Buenaventura Art Association: Our Members Shine

Louisa Wallace Jacobs received an Honorable Mention for her painting, “Terra Incognita #5” in the Thousand Oaks Art Association Open Juried Show in February.

Lisa Skyheart Marshall is a featured artist and will be showing her new botanical watercolor+ink paintings, March 2-27, at Gallery 113 in Santa Barbara, reception on March 5. Her show is titled “Flowery,” and she’ll be exhibiting alongside other artists at Gallery 113, 1114 State St., #8, Santa Barbara. Painting shown here is: “Nasturtiums and Garden Spider”, 8×8.

The Ventura College New Media Gallery is honored to present Ojai artist Cara Lasell Bonewitz in her first local solo exhibition, “Current in the Shadows.” On Thursday, March 12 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm there will be Opening Reception.

Bonewitz’s latest body of material engagement and dedicated observation features a range of historical trends in naturalism and art, such as botanical gardens, Victorian seaweed collections and pressed flowers. Bonewitz is a graduate of Yale University and earned her master’s degree at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.

The exhibition runs through April 9, 2020. The New Media Gallery is located at 4667 Telegraph Road. Gallery Hours are Monday – Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm. Parking is $2.

Bruce Grabin, Morning Clouds

The Ojai Studio Artists is a collective of 81 artists. Its mission is to encourage and support he development of art in the Ojai Valley. OSA encourages emerging artists, raises funds to award local educational scholarships and introduces the public to the talents of professional artists at work in their studios, vibrantly reflecting the meaning of community.

More information visit www.OjaiStudioArtists.org.

If it is March, it must be Mermaid Month at Ventura Harbor. Mythological creatures come alive and the Ventura County Potters’ Guild (VCPG) Gallery is jumping into the water for this fun event. Mermaids (and Mermen) and the sea creatures they befriend will appear adorning all forms of ceramic surfaces. Being at the beach has its benefits!

On March 21 from 1-4 PM, featured artist Ellen Williams will demonstrate how she creates her fanciful, feminine ceramic creations. Originally a painter, Ellen transitioned to clay as her canvass. Using a watercolor approach to her work, she is able to balance serious art with whimsey.

Gallery members will also have theme related art work for sale. Don’t miss out on a chance to get a glimpse of, or take home, a real ceramic mermaid.

The VCPG Gallery is located at 1567 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 105 in Ventura Harbor. The Gallery is open seven days a week from 11-6. For more information visit www.venturapottersguild.org.

A Moment of Mentor, oil, Aliza Bejarano

Buenaventura Art Association will present “Connecting,” an exhibition of paintings by Aliza J. Bejarano, March 5-29 at its gallery in Studio 30 at Bell Arts Factory on Ventura Avenue.

The solo show will feature some small oil-on-canvas works by Bejarano, who joined Ventura’s creative community after earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting from California State University, Long Beach, in 2018.

Also at the gallery during those March dates will be a members’ choice show, in which BAA artists will showcase their styles and subject matters. A reception for both shows will take place 6-9 p.m. March 6 during Ventura’s monthly First Fridays gallery open house.

In addition, Bejarano teaches a weekly class on Figure Drawing at Bell Arts Factory that meets 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. She produces her own art in Studio 79.

Examples of both her artwork and artistic process can be found online at alizabejarano.com and @aliza_b_ on Instagram.

Buenaventura Gallery at Bell Arts Factory, 432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura, is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. For more about the 66-year-old nonprofit cooperative and its programs, visit www.buenaventuraartassociation.org or call 805-648-1235 during gallery hours.

Dab Art is pleased to present ABSTRAKT, a group exhibition by new curator Uta Culemann-Ritke at H Gallery in Midtown Ventura. 1793 E Main St. Opening Reception | Friday, March 6, 6-10pm.

Germanically titled in honor of Uta’s home country, ABSTRAKT is simply indicative of the show’s genre. The selection of work featured in the exhibit is dramatically more contemplative than literal. Uta’s principal exhibition is indicative of her passion for abstract art and affinity for high design. Utilizing H Gallery’s vintage charm as a backdrop, the works selected for ABSTRAKT creates a winsome experience for the viewer. The opening of ABSTRAKT also marks H Gallery’s return to First Friday’s Ventura.

Duane Eells “Boundless”

Fox Fine Jewelry presents Boundless, an art show with Duane Eells and James Perucci from March 12 to May 10, with an Art Reception on March 14 from 6 – 8 pm.

Duane Eells started growing his passion for art at a young age when his mother enrolled him in an oil painting class at age 10. Now living in Ojai, Eells, an Ojai Studio Artist, enjoys painting the human form. His current work of dancers captures the motion of their movement in stillness.

James Petrucci works predominantly in oil, creating abstract landscapes that are incredibly evocative through his brushstrokes and use of color. Petrucci grew up in Santa Barbara and now lives in Ojai, where he is an Ojai Studio Artist.

Show information: http://bit.ly/Eells-Petrucci

Fox Fine Jewelry
560 East Main Street
(805) 652-1800

Ventura Master Artist Tony Jankowski painted his cat Mitzi to be exhibited at the Santa Paula Art Show from March 10 until April 18. Tony explains “Mitzi was my best friend and companion for the last 17-years and will be remembered for the rest of my life.