Red Brick Gallery’s Summer Celebration exhibit “A New Chapter” features a wide variety of artists exploring a fresh perspective on their art career.

Each artist’s work represent how the elements of nature impact the world around them and their art.   “Walking into the gallery is like walking into our thoughts.”  Old and new art friends include new works by Patty Van Dyke, Rency Punnoos, Marco Aguilar, Jen Livia, Phyllis Gubins and Debra Hintz.

Red Brick Gallery’s 67th exhibit runs May 19th through July 28th with Artist Reception as a Part of Ventura ArtWalk July 17th 12-8 and 18th 12-5.  Stop in to meet the artists and watch them create.  Free to the public, all are welcome.

A woman full of art and love Robyn Lynn Kelly died January of 2014, at 50 years old.

Robyn Lynn Kelly was an extraordinary artist from a very young age.  From paint to charcoal to yarn, she was able to create pieces that were both simple and intricate.  Her art frequently garnered her recognition at the Ventura County Fair and was also featured in national magazines.

Perhaps the only thing more beautiful than her art was her giving heart.  Robyn was known for her generosity and patience.  She was a free spirit, full of life and love and passion – a woman who could charm anyone with her sense of humor and sparkling eyes.

Robyn loved her family fiercely and many others as though they were family.  There was selflessness in her love that drew people to her and she never turned anyone away.  Her greatest dream in life was motherhood, and she found immense joy in raising her adopted daughter Desiree Sky.  When Robyn was first diagnosed with terminal ovarian sarcoma, she reminded Desiree that she was her mother’s “gift to the world.”  Robyn’s spirit continues to shine through her daughter, reminding her family of the woman whose unfailing grace inspired us all.

Taken too young, Robyn Lynn’s beauty lives on in the hearts of those who knew her and in the art she poured her soul into.

Susan Cook and Karin Geiger will display their art in the show “Pods” at Fox Fine Jewelry from May 14 through July 19. An artists’ reception will be Saturday, May 16, from 6 – 9pm.

Susan Cook is a professional artist and arts advocate, with an extensive list of accolades, awards and community service positions. Her work blends colors and shapes into loose figurative work that goes beyond a representation, showing emotion and intent.

Karin Geiger, a native of Germany, graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich in 1987. There she taught school until she came to the U.S. in 1995.

Fox Fine Jewelry is located at 560 East Main Street,  652-1800. Hours are Monday – Thursday, 10:30 – 7p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 10:30 – 10 p.m., Sunday 12:00 – 6pm.

An Evening with Susan Cook Saturday, May 23,  from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Brooks Institute Screening Room
5301 N. Ventura Ave.
Susan Cook is a contemporary fine artist whose oil paintings are inspired by nature and an interest in experimenting with figuration, color and shapes. Initially, her paintings are quickly drawn, going through many color transformations with her signature brushwork, often destroying entire passages and repainting others to give focus. Josef Woodard wrote in his Los Angeles Times article that “her brusque brushwork leans away from details and edges of things, flirting with abstraction at times”. Free to FOTM Members – $10 General public, $5 students and seniors.

AfterGLOW Fundraising Event:  Join for a celebratory supper immediately following the interview at the Ojai home of Christine & Kevin Beirne.   Reserve your seat early! The AfterGLOW dinner is $20 for FOTM members, $30 for non-members. Paid reservations are required prior to May 19.

Tickets available  www.FocusOnTheMasters.com or call.653.2501