After a two-year absence I'm happy to announce I've launched a new blog, Jane Chafin: Offramp.  The content is much the same as th...

There's a phenomenon in the art world I like to call the "metamorphosis of crap." It happens in that instant when, after havin...

All anyone is talking about here in Southern California is the forecast for much needed drought-busting rain. Sandbags are in place for muds...

You may have noticed I haven’t been blogging much recently. Let’s call it a case of writer’s block that took being sent into apoplectic sh...

The sun begins to set after a long day in the studio. The colors of the sky and water soften as the panoramic view of the ocean begins to di...

It should come as no surprise to anyone who regularly reads this blog that I love popup books.  While researching them recently, I stumbled ...

I am the proverbial kid at Christmas every time a shipment of art books arrives here at Offramp. Writing about art books and stocking them f...