Nicole D'Amore

Rima Muna says she has loved art since she was old enough to pick up a pencil. Her first painting was done with her mother's lipstick on the wall when she was about 2 years old. "It's amazing they kept ...

Life, death and the afterlife are common themes in the artwork of Dawn Nori Feeney of Thousand Oaks. Often through personal experience, Feeney engages viewers on mystical and metaphysical levels.

Patrish Kuebler credits her community with turning her on to art.

Wayne Fagan has been able to accomplish what a lot of artists strive for: to make a living with his art. "I am very fortunate," said Fagan, now in his 28th year of working full time as an artist. "The ...

Although she always drew, Kerry Crank only started oil painting about 10 years ago. She is exhibiting her oil paintings in "Three Visions — Ojai Style" with fellow artists Duane Dammeyer and Nancy Horwick. The exhibit runs through May 14 ...

Through her abstract paintings, Melanie Roschko explores the complexities, realities and mysteries of relationships.

Ex-Newbury Park High School teacher now teaches printmaking at CLU part time.

Words and letters have been important elements throughout Karen Scott Browdy's life and more recently in her artwork.

Porfirio Gutierrez has two goals for his artwork: to keep up the practices of his ancestors and to bring awareness of his culture to this country.

After he moved to California from Kiev, Ukraine, 15 years ago, Gregory Radionov started painting in watercolor. In the past couple of years his work has consistently won top awards.

Emily Goldfield had careers in dance and teaching before becoming a painter.

Art has always been an important part of life for Adriana Michelle Daniel. Currently she divides her time among teaching, creating and community involvement.

Upon meeting Blossom Friel, you might expect the diminutive, conservatively dressed woman to do traditional watercolors or homey fiber arts — and she has done them. But Friel is in her element wielding a jigsaw, drill or sander, cutting out ...

Robert Eyberg fell in love with glass after moving to California from the East Coast about 35 years ago. Eyberg is one of seven local artists participating in the Ojai Valley Museum's "American Glass Works" exhibit, which runs through April ...

In sports and in art, Rex Kochel has excelled because of the challenges he faced.