Archive for the ‘Ventura’ Category

Ventura Gallery Crawl

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

Amelia and I finally made it to an opening at Sylvia White Gallery over the weekend. We'd read about it in the Ventura County Star about a month ago and we dropped by a while back to check it out. This was the first actual opening we'd been to. After ...

Ventura Gallery Crawl

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

Amelia and I spent yesterday afternoon distributing fliers all over Ventura county, checking out spots and meeting folks. I finally had the chance to see the inside of Cafe on A in Oxnard. I'd been by there a few months ago, but it was closed that day. Cafe on A ...

Ventura’s Art City needs a miracle

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Please join as a community in taking a stand for the preservation of Ventura’s Art City. Art City (www.artcitystudios.com) is at a critical stage and there are immediate funding needs for re-building and restoration of the studio facilities. The San Buenaventura Artists’ Union has arranged to accept tax deductible donations for ...

Ventura Fringe Gallery Crawl

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

It's been a while since I've made any updates, and for that I apologize. With my time off over the holidays and my subsequent return to work, my updates had to take a backseat for a couple of days. Not that I haven't had plenty to write about, but I've ...

The Tree of Life, pt 1

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

My Long Adventure Creating an Artificial Tree For me, the whole thing started with this painting. Without getting too far into the details, this painting, entitled The Garden of the Hesperides was painted by Sir Edward Burne-Jones in the early 1870's. It depicts three women holding hands and dancing beneath the ...

Ventura Gallery Crawl

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

I spent the day distributing postcards around Ventura for Carina's Dec 15 show. She and I had mapped out where we were hit the other day, and I had staked out downtown Ventura as my territory. Despite having been outright shunned by a couple of folks earlier in the week ...