Arts & Culture
Artist Profile
Swinging for the Fences
By Bruce Porter | April 26, 2013 9:38 AM
Dave Hobrecht combines his lifelong passions to carve out a unique niche in the art world.
Where Surfing and Architecture Meet
By OCinSite At-Large | March 15, 2013 10:35 AM
Nationally recognized architect Rob Quigley grew up in a bedroom in Pacific Palisades lined with murals painted by artist Rick Griffin.
Art for the Public Eye
By OCinSite At-Large | February 26, 2013 1:45 PM
Laguna Beach is home to a growing collection of public art that has artists and admirers enjoying the views.
Mind the Gap
By OCinSite At-Large | January 03, 2013 6:20 AM
Deep within the first-floor confines of the Laguna Art Museum, something is stirring—the shift as gradual and game-changing as it is necessary. The first invasion took place in June. Under the auspices of an exhibition program called Ex-pose, Laguna Beach filmmaker Peter Bo Rappmund arrived with three films—staticky, lush and sharp in quality.
Putting the Pieces Together
By OCinSite At-Large | October 15, 2012 9:15 AM
Artist-designer Carl E. Smith works fast and lives fast.
Drawing Inspiration
By Daniella Walsh | October 01, 2012 9:18 AM
LCAD professor David Pruiksma helped to bring some of the most beloved Disney characters to life.
Forces of Nature
By Daniella Walsh | September 17, 2012 3:58 PM
Artist Elizabeth Turk shapes her visions in stone.
Nothing to Hide
By OCInSite Site Admin | September 06, 2012 2:48 PM
Meet Robert “Sticky” Shaw, self-described as “one of the weird kids who wears black and hangs out in Newport Beach.”
Art Star
By Daniella Walsh | August 06, 2012 12:45 PM
Working artists living in cozy hillside cottages with a view of the ocean have become the stuff of Laguna Beach’s art colony legend.
A Wave of Creativity
By OCInSite Site Admin | July 26, 2012 4:00 PM
Growing up in Newport Beach in the 1960s and 1970s, surfboard shaper Peter Schroff didn’t have an ideal family life. His mother left for San Francisco to be with hippies, while his father was busy partying. So self-reliant Peter would order chipped beef on toast and “tons of coffee” for breakfast at the nearby Stuft Shirt restaurant and then come home to manufacture surfboards on his kitchen table. He created his first board when he was 14. It would be the first of thousands to come.
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