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Contents

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6 Get Realism

Features profile

34 Zero to Infinity The rare path of Chinese expat Yue Deng

nesting

27 Opened House Simplicity and rugged beauty merge in Camarillo

conversation

17 Art in Transition John Nava on realism in a digital world

about town

13 Open Doors

John Nava

Behind the scenes at SCIART

departments community

8 Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association 65th Anniversary Gala, Mullin Automotive Museum

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10 The Medium is the Message A stroll down eight artistic avenues

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43 A selective preview of local happenings

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COVER: Ojai-based violinist Yue Deng, photographed by Michael Lamont.

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hen did art get so serious?

When did the popular art world turn against pretty pictures and aim its collective sneer at accurate representation?

I’m not here to judge; I’m no art critic. Really, who am I to call nonsense on million-dollar paint splatters. What do I know? Maybe I just can’t see Andy Warhol’s “Invisible Sculpture” (an empty plinth upon which he once stepped).

Clearly Agnes Martin’s square painting of blue and white horizontal bands is more significant than the beach umbrella it calls to my mind. After all, an art cognoscente paid $1.48 million to hang it on his wall.

Four years ago, in August 2008, we corralled a few artistic types for a roundtable discussion at the then-new Sylvia White Gallery. The conversation meandered, but Sylvia always came back to the concept of the “educated eye,” meaning simply that the more we see art, the more we’re exposed to it, the better equipped we become to evaluate it.

A good analogy is wine tasting. I drink wine more frequently than I visit art galleries and my palate has steadily improved over the years. Berry flavors? I can taste those. Oaky? Smoky?

Yes, got those too. But some of these master sommeliers’ descriptions are, dare I say, hard for me to swallow. A pricey bottle of red tastes like “animal fur”? Really, now. And what

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about the reviewer who calls a wine “full-bodied and massively endowed,” with a “sexy nose,” and claims “the finish crescendos into a salty tide.” I have to think he was channeling other desires. But again, what do I know? I probably just need to drink more wine.

In our interview with John Nava (p. 17) we discuss the place of realism as it applies to art in the 21st century.

Thankfully, there’s nothing too abstruse about the conversation. Nava keeps it about as grounded as an art discussion can be; in fact, he draws a connecting line between latter-day representational painters and ancient man, sketching his prey on cave walls with a charcoal-tipped spear.

“What does it mean to continue on with this ancient process today?” Nava asks.

Hmm… I’m just a casual doodler, no visual artist. But it seems to me that with its elemental nature, realism provides a necessary counterbalance to the muddy esotericism of avant-garde art. It is, in a sense, just as extreme. Yin and yang.

But whereas the value of progressive, cutting-edge art hinges largely on words and perception, realism is based on what the eye sees—and even an uneducated eye can appreciate the beauty of that.

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The Medium is the Message A local stroll down eight artistic avenues.

Tomasz Fularski, photography, In Concrete We Trust, 30” x 50”; $400. Sylvia White Gallery, 1783 E. Main St., Ventura; 805.643.8300.

Reclining Mera by Katie Van Horne, pastel, charcoal, watercolor drawing, 41.5” x 60.5”; $4,500. Primavera Gallery, 214 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai; 805.646.7133.

Bits by David Rivas, a one-of-a-kind kinetic sculpture with a titanium arm that balances on a fossilized rock; $250. Red Brick Art Gallery, 315 E. Main St., Ventura; 805.643.6400.

Rocking Chair by Steven Spiro, exotic woods with inlays; $7,600. Primavera Gallery, 214 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai; 805.646.7133.

Ceramic bird bowl by artist Kim Clarke, 7.5” across; $220. Human Arts Gallery, 246 E. Ojai Ave., Ojai; 805.646.1525.

John White, Birds on Wires #12, acrylic on recycled paper, 34.5” x 40”; $2,500. Sylvia White Gallery, 1783 E. Main St., Ventura; 805.643.8300.

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culptor Maggie Kildee works her audience like a chef on a cooking show, explaining the intricacies of each clay piece as she makes it. “I really like to talk to people when they come through,” she says. It’s the first Saturday of the month, and visitors are milling about Studio Channel Islands Art Center in Old Town Camarillo, getting a firsthand look at the creative process of clay sculptors, bronze sculptors, weavers, painters, and multimedia artists.

Carolyn Barone, a painter who has been at the studio for nearly two years, works on a portrait of her nephew and his son. Vibrant paintings of fruit, flowers, and people fill her studio space. In a nearby room, oil painter Darla Warner puts the finishing touches on a commissioned painting of a château in France. “A commission is a wonderful thing to get,” she says, dabbing paint on canvas.

“This painting is going to a good home, to someone who really wants it.”

The variety of artwork done at Studio Channel Islands Art Center is dizzying; dozens of mediums and techniques are used to create original works. Bronze sculptor Susan R. Kaufman sits at a worktable in her studio perfecting a clay sculpture of a young boy. “I saw a little boy eating ice cream at the harbor and thought he was so charming,” she explains. When the clay dries and is fired in the onsite kiln, Kaufman will make a mold of it and send it to be bronzed.

In addition to their personal projects and commissions, many of the artists-in-residence teach art classes.

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“We all have so many irons in the fire,” says artist Carol Henry of her colleagues. “That’s what we have to do to reach a broad audience and make a living.” Henry, who composes images using a complex darkroom process, hosts a class for adults with no artistic aspirations to speak of. She invites them into her studio during iPaint Nights to enjoy a glass of wine and experiment with paint uninhibited.

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ABOVE: Printmaker Gretel Compton Left, top to bottom: Artists Susan Vogel, Carol Henry, and Karin Geiger

often work in adjoining studios, sharing ideas and taking classes from each other. Recently appointed art center president and oil painter Rich Brimer teaches young adult life painting classes.

He challenges his students and offers them artistic advice. “Any effort I put in makes it a better place for me to work and live,” he says of his volunteer efforts at the art center.

Art center director and mixed media artist Karin Geiger felt her art changed because of her experience as an artist-in-residence. “I’m more serious about my art,” she explains. “Working in a garage, you feel isolated.” Geiger used her studio time Saturday to complete a series of six small mixed media pieces for an upcoming show. “You can change how you assemble them, but they are all connected.”

Connectivity within the art center and with the surrounding community is essential, according to photographer Bryan McCall, who shares studio space with his wife, artist Christine Leong. A collection of framed nature scenes stand in McCall’s studio. “We just finished framing photos for a show at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura,” says McCall.

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Artist Susan Vogel is a newcomer to the art center. She specializes in oil and acrylic landscape paintings. “I joined because I was getting too lonesome and reclusive in my studio,” she says.

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his fall some of the most influential minds in the art world will converge on Ventura to explore the direction of representational art in the 21st century. Among the keynote speakers at The Representational Art Conference (TRAC), 2012, will be locally-based realist painter John Nava, whose brilliant work places him among the most significant artists of our time.

Perhaps one of Nava’s most critically acclaimed masterpieces is the series of tapestries he created for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, commissioned by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1999. The Communion of Saints consists of 25 tapestries depicting more than 136 life-size saints from around the world and spans hundreds of years of human history. These tapestries, some of which measure 50 feet tall, are the largest in the world and were woven in Belgium—a place with deep historical roots of weaving craftsmanship—using the most advanced digital technology.

Nava studied fine art at UC Santa Barbara under Howard Warshaw, who profoundly influenced the artist and was responsible for his career choice as a painter. Following graduation, Nava became a college art professor before heading to Florence, Italy to do his graduate work.

From the comfort of his home studio in the foothills of Upper Ojai, Nava shares some insight on his philosophy and his personal experience as an artist.

VENTANA: The focus of TRAC is to address the neglect of critical appreciation of representational art. Can you help us better understand that concept?

JOHN NAVA: I believe Michael Pearce and the others organizing the conference might feel that there is a great deal of work going on, of serious representational painters who are diligently working away and [creating art] with the traditions and skills of painting as they came down from the renaissance, for example, but they don’t get a lot of play. In the popular part of the art world, there is a great deal of focus on non-traditional technologies and means of making art, and non-traditional kinds of art.

I’m sure there are many people who walk into an art museum and see something bizarre, perhaps a piano hanging upside down from the ceiling, and they’ll ask, ‘What is that?’ It’s all part of the movement to expand the boundaries of art that began in the 20th century—and it’s been the focus of a lot of museum curators, art magazines, and exhibitions about the expansion of art.

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The artist created a tapestry for USC depicting 21 life-sized figures.

John Nava at home in Ojai.

who have continued to work in a traditional form. The TRAC conference serves to bring those people into the spotlight and give them some focus.

VEN: As a keynote speaker you will be discussing Painting in the Digital Age. Can you expand on that topic?

JN: I have to say, this is still forming in my mind. Did you ever see Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams? It’s this kooky doc about these ancient caves discovered in 1996. The point is, they are 30,000 years old, and in the caves you have the very first human image that was depicted, done with charcoal attached to a spear, almost identical to the way we would draw with charcoal today.

So the way we make pictures, and the way painters use brushes, is all very old; it’s a very primitive technique. In comparison, we all have digital cameras, and we go to movies and see 3D holograms, and there are all these special effects and image technologies, all these ways to make images.

Given all the power that those things have, it’s interesting to me that there is something about making a picture by hand, like a caveman, that continues. And we’re all doing it. All the painters are not making 3D movies, they’re engaging in this very ancient practice of making something completely by hand. It struck me that this was the key— the handmade process. I wanted to ask the question: What does it mean to continue on with this ancient process today?

VEN: How has art appreciation changed with these new technologies?

How does this affect the viewer’s relationship with art?

JN: In order to appreciate something at Art Basil, or at the Whitney Biennale, for example, it requires an education, because it’s so obscure. What’s happened is that the 18

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definition of art has expanded to essentially be meaningless.

In the 19th century there was a very specific idea about what art was. But now, art is anything. This is basically the legacy of Duchamp. John Baldessari, a very important contemporary artist, said, ‘If you have a pile of concrete rubble with some rebar sticking out of it laying in the street, it’s just a pile of rubble with some rebar. But if you take that identical pile and put it in the middle of the museum of modern art, now it’s a sculpture, or part of an instillation.’ So the context makes the art. There is an interaction between the museum and what’s in the room to make the art. But if you have a Vermeer that was accidently thrown in the street, it’s still a Vermeer; it’s always what it is. That comes from a time when art had a different definition. So this idea of the artist as a designer, where there’s a concept and someone else executes it, is different from the old idea of craftsmanship, where you actually have the hand of Leonardo painting the mouth of the Mona Lisa. And that is the hand element that continues in handmade pictures, but it has been dislocated in a great deal of other art forms.

VEN: Do you find this evolution problematic for you as a contemporary realist painter?

JN: The thing is this: I don’t personally take all of this as a tragedy. As long as people are not doing harm to each other, everything’s fine. I mean, my brother is a filmmaker. He works in a technology that’s much newer than painting. My son makes video games. He does three-dimensional models. And I respect both of them.

The world now is vast. It’s a much bigger world. People are sitting with you at breakfast and they’re looking at their laptop, or at their phone. People have this very scattered consciousness now. It’s difficult for people to focus on anything for very long.

And painting is all about the opposite of that. So painters may be a little nostalgic for the

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time when they were at the top.

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VEN: You had exceptional traditional training at Villa Schifanoia in Florence, Italy. Tell us about that.

JN: My wife and I moved to Florence for two years. It was a dream, an amazing experience. One of my teachers was Luciano Berti, the director of the Uffizi Gallery. We would have classes in the museum, in places that are not open to the public.

The whole experience was very inspiring. We had a car but we couldn’t afford gas, so we always had a horde of people come with us. We made a lot of trips to the countryside, going to Arezzo and Sansepolcro to see the works of Piero della Francesca. But for me, the most important and most inspirational artist in Florence was Masaccio, and the frescos in the Brancacci Chapel.

VEN: Would you say the fresco medium moved you more than other formats?

JN: I have always been a little bit restless, I think, and I’ve worked in a lot of different manners, but I always come back to that dry-surfaced, fresco style painting. It resonates with me the same way as the cave paintings. It’s very much about a wall, not a canvas.

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Neo-icon painting by John Nava Stop Mad Cowboy Disease, 2005 Oil on canvas: 41” x 41”

There’s something very ancient about it, and I respond to that.

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here is, arguably, a palpable change in our collective attitudes today since a decades-long spiral into consumerism grabbed the nation and hung on like some bad virus. But for a fortunate few, often boomers who grew up hearing stories of the Great Depression at their parents’ knees, restraint is a way of life. For Camarillo residents Dan Phillips and his ceramic artist wife Gayle Bentley Swanson, less was always more.

So it was only natural that the couple, who now share five children and seven grandchildren in their blended family, would make something of the modest Fickettdesigned home in Camarillo Heights that Phillips’ parents left him.

Swanson was immediately drawn to the house. “When Dan’s parents left him this place, we saw the simplicity of the Fickett design and the rugged beauty of the land. “With a little tree trimming we can even see St. Mary Magdalene’s church lit up at night through the kitchen window,” Gayle explains in her quiet voice as she shows me the view down the valley and into Camarillo.

And while the home today has kept its decidedly mid-century look, a few architectural elements were removed to allow for more windows and light or solve a structural issue. The result is an even more uncluttered look than the original.

Oversized front windows, originally tucked behind a wall built of alternately missing cement blocks designed to let in filtered light yet allow for privacy, are now fully exposed after construction workers simply removed the wall. The roof’s horizontal, slightly vaulted line is now broken midway, and oversized glass doors with operable clerestory windows above make the breadth of the front almost entirely exposed. To reduce maintenance, previously wood fascia boards and eaves are wrapped in the same stucco that now covers the home.

One of the biggest transformations is the kitchen, which was originally in the back of the house. Moved to the front and combined with a family room, it now accommodates a more traditional 21st century open kitchen lifestyle. Levi Mize mahogany kitchen cabinets continue the clean lines and prevent clutter, with garages August 2012 | ventana | 27

Above: Dan Phillips and Gayle Bentley Swanson. top center: A formal outdoor seating area with koi pond and waterfall connects to the living room. opposite top: The open entryway showcases an antique Italian chest and paintings collected on the couple’s travels. opposite BOTTOM: Floor-to-ceiling windows (left) blur the line between indoors and out. In the foreground, one of several adobe geological sculptures created jointly by Dan and Gayle.

The art studio (right) stands alone, between pines and a blooming jacaranda. An outdoor coffee table provides a fitting display for Gayle’s ceramic sculptures.

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terminating at the granite counter to store appliances such as a coffee mill, teapot, and toaster oven.

Although the property is on seven acres, the house and gardens comprise just a small portion, with the rest being left natural.

Barrancas and hillsides loaded with prickly pear and other native shrubs surround the house. Meandering paths are formed from repurposed concrete and small walls delineate outdoor seating areas.

On the property’s west side, beyond what is the most formal area, the path splits, offering a separate route to both the chicken coop Phillips built and Swanson’s block-wall studio. Here, pale cornflower yellow walls support shelves crammed with jars of glazes, bits of partially finished pieces, and an assortment of tools. This is a working studio, a place of reflection and creativity for Swanson. Near the door, a potter’s wheel beckons, light pouring onto it through the door we’ve left open behind us. Just outside, Nick the white rescue rooster roams under the shelter of trees, crowing now and then to remind us who’s in charge.

“My work is a constant, and a very Zen companion. Color, rather than content, defines my work, and so even when I’m not in the studio I’m thinking of colors to put together,” Gayle tells me. She compares her color scheme to watercolors running into each other and colliding to create unusual blends, which give a depth to her pieces—from serious sculptures to whimsical jewelry.

The home’s interior colors are subdued, with Gayles’ calming artwork here and there. Sculptures are placed on shelves in an extra bedroom, pieces propped against walls. By the living room fireplace, a large salt-fired pot with bright turquoise glaze covering half of the outside is a standout, its raw, natural look in sharp contrast to its glaze. A fruit bowl in the kitchen has nine shades of crackled turquoise, greens, and blue that in typical Gayle style all run into one another. A matte gold trim with an Egyptian design is imprinted into the edges.

From interior restructuring to exterior seating areas built by Dan and landscaping designed by Swanson, who is also a Certified Master Gardener, the duo succeeded in one of the most difficult aspects of a successful remodel: continuity.

“We give each other energy and excitement,” says Swanson.

With the remodel over, they are back at it, Gayle working on art projects—her pieces have a permanent home at the Ventura County Potters’ Guild Gallery in Harbor Village—and Phillips spending his days as a kayaking guide in the Channel Islands. By way of explanation for the success of the remodel, Swanson tells me, “We kept Fickett’s original theme, remembering that what you do to the inside you have to do to the outside.” I think Fickett would approve. v Gayle Bentley Swanson’s art can be seen online at swansonclayart.com.

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zero to infinity Versatile violinist Yue Deng has traveled a rare path—from Hebei, China to the sun-kissed Ojai Valley.

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Deng has experienced many “new beginnings” throughout her budding career, making her a power to be reckoned with. The versatile, classically trained musician first tasted fame at the tender age of eight after winning the National Violin Competition in China against other aspiring musicians from all over the vast country.

Don’t let her diminutive frame fool you: Deng is a powerhouse, with an ear and natural affinity for jazz and pop, a rarity among classical musicians. Recently married to UCSB mechanical engineering professor Rousln Krechetnikov, she has performed in the classical mode with the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Ventura Symphony, and Master Chorale of Ventura County, and recorded an album of compositions by Claus 34

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Ogermann with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. But she has also performed on albums and/or worked with Diana Krall, Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Willy Nelson, and Johnny Mandel, among others. And she’s played not only Carnegie Hall, but Birdland, too.

How in the heck did that happen? Like this: One summer, in 1999, during Yue’s second term at Montecito’s Music Academy of the West, the highly regarded, intensive summer program for talented young classical musicians from around the globe, Yue met a volunteer by the name of Janet Lees. Mrs. Lees, who resides in Ojai, happened to be the wife of the highly respected jazz author and lyricist Gene Lees. Gene and Yue met, and the rest was a mutual admiration society kismet.

In his delightful book, a collection of profiles titled Friends Along the Way: A Journey through Jazz (Yale University Press, 2003), Gene devoted the last chapter to Yue. “I have pondered how the young lady happened into our lives,” he wrote, “and

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“Gene and Janet opened my eyes to all types of music, literature, the arts, and politics,” Yue said enthusiastically, recalling her friends’ influence on her life and career.

They also introduced her to their fine circle of influential friends in the music business, which included Hank and Ginny Mancini, composer/lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and Ojai-based jazz pianist/composer/arranger Roger Kellaway. Gene wanted Roger to hear the young violinist, who knew nothing of jazz until she heard and went crazy over a Dizzy Gillespie album in Janet’s car. Roger had written a piece for violin titled “Nuages.” Yue nailed it, and her youthful musical world was soon to be expanded.

The duo recorded an album, appropriately titled “Both Sides Now,” perhaps a double entendre referencing both the Joni Mitchell song on the CD as well as Yue’s versatility. “Yue was brilliant. She’s a fantastic talent and I look forward to working with her again,” noted Roger recently.

At that time, Roger, obviously impressed by her playing abilities and wanting to showcase her talent, also invited Yue to perform at a gig he had booked at The Jazz Bakery in Culver City. She met and was praised by jazz aficionados including noted film director Sidney Pollack, world famous architect Frank Gehry, and actor/director Mark Rydell. “Sydney Pollack kissed my hand!” gushed Yue. “All my friends said, ‘Don’t ever wash your hand!’”

But back to her roots. “[China] started the one-child policy the year before I was born, so parents were very devoted to their only child. People really value education in China; I was six-and-a-half when I began playing (her first violin cost two dollars) …

I learned English in middle school in China, but not spoken English. I did not become fluent until graduate school at Juilliard in New York.”

Yue tasted fame at a young age after winning the National Violin Competition.

A local television station made a documentary that was picked up by Central China TV and shown all over the country. At age nine, she was accepted to the Central

Above: A colorful standout at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl, Yue Deng was principal concertmaster and violin soloist for the Pacific Shores Philharmonic’s inaugural summer season.

Right: Though trained at The Juilliard School in New York, Yue has an uncommon ear for jazz and pop as well as classical music.

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Above: Larkspur Trio, Yue with pianist Miriam Arichea and cellist Virginia Kron.

Top right: Among her classical accomplishments is an album of compositions

by Claus Ogermann that she recorded with French pianist JeanYves Thibaudet.

Left: Jazz legends Roger Kellaway and Gene Lees fostered Yue’s interest in the genre.

Bottom: A fateful friendship with Gene and Janet Lees introduced Yue to an influential circle, including two of the music world’s most distinguished lyricists, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, seen here.

Conservatory of Music in Beijing, a boarding school that the “always independent” young lady “loved.”

“Gene told me that performing is shy man’s revenge, but I am not really shy,” she said. “I got used to it from childhood. I used to get boxes of fan letters, but my parents didn’t want me to see them or become arrogant. People would stop me in the streets and say, ‘You’re the person in the documentary.’ What I really care about is making music.”

In an unusual twist—a sort of role-reversal—her mother (originally an electrician) started teaching violin after Yue moved to the United States to attend college on a full scholarship at Oberlin College. “She would observe me practicing and we would speak about it,” recalled Yue, noting that her mother taught her to sing Chinese folk songs as a child, although she no longer remembers them. “She then figured out her own way to train violinists, when she was in her forties.”

Because Deng has been immersed in not only the classical music oeuvre, but, thanks to friends in Ojai, jazz and even pop tunes, she is bringing a fresh outlook and groove to the new Pacific Shores Philharmonic Orchestra. “She’s a rising star—the perfect package of poise, grace, brilliance, and fire,” said Pacific Shores Philharmonic conductor E. Burns Taft. “What more could you ask for?”

There’s plenty more musical praise and details about Deng in Gene Lee’s book, but I happen to love this nugget, for which I can personally vouch: “She is insanely funny, both intentionally and unintentionally. I have never known anyone who is so easy to crack up, and when she cracks up she is liable to roll off a sofa and fold up in a quaking ball of laughter.”

Yue Deng needed to find her own way—on her own time and terms. Which brings us to now. Not bad for a kid who starts from zero every day. v Keep up to date with the progress of the Pacific Shores Philharmonic Foundation in 2013 by visiting www.psphil.com or friending the organization on Facebook.

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Through October 21 | Santa Paula Art Museum Discover and meet the next generation of artists. This is a refreshingly contemporary show of artworks by students from Brooks Institute, Cal Arts, Cal Lutheran, CSU Channel Islands, and Ventura College. 117 N. 10th St., Santa Paula. For more information, call 805.525.5554 or visit santapaulaartmuseum.org.

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Through October 8 | Hillcrest Center for the Arts This invitational show has original pieces of art by 12 professional visual artists. A reception honoring the artists will be held August 18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. In keeping with the theme of Yin and Yang, there will be a balance of abstract and realistic art ranging in size. Photography, collage, assemblage, and paintings in all media will be represented. Thousand Oaks artists Janet Amiri and Connie Tunick will be the co-curators.

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August 26 | Wood Ranch Golf Club Attendees will taste wines from local vintners including Cielo Cellars, Rancho Ventavo Cellars, Magnavino Cellars, Four Brix, Alma Sol, Four Sisters, Sunland Vintage, Wade’s Wines, San Vicente Cellars, and more. The event will feature food pairings, live music, silent auction, and a raffle, with a portion of proceeds going to local charities MANNA of Conejo Valley, Simi Valley Care & Share, and Moorpark Pantry Plus. Hosted by the Women’s Council of Realtors. $30. 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 301 Wood Ranch Pkwy., Simi Valley. Visit wineharvestfestival.eventbrite.com.

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August 1 – September 8 Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura A reception will be held on Saturday, August 4 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. to open the 2012 show. Featured artists will be from all over the nation and represent a variety of artistic styles. For detailed information, visit artadvice.com or call 805.643.8300.

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August 3 - 18 | Oxnard College Black Box Theater What do you get when you mix a divorcee, an evangelist, and a vegetarian? A comedy about life lessons, friendship, women’s sexuality, and drama—lots of drama. Follow three women on an emotional roller coaster as the discover what’s really important in life. The play is written by Gustavo Ott, directed by Roberto Sánchez, and presented by Teatro de las Américas.

Spanish with English supertitles. $15 general admission, $10 for seniors and students. 4000 S. Rose Ave., Oxnard. For specific dates and more information, visit teatrodelasamericas.org.

Visual Harvest: Paintings and Prints by Karen K. Lewis

August 4 - September 5 | Ojai Art Center Lewis creates vividly realized images on an epic scale, covering large canvases with bold, sweeping brush strokes and rich colors. She reveals the sculptural grandeur in a pile of patio chairs, the pathos in a menagerie of abandoned dolls, the playground politics that animate a gaggle of young ballerinas. An artist’s reception (doubling as her 80th birthday party) will be held on August 11 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., Ojai. For more information, visit ojaiartcenter. org or call 805.646.0117.

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August 7 | Ventura County Fairgrounds Local restaurants and wineries will compete in a wine and food pairing competition. The event will showcase the agricultural abundance of Ventura County through the presentation of local foods, made by area chefs and complemented by local wines. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Building. 10 W. Harbor Blvd., Ventura. For more information, call 805.648.3376.

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ON THE HORIZON New West Symphony Masterpiece Series

September 28 – 30 | Locations vary New music director Marcelo Lehninger will conduct violinist Anne Akiko Meyers to open New West Symphony’s 18th Masterpiece Series Season. Concert No. 1 performances will be held at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center (Sept. 28, 8:00 p.m.), the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza (Sept. 29, 8:00 p.m.), and Santa Monica High School (Sept. 30, 4:00 p.m.). Tickets $25-$98. Available beginning Aug. 21 online at newwestsymphony.org or by calling 866.776.8400; also available at concert hall box offices.

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September 3 | Camarillo Ranch All cooks are welcome to join the competition. Prizes and trophies will be awarded in several chili categories, including the ever-popular People’s Choice. Also included are a Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament and Classic Car Display, as well as live country music and a children’s area with fun games and activities. $10 adults, kids under 12 free. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 201 Camarillo Ranch Rd., Camarillo. Info online at camarillohospice.org or by calling 805.389.6870.

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September 22 | Limoneira Ranch This annual fundraising gala event hosted by the Limoneira Ranch is themed “Creatures of the Night!” The evening will include tastings from 40 different restaurants, a no-host bar, and entertainment by Men on the Moon.

The event will jointly benefit the Santa Paula Police & Fire Foundation and the Santa Paula Chamber of Commerce.

Cocktails from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., followed by tastings from area restaurants and live music. Attendees are invited to dress up as their favorite creature, monster, zombie, or other ghoulish figure. $60 in advance, $75 at the door.

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Through September 15 | Cal Lutheran University Former game show host Bob Eubanks and his family have donated more than $170,000 worth of Western art to California Lutheran University, and it will be displayed in an upcoming exhibit. “Western Salon,” which also includes works from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum collection, is on exhibit in CLU’s William Rolland Gallery of Fine Art. 60 W. Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks. For more information, visit callutheran.edu/rolland/.

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October 14 - 17 Crowne Plaza Ventura Beach Hotel Master artists, critics. and thought leaders from around the world will come together in October to discuss representational art’s place in the 21st century at a Ventura conference hosted by California Lutheran University.

The event will feature speakers, panel discussions, academic paper presentations, and studio demonstrations.

Focused on the resurgence of representational art, the conference is designed for artists, academics, collectors, critics, historians, students, and gallery and museum professionals. Keynote speakers will be art critic Jed Perl and local artist John Nava. Details online at trac2012.org.

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Elegant Oceanfront Villa This stunning new home maximizes breathtaking views of the ocean & Channel Islands from nearly every room. Secluded & serene, Silver Strand beach is the best kept secret in southern California coastal living. The wide white sandy beach is never crowded & is just outside your door!

The highest quality materials combined with impeccable craftsmanship has created a very special architectural experience. The dramatic 3 story skylit entry is framed by ornate wrought iron railing, limestone stairs, & a mosaic tile floor.

Additional amenities include a centrally located elevator, solid alder doors & cabinets, 2 marble fireplaces, energ y-efficient appliances, audio system with Ipod interface, & internet accessible security cameras.

Nestled midway between Malibu & Santa Barbara at roughly half the price! Lease/option terms available.

Contact Jeff Roundy

at Keller Williams Luxury Homes

RealtoRs®

Voted #1 in Ventura County-Reader survey top Producers 2011-Coldwell Banker Beach office

Mandalay Shores Ocean Front $2,750,000

Mandalay Bay Boat Dock Home $899,000

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attention CaSH BuyerS! Live at the beach for an affordable price.

Oxnard Shores Steps to the sand! $259,000

Corner lot mobile home that can be updated or replaced. Beach access $99,960

attention investors/ Business owners & Commercial Mixed use lot near intersection of Ventura Ave. and Main St.

$225,000

805•701•0653 Video & Virtual tour -

www.1101oceandrive.com

805-746-2070 Ariel DRE# 01501968

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805-824-2004 Karen DRE #01505059

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FABULOUS ASHDALE ESTATES

EXCEPTIONAL MANDALAY BEACH ROAD LOCATION

SPACIOUS, SINGLE STORY CUSTOM HOME Spacious 5,326 square foot home on 1 acre will be perfect for entertaining your guests. It has a formal living room with fireplace and a formal dining room.

There’s also a fireplace in the family room. A Library or office features built in shelving for organization and a fireplace.

The Master Suite also has a fireplace and comfortable sitting area. The gourmet island kitchen is convenient with granite counter tops.

There’s a private back yard with a covered patio, pool and spa. A 4 car garage has attic storage space. Contact Ray

De Silva, Troop Real Estate, 805-444-3848

BEDROOMS: BATHROOMS: PRICE:

5 4.5

$1,295,000

STUNNING BEACH FRONT WITH FOREVER VIEWS Outstanding contemporary open floor plan, gourmet kitchen and six car garage! There are two ocean front decks, an ocean front master suite, and a mountain view deck with spa. Unsurpassed design in this two-story home with high ceilings, heated stone flooring, three fireplaces, gorgeous designer touches and fixtures, and solid core doors. Den adjacent to kitchen could be a great formal dining room. Upstairs features master suite with phenomenal views to the Channel Islands and an impressive walk-in closet, as well as an additional bedroom with private

bath, and a laundry room. Two downstairs bedrooms offer private entry possibility and a bonus room with wet bar and refrigerator. This is truly an exceptional property and unlike anything else currently available in the Channel Islands beach community. Contact Ariel & Karen, Coldwell Banker Beach, 805-746-2070

BEDROOMS:

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BATHROOMS: PRICE:

3.5 $2,750,000

STUNNING RANCHO MATILIJA HOME

MORE THAN 2 ACRES - GATED COMMUNITY Escape to the extraordinary at this beautiful Mediterranean villa that is world’s away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Home to two designers,nestled among mature oaks, no detail has been overlooked.The elegant master suite includes a cozy fireplace, private sitting room, oversized walk-in closet, and a sun-drenched master bath.

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The expertly planned gourmet kitchen is spectacular, featuring Viking appliances and a large working island.

The family room has a rock fireplace and wet bar. The covered terraces surrounding the pool offer a most peaceful retreat. The seamless flow the home as well as it’s warmth and casual feel make it exceptional, an entertainer’s

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HOLLYWOOD BEACH WITH 360 VIEW

dream. Contact Arianne, Fairchild & Ridgway Group, RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtors, 805-339-3585.

BEDROOMS:

5

BATHROOMS:

6

PRICE:

$2,399,000

EXCELLENT LOCATION NEAR HARBOR ENTRANCE Enjoy the parade of lights and 4th of July fireworks from this Hollywood Beach home.

The roof top, which could be made into a full size deck, has a 360 degree view of the marina, beach, and mountains. This comfortable home features a raised dining area, spacious living room, and large bonus room

downstairs. Contact Rod Tuazon, Troop Real Estate, 805-890-5845.

BEDROOMS:

3

BATHROOMS:

2

PRICE:

$835,000

Ray De Silva 805.444.3848 DRE# 00897252

RAY.DESILVA@TROOP.COM - WWW.RAYDESILVA.COM

607 Crestview Avenue, Camarillo

1198 Corte Riviera, Camarillo

5,326 sq. ft., 5BR + 4.5BA single story custom home on 1 acre. Formal living room with fireplace and formal dining room. Spacious family room with fireplace. Library (or office) with fireplace and built-in shelving. Master suite with sitting area, fireplace. Gourmet island kitchen with granite counters. Private back yard with covered patio, pool and spa – perfect for entertaining. 4-car garage with attic storage. $1,295,000

Spanish Hills Golf Villa built in 1996 with 3BR + 3BA and 1,771 sq. ft. Great corner location with pool and mountain views. Professionally landscaped with lovely seating area on the side of the extra wide side yard. Stone clad fireplace in the living room. Kitchen upgraded with DACOR, BOSCH and GE MONOGRAM appliances. Walk to the Spanish Hills Country Club. $549,000

179 Alviso Drive, Camarillo

7159 Los Coyotes, Camarillo

Stunning custom Mediterranean home in Las Posas Hills framed with lush landscaping including a variety of fruit trees. Built in 1986 with 4BR + 3.5BA and 3,943 sq. ft.

Formal living room with fireplace, formal dining room. Spacious gourmet island kitchen. Penthouse master suite with fireplace and view of the sparkling city lights.

Large bonus room on the lower level with bath and kitchenette could be a home office, guest quarters or in-laws efficiency and adds 825 sq. ft. to the home.

French Country custom home built in 1998 with approximately 3,914 sq. ft. Located on one of the most desirable streets in the Garnidale Estates. Four bedrooms, 3.5 baths. Formal living room with fireplace. Spacious formal dining room with coffered ceilings, wainscoting. Cook’s delight gourmet island kitchen adjacent to the family or great room with a fireplace. One bedroom and bath is downstairs. Private backyard with putting green and salt water pool, spa, RV space. Mountain and valley views.

3750 Appian Way, Camarillo

330 Valley Vista Drive, Camarillo

Magnolia Woods single story home with 4BR + 2BA + bonus room. Built in 1964 with 1,262 sq. ft. Newly painted and carpeted. Kitchen has granite counters and new appliances. Bathrooms have been remodeled. Possible RV parking. Located close to schools and shopping. $389,000

Built in 1977 with 4,019 sq. ft. and 4BR + 3BA + 1BR + 1BA self contained inlaws or guest quarters with fireplace and kitchen. Great room with brick-clad fireplace. Kitchen with breakfast bar is adjacent to the spacious dining area.

Loft could be library or office. Large master suite. 2-car attached garage.

All this on a gently sloping 1-acre lot in the Las Posas Estates. $795,000

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Dazzling

SPARKLE!

This magnificent, colorless, oval diamond is 2.05 carats and was fashioned by Sirius Star Cutting Works on my commission. The original 3 carat diamond from which it was cut was visually lifeless. Now, the brilliance and sparkle of this diamond have to be seen to be believed.

And the price has to be seen to be believed, too! If Sirius Star owned this diamond, they would be advertising it to their network of jewelers for a wholesale price slightly above $27,000. The Lynn’s price is $21,500, including tax!

As a gift, imagine how they will feel! Maybe it’s perfect for you just because you deserve it!

“I don’t copy what’s new... I create what’s next!”

—Bob Lynn

Lynn’s Jewelry Studio 805 642-5500 6100 Telegraph Rd., Suite C Ventura in the Victoria Plaza Center Corner of Telegraph & Victoria

Wed - Fri 11-7 Sat 10-4 And By Appointment

All of our custom designs have been made from 100% recycled gold for more than 35 years. Respect for the earth is not a new idea at Lynn’s.