Emily Bernstein

Emily Bernstein

Emily Bernstein (1959 – 2005) Clarinetist Portrait © Donna Granata 2004 At the time of her death, Emily Bernstein was the principal clarinetist of the Los Angeles Opera. She also played first chair with the Pasadena Symphony under the direction of Jorge Mester....
Barry Berkus

Barry Berkus

Barry Berkus (1935 -2012) Architect/Collector Portrait © Donna Granata 2007 Which came first, the architect or the collector?  How does art influence architecture?  Should a home be designed from the outside in, or the inside out?  Barry Berkus was a Santa...
Dawn Arrowsmith

Dawn Arrowsmith

Dawn Arrowsmith Painter Portrait © Donna Granata 2010 Dawn Arrowsmith’s paintings are meditations in color.  It has been said that each is a kind of minimalist luxury – pure, distilled, economical, but also rich, luscious, erotic.  Her work is intuitive, greatly...
Janet Neuwalder

Janet Neuwalder

Janet Newalder Sculptor/Installation Artist Janet Neuwalder is a sculptor and installation artist specializing in clay and ceramic processes. Some of Neuwalder’s installations are modeled after anthropological displays often found in Natural History Museums. Her wall...
Shamsia Hassani

Shamsia Hassani

Shamsia Hassani Graffiti Artist | 2018  Born April 1988, is the first female graffiti artist of Afghanistan. Through her artworks, Shamsia portrays Afghan women in a male dominant society. Her art gives Afghan women a different face, a face with power, ambitions, and...