It's A Wrap - No Bacon.

It's a wrap - almost! My three month solo portrait show "The Face of Malibu" has its' last week at City Hall. That sure went fast.

Thank you to Dave Teel Photography for taking this pic today to mark the moment.  teelphoto.com The opening reception was so fantastically busy it was hard for me to get near the wall. Nice problem to have!

Special "Thank Yous" to the Malibu community, the sitters pictured here who sat for a single two hour sitting to be painted, The Malibu Times publishers Arnold and Karen York, that featured the sketch and life story each month for five years, managing editor Emily Sawick, main writer Homaira Shifa, The City of Malibu's Cultural Arts Commission who sponsored the show, and curator Alan Roderick-Jones.

I couldn't have done it without you and it has been a wonderful experience. The journey continues.

The Face of Malibu By Johanna Spinks
Photo: Dave Teel Photography

A Malibu Local Painting Locals!

You are invited to my "Face of Malibu" Opening Reception with The Malibu Times sponsored by The Malibu Cultural Arts Commission. A local artist painting locals as only a local can. Sixty life sketches will be on display along with some more finished portraits. See you there?

Thank you to all the sitters, The Malibu Times and The Malibu Cultural Art Commission

The Face of Malibu By Johanna Spinks

Featured in The Malibu Times this week. Read article:

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Opening Reception - The Face of Malibu

Come See If You Recognize The Faces?

Full details here: http://malibuartsandculture.org/268/Face-of-Malibu

“This great project helps residents get to know the people in their community better,” said Mayor Skylar Peak. “For all of us who have seen the portraits in the newspaper for years, it’s really exciting to be able to see all of the original paintings hanging in Malibu City Hall.”

"The Face of Malibu by Johanna Spinks" features a slice of this famous beach town with sixty sitters painted from life over the last four years in a single sitting of two hours each, no photos or money exchanging hands. An interactive community art project, each portrait sketch and the sitter's' life story, were featured monthly in The Malibu Times, most interviews by writer Homaira Shifa.

The portrait show runs until January 12, 2018. The series is ongoing.

"The Face of Malibu" follows on from the "The Face of Ventura By Johanna Spinks" with The Ventura Breeze newspaper, that series of 58 life sketches, including movie star Kevin Costner, now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Ventura. Spinks is also working on "The Face of Charleston" with The Charleston Mercury newspaper.

From the proverbial butcher, the baker, and candlestick maker, to police chiefs, mayors and our very own California State Senator Henry Stern, come see if you recognize some of the faces? A part of old Malibu, rapidly disappearing, has also been captured in this series through its' citizens sketches and their published tales of Malibu old. Three of the sitters were close to 100 years old.

This show is in conjunction with The Malibu Times and is sponsored by The Malibu Cultural Arts Commission.

This is an open reception and refreshments will be served.

Other more"' finished" portraits by Spinks will also be on display.
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