Russell Crotty, awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015,...
Marcia Cummings
Marcia CummingsSculptor/Painter Portrait © Donna Granata 1999 Marcia Cummings' assemblages deal with social issues in an intellectually stimulating and witty way. Her award winning work grapples with contemporary topics including women's issues, sex, hypocrisy,...
Michael Davis
Michael DavisPublic Artist/Sculptor Portrait © Donna Granata 2008 Are minimalist theory and political consciousness unusual? Not for Michael Davis. Michael’s work is informed by Cold War politics of the 50s and political activism of the 60s. “Industrial refuse, the...
Miguel del Aguila
Miguel del AguilaComposer Portrait © Donna Granata 2008 Miguel del Aguila, Uruguayan-born American composer, was a child prodigy, graduating from the main music conservatory in Montevideo at age 14. The photograph, using antiques and one romantic rose, pays homage to...
Omar D’Leon
Omar d’León is from Managua, Nicaragua and is regarded as one of the most renowned Nicaraguan painters and poets. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Nicaragua under his mentor Rodrigo Peñalba who introduced European Impressionistic painting and magical realism qualities into Nicaraguan art. He founded a museum in Managua in 1970 named Museo-Galeria 904 which showcased art of Nicaragua from pre-Hispanic to contemporary.
Beverly Decker
Beverly DeckerPainter Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 “With the thought of peace let me contemplate the world.” This is a phrase that Beverly Decker haschosen to begin a philosophical statement that is inspired by Buddhist text. The recitation continues with...