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"A Terra Mater Salus iii" encaustic
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22nd Annual Open Competition
Buenaventura Gallery
Jan. 15 - Feb. 2, 2008
Reception: Sat., Jan. 19, 2008, 4 - 7 pm
The Annual Competition brings artists from all over the county competiting for cash prizes and other awards. Prospectus available.
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"Early Spring: Oak View California", on on canvas
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Virginia Beale
Buenaventura Gallery
""Here And There" Land And Seascapes
Feb. 5 - Mar. 1, 2008
Reception: Sat., Feb. 9, 4 - 7 pm
The opportunity to capture and preserve a moment in time is my motivation to paint. Our brief time here on earth has let me to search from here to there…hoping to chance upon the right time that says, “This is magnificent!” I have been moved to paint landscapes of native Ventura scenery, interior panoramas of Santa Cruz Island, winter scenes from upstate New York and vistas while driving up the California coast.
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2nd Annual Emerging Artist Cup
Harber Village Gallery
Feb. 6 - March 2, 2008
Reception: Fri., February 9, 5 - 8 pm
Buenaventura Art Association's 2nd Annual Emerging Artist Cup provids $2,000 in scholarships and gift cards to college students in Ventura County. Nolan Biberston is shown holding the cup at the awards ceremony - winner of the 1st Emerging Artist Cup.
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" Upper Ojai" oil on canvas
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Christine Beirne
Discovery Gallery
"Contemporary Landscapes"
February 1 - March 6, 2008
Reception: Friday, Feb. 1, 4 - 7 pm
Beirne uses an orchestral range of colors that dance in counterpoint to form harmonious images from our coastal region. Together, architecture and nature blend into vistas we know to be present, but rarely see.
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" Chateau de Chambord" photograph
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Robert Diehl
Buenaventura Gallery
"Empty Tables and Other Settings"
March 4 - March 29, 2008
Reception: Friday., Mar. 7, 5 - 8 pm
Customs, cultures, and landscapes are the subjects of Robert Diehl’s solo exhibit titled Empty Tables and Other Settings. The painterly styled photographs captured in Europe and the United States portray life through images of the countryside and familiar objects. Many of the photographs reveal the hand of man without actually showing people present as in the series of images of empty tables. This collection of Diehl’s works highlights his curiosity and passion for discovery.
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"Ventura Gold" oil on canvas
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Steve Cook
Harbor Village Gallery
“Riding the Planet: Painterly Realism of Nature and Humanity”
Mar. 5 - 30, 2008
Reception: Fri., March 7, 5 - 8 pm
A collection of new and recent paintings depicting our beautiful California landscape, Ocean life and culture, and of vintage machinery in that environment, realistically depicted through the eyes, brushes and palette of the artist.
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"Desert Dance" oil on canvas
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Laurie Buss
Discovery Gallery
"Expressions"
March 7 - April 3, 2008
Reception: Friday, Mar. 7, 5 - 7 pm
Abstracted representational imagery painted in oils and in the form of organic materials is the primary subject matter of Buss’s work. Vines and flowers thread themselves across her canvases, cresting waves surge and fall; hazy suns and celestial star filled skies dance through out her work. Buss infuses the work with her own unique sense of naturalism. While utilizing these natural elements, the artist’s highly personal vision of geometric mark-making is revealed.
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" Primavera" oil on canvas
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Hilda E. Kilpatrick
Buenaventura Gallery
"The Season of Color"
April 1 - April 26, 2008
Reception: Sat., April 5, 4 - 7 pm
I am influenced by the early California painters as well as the impressionists. My pallets are warm and sunny. Nature is at the forefront of all of my work. Most of my paintings depict scenes that may not be here forever. I also paint places that speak to my soul, that make me laugh inside and that make my heart jump with excitement. California scenery has been an inspiration to me for years. By capturing places on my canvas they remain timeless. I hope to bring sunshine and happiness to whomever looks at one!
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" Crimson Columbine" pen/ink/watercolor
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Silvia Huerta-Wetherbee
Discovery Gallery
"Naturally Inspired"
April 4 - May 1, 2008
Reception: Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm
My art is inspired by my husband and our love of the outdoors.
They are a combination of pen & ink with watercolor and represent images seen in our excursions throughout the beautiful landscapes of California.
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"Devils Gate Downstream 7/07" oil on canvas
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Robert Wassell
Harbor Village Gallery Gallery
"The Devils Gates and Other Gems"
April 2 - April 27, 2008
Reception: Friday., April 4, 5 - 8 pm
Artist Robert Wassell has been making art since the 1960’s. He has lived in Ventura since 1985 and has painted this area exclusively since then. He has gained a national reputation for his paintings of the Los Padres National Forest and the California Channel Islands. Like Ansel Adams Robert depicts a pristine wilderness with only a trail to show that man exists. Looking at one of Robert’s paintings one can believe that Europeans have yet to discover the new world. With brilliant color and bold brush strokes he gives an expressive view of his unique vision. Recently one of Wassell’s patrons described him as a national treasure.
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“Old Homestead”, Stagecoach Inn, Newbury Park, CA, pastel
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Judy Klement
Buenaventura Gallery
"California Places and Faces"
April 29 - May 24, 2008
Reception: Sat, May 3, 4 - 7 pm
Unforgettable places and people are captured in pastel, watercolor or oil painting in the Realistic-Impressionistic style of JUDY KLEMENT. View Yosemite, high Sierras, awesome Pacific, Hot air balloons, sail boats in Ventura, The Mission, Topa, unbelievable sunsets, Moonstone beach and Morro scenes. Experience the faces of "Dream Catcher", ladies of Ventura, and California travelers in Desert surrounds. You are welcome to share the beauty that drew Judy to make California her home.
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”Hope”
mixed media drawing
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Margery Spielman
Discovery Gallery
"In My Backyard"
May 1 - June 5, 2008
Reception: Friday, May 2, 5 - 7 pm
Ventura Beach, the mighty Pacific and those amazing Channel Islands—who has a backyard any better than that? I feel so privileged to have spent forty years exploring the underwater wonders of those isles, and twenty years living at Pierpont Beach. The natural beauty and abundant wildlife that exists here provides an endless source of inspiration. I sincerely hope that I have managed to infuse my paintings and drawings with some of the magic that is so abundant in my own backyard.
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Scott Wynn
Buenaventura Gallery
"Central Coast Visions"
May 27 - June 21, 2008
Reception: Friday, June 6, 5 - 8 pm
My paintings are an expression of inspirations from nature and my relationship to the landscape. Focusing on oil paintings of the Central and Southern California landscape that I grew up in, my images are painted in a realistic style, though my goal is to express my response to what I feel using colors from an idealized memory of the subjects I explore.
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"Sunset"
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Pat Richards Dodds
Discovery Gallery
"Safe Harbor"
June 6 - July 2, 2008
Reception: Friday, June 6, 5 - 8 pm
The incredible colors and patterns of the sky playing against the sea in New Zealand, Tasman Sea and Australian waters called a challenge to Dodds. The brilliance of the colors drove her to experiment with a new palette and different oil painting products – her “comfort zone” or Safe Harbor had changed. This exhibit reflects those changes as well as the journey to her new Safe Harbor.
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”Anacapa In The Mist”
oil on canvas
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Ron Zolkover
Buenaventura Gallery
"Not Far from Here"
June 24 - July 19, 2008
Reception: Sat., June 28, 4 - 7 pm
I have always been inspired by the beauty of the California Central Coast where I have lived for the past forty years. Since picking up the paint brush six years ago I have painted primarily local land and seascapes. I have learned through various workshops and trial and error. I have found that not every painting is a masterpiece and that I am my own worst (best critic). Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. This show is my second at the BAA. Showing ones work is always a humbling, enlightening and exciting experience. Hopefully you will enjoy my current offerings.
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”Moodlamp”
stained glass
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Paula Castillo
Discovery Gallery
"Illumination"
July 3 - July 31, 2008
Reception: Friday, July 11, 5 - 8 pm
“I have always been awed by the experience of seeing the effects of light coming through glass. The color, textures and variation that can be seen through this medium are incomparable”.
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"Calabasas" oil on canvas
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Orvel A. Jones
Buenaventura Gallery
"Painting Joy"
July 22 - August 16, 2008
Reception: Sat., July 26, 4 -7 pm
Born in San Diego and raised in California, Orvel finds that the energy and light of our beautiful state contribute to a quality of Plein- Air painting that is quite unique to California. “I give credit to God for his direction. The two words “Paint Joy” have a lot of meaning to me and I can only hope that this collection of paintings will stir the emotions of joy in others.”
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| "Female Power" archival Epson pigmented inks. Every photo is a signed limited-edition print of 10. |
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Gail Lansbury
Buenaventura Gallery
Photographic reflections in Black & White
"UP, DOWN & ALL AROUND"
Aug. 19 - Sept. 13, 2008
Reception: Sat., Aug. 23, 4 - 7 pm
...A vertical, horizontal, vision of the world as she depicts it through the lens.
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“Anacapa Island from Ormond Beach” photography
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Joe Virnig
Buenaventura Gallery
"Ventura County Vistas"
Sept. 16 - Oct. 11, 2008
Reception: Sat., Sept. 20, 4 - 7 pm
In 1999 I needed some local photographs and couldn't find any that really captured the true beauty of Ventura County . I dusted off my camera and started taking photographs embarking on what was to become a minor (okay, major) obsession to capture the iconic scenes that define life in Ventura County. These images reflect that continuing quest.
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Sound People, oil on canvas
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Irena Jablonski
Buenaventura Gallery
"Human Adventure"
Oct. 14 - Nov. 8, 2008
Reception: Sat., Oct. 18, 4 - 7 pm
The 'Human Adventure' exhibition is inspired by my never ending fascination with the reaction of people to conditions of life. The facial expression and body language that show those reactions are the subject matter of my presentation.
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“Keeping Company”, Oil en plein air, Anacapa Isle
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Kay Zetlmaier
Buenaventura Gallery
"Drawn to Water"
Nov. 11 - Dec. 6, 2008
Reception: Friday, Nov. 14, 5 - 8 pm
“Western Coastlines” is a soulful journey where the shores of Oregon, California and Hawaii meet the canvas revealing Kay’s profound relationship with the natural beauty of the sea. Working en plein air, this solo show will primarily be a collection of work painted on a road trip with her companion standard poodle, Koko. This body of work is responsive, evoking Kay’s love of the coast, the sea, and all the gifts it gives to her.
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"Untitled" mixed media monoprint
with chine colle
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Linda Taylor
Buenaventura Gallery
"Poetic Prints"
Dec. 9 - Jan. 3, 2008
Reception: Sat., Dec. 13, 4 - 7 pm
Original and unique prints by Linda Taylor inspired by poetry. Each image uses a variety of printmaking processes, some utilizing multiple processes to create a single image.
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