Duo Show “Wild About Paper” by artists Janet Black and BiJian (BJ) Fan at Buenaventura Gallery

art BuenaventuraDuo Show by artists Janet Black and BiJian (BJ) Fan entitiled “Wild About Paper” at the Buenaventura Gallery, 700 E. Santa Clara St. Exhibition runs June 28 – July 23.

Artists Janet Black and BiJian Fan create figurative collages and sculptural images bringing to life a menagerie of creatures, real and imaginary, only using paper.

Fan, a Camarillo resident, and Black, of Ventura, will be at the gallery for a reception 5-8 p.m. July 1, during First Fridays Ventura, the city’s monthly arts celebration. Each is donating original art for a raffle at show’s end as a fundraiser for the Buenaventura Art Association.

“Wild About Paper is a statement of both my paper addiction and that both BJ and I are incorporating wild creatures (and some domestic ones) in our artwork,” Black said.