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Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Johanna Spinks Malibu Portraits Collection
Creator:
Spinks, Johanna
Identifier/Call Number: 0186
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear Feet
2 Flat Boxes
Date (inclusive): 2012 - 2019
Abstract: The Johanna Spinks Malibu Portraits Collection contains watercolor and ink portraits and corresponding interviews from two
of her portrait series, "The Face of Malibu" and "The Face of Malibu Rebuilds". Both portrait series and interviews featured
in
The Malibu Times. "The Face of Malibu" portrait series and articles were created from 2012-2017 and highlight individuals in the Malibu community.
"The Face of Malibu Rebuilds" portraits and interviews depict how Malibu residents responded to the Woolsey Fire in 2018.
In addition to the portraits there are promotional brochures, interview printouts for "The Face of Malibu Rebuilds" series,
and a book that contains the interviews for "The Face of Malibu" series.
Language of Material:
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
"The Face of Malibu Rebuilds" was donated to Pepperdine Libraries by Johanna Spinks in February 2021. "The Face of Malibu"
was donated to Pepperdine Libraries by Johanna Spinks in August 2021.
Johanna Spinks is a British born, Los Angeles based portrait artist whose work hangs in museums, galleries, and private collections
all over the world. Mentored by the late Everett Raymond Kinstler N.A. who painted eight presidential portraits, Johanna's
style can be best described as classical oil portraiture with a contemporary palette knife twist.
Over her 25 year portrait career, her work has received recognition from the United States Congress, The California State
Senate, and multiple Oil Painters of America National shows as well as been featured in the New York Times, American Artist
Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Where Women Create and many others. She has painted notable sitters from Kip Forbes
to Kevin Costner and has five portraits in the permanent collection of The Players' Club of New York including Norman Rockwell,
Rex Harrison and actress Angela Lansbury. The Portrait Society of America awarded Johanna a "Certificate of Recognition" for
her dedicated volunteer work as its' California State Ambassador, a three year term. In 2008 Spinks was awarded The Daler-Rowney
"Excellence in Painting" Award at OPA National.
In addition to her vast portfolio of commissioned work, Johanna has worked on two widely-celebrated public portrait projects
in the cities of Ventura and Malibu, each time working with a different local newspaper, with each sitter being interviewed
alongside a painted life sketch. The 58 paintings that made up the "Face of Ventura" now sits in the permanent collection
of the Museum of Ventura County and earned Spinks a Mayor's Art Award for "Artist in the Community" 2012.
The "Face of Malibu" and the subsequent "Face of Malibu Rebuilds" portrait series (capturing people who their lost homes in
the Woolsey Fire) resulted in Johanna receiving a Dolphin "Citizen of the Year" Award 2019 for her artwork contribution to
the community.
(Courtesy of www.johannaspinks.com)
[Box/folder# or item name], Johanna Spinks Malibu Portraits Collection, Collection no. 186, Malibu Historical Collection,
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
This collection was arranged and described by Brendan Morris, 2021.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Malibu (Calif.) -- History