Friends of the Escalette Collection – Siemon & Salazar studio visit, November 2013 Before the holidays, the Friends of the Escalette Collection were invited to a special tour of Siemon & Salazar glassblowing studios in Costa Mesa. For more information on the Siemon & Salazar studio, please visit their website: siemon & salazar All
Born in Oakland, California in 1927, artist Tony DeLap is a key pioneer in both the West Coast Minimalist and Op Art movements. Known for his illusionistic sculptures, DeLap has been a fixture in the Southern California art scene which he has helped shape. From 1949 to 1950, DeLap attended
In 1993, I first experienced the magic of the Pantheon in Rome. It was inspiring, AWEsome. This experience has continued to impact everything I paint. I’m trying to tap into something that is larger than me but includes me: wholeness within wholeness. Pattern gets repeated in nature and
David Michael Lee is an Orange County-based artist, curator, professor, arts advocate, master storyteller; his work is a unique facet to the collection at Chapman. Equal parts collage, painting, and spatial construction, Lee’s canvases often begin as fabric scraps sewn together on his grandmother’s sewing machine: a heavy-duty 1968 Singer. Driven by large blocks
The Escalette Collection of Art at Chapman University received prints of Joel D. Levinson’s California flea market series as a gift in 2011 from Gary and Eileen Levinson. Amongst the political scandals, wars and new technology of the 1970’s, photographer Joel D. Levinson turned to the
PALM SPRINGS / PALM DESERT This Saturday morning I staggered out to the Argyros parking lot at nine in the morning looking for a bus. What was I doing there? To tell you the truth, I didn’t even fully know myself. A few days prior an old art professor of mine, David Lee,
With a flair for the absurd, Wayne White has captured audiences for three decades. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1957, White had limited interactions with art. For his family it was something to be bought at Kmart and discarded at the first inconvenience. With a drive to create, White battled an
With a degree in Experimental Animation from CalArts, Allison Schulnik’s paintings vibrantly echo her short film projects. She creates landscapes filled with eerie, forlorn figures whose clay bodies ooze and bloom bursts of colors in a writhing dance. Still, these offbeat and misshapen characters possess an ominous beauty
Los Angeles-based artist Lisa Adams began her artist career with a Bachelor of Arts in Painting from Scripps College in Claremont, California. Adams then continued through Claremont Graduate University’s Master in Fine Arts program. Working in a Post Modern artistic sense of layering and mixed media, Adams creates texture and depth
After completing her undergraduate degree at Santa Clara University, Jane Bauman went on to receive her MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute. The artist’s work includes geometric shapes, including squares and chevron stripes; organic imagery, including plant life; medically-inspired imagery, such as her “Rorschach”