When 82-year-old artist Ed Jaffe stands up from a chair, he does so slowly and with a pronounced grimace, but it would be reasonable to assume the act is merely for show — a performance so as not to confuse a younger person’s expectations of an old man. Jaffe is and is not a lot of things.

Ed Jaffe's studio of sculpted marble and textured paintings stands out like a sore thumb in Orange County. Amid the quiet gift shops and quaint eateries in the town of Orange, Ed Jaffe's exhibition space is a bit of a shock.