Elaine Unzicker

Elaine Unzicker

Elaine Unzicker Chain Mail Jeweler | Documented 2019 When does jewelry become art? Is important jewelry made only with precious metals and gems? How does jewelry transform the wearer? Elaine Unzicker, a member of the Ojai Studio Artists, holds a Bachelor’s degree in...
Linda Vallejo

Linda Vallejo

Linda Vallejo Painter, Installation Artist Portrait © Donna Granata 2009   Oil on canvas…found tree fragments…tinker toys…recycled Styrofoam. Add a deeply-held conviction about humanity’s relationship to the world and you enter the world of Linda Vallejo....
Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Bill Viola Video/Installation Artist Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 Bill Viola is internationally recognized as one of today’s leading artists.  In 2011 he was named a Praemium Imperiale Laureate, one of the world’s most prestigious art awards.  Another project, two...
Kathleen C. Waggoner

Kathleen C. Waggoner

Kathleen C. Waggoner Ceramist Portrait © Donna Granata 2005 Kathleen Waggoner shapes the song of woman – searching, triumphant and proud – in clay. It is the exploration and expression of human emotion, of feelings not easily put into words, that drives...
Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace

Kevin Wallace Curator/Writer Portrait © Donna Granata 2012 A funny thing happened to Kevin Wallace on the road to becoming a rock star.  He became a curator and a writer and, in July 2007, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts.  Along the way, Wallace’s...
James L Webb

James L Webb

James L Webb Artist, Printmaker, Registrar Portrait © Donna Granata 2009 Jim Webb has dedicated much of his life to the arts, both in practice of his craft and as a working professional in various capacities.  A master printer at Gemini G.E.L. for over ten years, he...