Value Show Gallery

Depth of Empty

Jacqueline F. Moore
oil on canvas, 20" x 20" x 2"
$600

Jacqueline F. Moore is a fine artist, musical composer, and psychotherapist. She completed a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University in 2013. She was attuned to level 2 Reiki energy in 2014. She completed a 500 hour yoga teacher training in 2015 and has taught ever since. As part of her teacher training she mentored with a teacher in Vipassana meditation and somatic experiencing. A graduate of the Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2021, Jacqueline holds a Masters of Art in Counseling Psychology and is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. To bring together her love of composition, the qualities of mindfulness, and analysis of the psyche, her work seeks to offer an insightful exploration into states of being and transmutation.

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The Possibility of Anything

Release the Repressed

Movement

Breaking Through

The Other Side

Impulsive Energy

Grandiose Tenacity

Persepective on Perception

Enlightened

Yilan Lights

Qori Moorehaul
watercolor and ink on paper
$150

Qori Moorehaul is a nonbinary painter, who started their life out in Ohio. After moving to Philadelphia in 2009, Qori started to paint and began showing in 2013. Starting with watercolors depicting map-like entities, Qori shifted in to acrylic and any polymer based paint they could obtain. After painting with the medium for a decade, watercolors came back in to Qori's hands in early 2021. Qori loves to travel and enjoys giving visual commentary to the world at large. Qori has also directed several art shows around the country and spent almost 3 years in Taiwan creating art and performing with various music projects. Now currently stationed in Ventura, California, Qori continues to paint the world as they see it.

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Value of sea and sky

Gail Turner-Graham
colored pencil on paper, 8" x 10"
$50

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Sunset Surf

Don Fay
transparent watercolor, 26 1/2" x 30"
NFS

Don Fay is an award-winning artist in both commercial and fine art. His illustrations and designs have been widely published and he has produced several government and corporate murals. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, an artist member of the California Art Club, and a signature member of the Gold Coast/Buenaventura Art Association.

He graduated from the California College of the Arts and studied extensively with Robert E. Wood, Sergei Bongart and Milford Zornes.

During a substanitive time in his varied commercial art career, he was a Visual Information Officer in the Defense Department and served in collateral duty on the Federal Board of Examiners for the Office of Personnel Management judging art and design applicants’ portfolios for government positions.

As a fine artist, he works and exhibits in many media with a particular concentration on transparent watercolor. His artwork runs the gamut from non objective to the representational. Diversity is his hallmark. “One style only,” he says, “cramps his style.” He is active as a demonstrator and has taught watercolor at the college level and in seminars including weeklong workshops in the Sequoias (17 years) and Yosemite (26 years and continuing.)

He has had numerous one man shows at these and other venues. His paintings are in many government and corporate collections and they have been widely collected in this country and abroad.

Over the years, notable California gallery representatives have included Stary-Sheets Gallery in Laguna Beach, Fireside Gallery in Carmel and the Gallery of the Pines in Mammoth Lakes James Waterbury Gallery in Camarillo and Custom Time Gallery in Port Hueneme. The Coriell Gallery has represented Don in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His mural and commercial art is now represented by Professional Art Services in Mission Viejo, California. Don’s studio has become his most important gallery. Please visit. There are usually 60 to 70 paintings on display, as well as others by artists he considers his masters and mentors. A list of current galleries exhibiting his work and upcoming shows and demonstrations is available by request.

Disruption

Nova Clite
glass and other beads, driftwood, 43" x 24" x 1.5"
$2,500

Nova Clite is a self-taught mixed-media artist who integrates found, crafted, and recycled objects to create works that both intrigue and challenge. A life-long creative, Ms. Clite recently retired from a three-decades long career in environmental science, with a focus on pollution cleanup. Her scientific knowledge and deep experience inform her artwork with perspective on how the world works and the challenges before us. Yet playful imagination is the primary driver of her compositions in found materials, beads, clay, and paint. Gravity and light play significant roles in her work, including mobiles and free-hanging balance pieces. Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work. You can find her at the Bell Arts Factory, Studio 35, 432 N. Ventura Blvd., Ventura, CA.
Instagram: @novaclite
Website: http://novaclite.com/

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Chronic-Pain

Nova Clite
oil and chalk pastel on paper, 14" x 11"
$500

Nova Clite is a self-taught mixed-media artist who integrates found, crafted, and recycled objects to create works that both intrigue and challenge. A life-long creative, Ms. Clite recently retired from a three-decades long career in environmental science, with a focus on pollution cleanup. Her scientific knowledge and deep experience inform her artwork with perspective on how the world works and the challenges before us. Yet playful imagination is the primary driver of her compositions in found materials, beads, clay, and paint. Gravity and light play significant roles in her work, including mobiles and free-hanging balance pieces. Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work. You can find her at the Bell Arts Factory, Studio 35, 432 N. Ventura Blvd., Ventura, CA.
Instagram: @novaclite
Website: http://novaclite.com/

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Covid Juggler

Nova Clite
found objects, reclaimed wire, beads, 38" x 13" x 1"
$500

Nova Clite is a self-taught mixed-media artist who integrates found, crafted, and recycled objects to create works that both intrigue and challenge. A life-long creative, Ms. Clite recently retired from a three-decades long career in environmental science, with a focus on pollution cleanup. Her scientific knowledge and deep experience inform her artwork with perspective on how the world works and the challenges before us. Yet playful imagination is the primary driver of her compositions in found materials, beads, clay, and paint. Gravity and light play significant roles in her work, including mobiles and free-hanging balance pieces. Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work. You can find her at the Bell Arts Factory, Studio 35, 432 N. Ventura Blvd., Ventura, CA.
Instagram: @novaclite
Website: http://novaclite.com/

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Cosmos

Caroline Biggerstaff
acrylic on wood, 24" x 24"
$500

Caroline Biggerstaff is a local artist based in Oxnard, CA. She is a high school art teacher, a mother of 2 (almost 3), and a painter in her free time. Caroline has been focused on the motif of hands in her latest work. Not only was she looking for a challenge, but they are also representative of our personal relationship with the world around us and how we interact with it.

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Poppies

Caroline Biggerstaff
acrylic on wood, 18" x 24"
$350

Caroline Biggerstaff is a local artist based in Oxnard, CA. She is a high school art teacher, a mother of 2 (almost 3), and a painter in her free time. Caroline has been focused on the motif of hands in her latest work. Not only was she looking for a challenge, but they are also representative of our personal relationship with the world around us and how we interact with it.

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Froth

Caroline Biggerstaff
acrylic on wood, 24" x 36"
$500

Caroline Biggerstaff is a local artist based in Oxnard, CA. She is a high school art teacher, a mother of 2 (almost 3), and a painter in her free time. Caroline has been focused on the motif of hands in her latest work. Not only was she looking for a challenge, but they are also representative of our personal relationship with the world around us and how we interact with it.

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Double Vision

Eric Ward
mixed media, 30" x 16"
$800

Having lived all of my life near the Southern California coast, part of my inspiration as an artist is derived from living on the edge where the land meets the sea, where the vastness of the ocean is surrounded by the sensory overload of civilization. The colors, the shapes, and the sounds of the ocean and it's surrounding environment, along with the bombardment of sensory overload that often characterizes contemporary life has always fascinated me, and I strive to share these sensations with the viewer through my work. Ultimately, my intentions are to share my passion and experiences while sifting through the quagmire of getting from point A to point B during the journey of life, while inviting various interpretations allowing the viewers to form their own opinions as to the meaning of it all.

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Oasis

Joanne Chase-Mattillo
digital art, 20" x 16"
$400

The beauty of nature surrounding Los Angeles was the impetus for my entrance into the field of photography. I began vigorously studying photography and other art arenas to hone my skills as a visual artist. In 2000, I graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a Masters of Fine Art (MFA). During these years I continued as a tenured teacher for Los Angeles Unified School District. I am now a full-time artist.

I began this life’s journey in Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated with a BA from Eastern Michigan University. Though the natural settings of Michigan are also quite beautiful, I always dreamed of living in California. It was when I found the Santa Monica Mountains and her many hiking trails that I learned to absolutely love Los Angeles. The fact that many locals in Los Angeles, including the San Fernando Valley where I have lived for so many years have been used in Hollywood movies is also been an important part of my art influencing the creation of three photo books - A MONTH OF COOL DAYS AND HOT NIGHTS and INTERSPECIES DATING IN LOS ANGELES 3D, and DOLLS COME TO LIFE 3D. Since 1991, I have been a volunteer docent through the Santa Monica Conservancy/Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, I led a public photo walk in both Franklin Canyon Park and King Gillette parks.

In addition to color and black and white film, I now shoot digitally and employ the techniques of infrared imaging and enjoy creating 3D anaglyphs to be viewed with red/blue lenses. I also enjoy combining images of nature with movie stills, mannequins, or human subjects in photo montages, with occasional text included in these artworks. As an extension of photography, I have branched out to do videos and have a YouTube Channel, THE VIDEO ART OF JOANNE CHASE-MATTILLO.

I have exhibited throughout California, nationally, in Korea, France and England.

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Retired Signs Las Vegas

Terrible Car Wash Las Vegas

Sunset Surfer

Metro LA

The Chariot

Robert Chambers
acrylic on unprimed canvas, 27” x 70” x 2”
$15,000

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Hand Study

Robin Ossentjuk
yarn, thread, monk's cloth, 16" x 12" x 1.25"
$405

Robin Ossentjuk is an emerging contemporary fiber artist based in Southern California. She uses different techniques such as punch needle, traditional embroidery, and machine tufting to create a mix of abstract and figurative textural pieces that hold emotional and personal significance. Inspired by self reflection, dream images, and the tactile nature of her medium, Robin produces intimate, vulnerable works that put self truths on display.

With a BA in mixed media visual arts from Scripps College, Robin has shown her work in various group shows across the Western United States, including the 2017 senior art exhibition “Forming the Immaterial” at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery in Claremont, CA and the 2020 fiber arts show “Live Wire” at Form & Concept Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. She had her first solo show, Vague Communication, at the Santa Fe Art institute in 2017. She is a proud recipient of the Lucia Suffel Crafts Award, given annually to an outstanding student working in fabrics and/or ceramics, as well as the Fine Arts Foundation Grant. Her work can be found in private collections in several locations within the United States.

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The World Is Breathing And So Are You: At Dawn

Robin Ossentjuk
yarn, monk's cloth, 12" x 9" x 1"
NFS

Robin Ossentjuk is an emerging contemporary fiber artist based in Southern California. She uses different techniques such as punch needle, traditional embroidery, and machine tufting to create a mix of abstract and figurative textural pieces that hold emotional and personal significance. Inspired by self reflection, dream images, and the tactile nature of her medium, Robin produces intimate, vulnerable works that put self truths on display.

With a BA in mixed media visual arts from Scripps College, Robin has shown her work in various group shows across the Western United States, including the 2017 senior art exhibition “Forming the Immaterial” at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery in Claremont, CA and the 2020 fiber arts show “Live Wire” at Form & Concept Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. She had her first solo show, Vague Communication, at the Santa Fe Art institute in 2017. She is a proud recipient of the Lucia Suffel Crafts Award, given annually to an outstanding student working in fabrics and/or ceramics, as well as the Fine Arts Foundation Grant. Her work can be found in private collections in several locations within the United States.

The Picnic Table

Leslie Ossentjuk
scratchboard, 16.5" x 20.5"
$475

Leslie Ossentjuk is a representational artist based in Ventura County, California. Ms. Ossentjuk is known for detail-oriented artwork, which extends across a variety of media. Although her background includes various three-dimensional disciplines, such as jewelry design and sculpture, much of her current artwork focuses on still life and portraits utilizing colored pencil and oil paint.

As a young artist, my medium of choice was a graphic pencil with a good eraser. Black and white imagery was my strength. I was firm in the belief that I did not get along with color. Fine for other artists, but not for me. Over time, color and I have become much better friends, but I still like to revisit black and white imagery on occasion. For me, scratchboard is one of those media that can afford a rapid result, an instant gratification. My experience with it is limited, but It is what I would call a fun process.

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Shift Balance (Blue to Rose)

Andy Lepe
acrylic on canvas, 36" x 24" x 1.5"
$1,100

Clarity comes from the art of slowing down. Tapping into the gentle rhythmic stream of harmonizing creative thoughts has helped to develop my mindset through a practice I call “Color Flow”.

My style combines Hard-edge painting, Color-field art, Opt art and Color flow. My subject matter is the abstract concept of energy that flows through us, surrounds us, and gives us life. I find it exciting to depict our vibes/ human energy fields through color which represents our own unique frequencies and are usually felt and not seen.

Slowing down and seeking that calming flow, the goal of my art is to evoke an uplifting positive vibe that shifts the frequency within ourselves and unlocks the greatness within.

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Shift Balance (Desert Shadow)

Andy Lepe
acrylic on canvas, 40" x 30" x 1.5"
$1,100

Clarity comes from the art of slowing down. Tapping into the gentle rhythmic stream of harmonizing creative thoughts has helped to develop my mindset through a practice I call “Color Flow”.

My style combines Hard-edge painting, Color-field art, Opt art and Color flow. My subject matter is the abstract concept of energy that flows through us, surrounds us, and gives us life. I find it exciting to depict our vibes/ human energy fields through color which represents our own unique frequencies and are usually felt and not seen.

Slowing down and seeking that calming flow, the goal of my art is to evoke an uplifting positive vibe that shifts the frequency within ourselves and unlocks the greatness within.

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Color Flow (Blue to Red)

Andy Lepe
acrylic on wood panel, 19" x 16" x 1.5"
$950

Clarity comes from the art of slowing down. Tapping into the gentle rhythmic stream of harmonizing creative thoughts has helped to develop my mindset through a practice I call “Color Flow”.

My style combines Hard-edge painting, Color-field art, Opt art and Color flow. My subject matter is the abstract concept of energy that flows through us, surrounds us, and gives us life. I find it exciting to depict our vibes/ human energy fields through color which represents our own unique frequencies and are usually felt and not seen.

Slowing down and seeking that calming flow, the goal of my art is to evoke an uplifting positive vibe that shifts the frequency within ourselves and unlocks the greatness within.

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Color Flow (Green to Purple)

Andy Lepe
acrylic on wood panel, 40" x 22.5" x 1.5"
$950

Clarity comes from the art of slowing down. Tapping into the gentle rhythmic stream of harmonizing creative thoughts has helped to develop my mindset through a practice I call “Color Flow”.

My style combines Hard-edge painting, Color-field art, Opt art and Color flow. My subject matter is the abstract concept of energy that flows through us, surrounds us, and gives us life. I find it exciting to depict our vibes/ human energy fields through color which represents our own unique frequencies and are usually felt and not seen.

Slowing down and seeking that calming flow, the goal of my art is to evoke an uplifting positive vibe that shifts the frequency within ourselves and unlocks the greatness within.

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Heart Throb

Susan Webb
Charcoal, graphite, pastel, 14" x 11"
NFS

I am a self-taught portrait artist and my favored mediums are graphite and charcoal. These simple mediums ARE ALL ABOUT THE VALUE!!! With the subtle swipe of a stick, you can create a variety of value ranges from jet black to soft grey. More strokes deepen or soften the value, and subtle shading creates almost imperceptible transitions between the various value ranges. I love capturing faces in different types of lights and at different angles. Maybe a cheek is in shadow in a 3/4 view, or a profile is haloed with bright white light or a bokeh effect. Even a "static" full frontal piece can impart energy with a vivid splash of white pastel behind the subject or the smudging of hair to denote movement.

While still a neophyte on my art journey, I have been honored to receive "Best in Show" awards in two Ventura County Fair art competitions, plus numerous awards from the Ventura County Arts Council, the National Arts Program, and the Ventura County Fair for my portraiture pieces over the past six years.

Danger Has Its Own Allure

When Stars Collide

What Value Stardom?

Susan Webb
graphite and charcoal, 14" x 11"
NFS

I am a self-taught portrait artist and my favored mediums are graphite and charcoal. These simple mediums ARE ALL ABOUT THE VALUE!!! With the subtle swipe of a stick, you can create a variety of value ranges from jet black to soft grey. More strokes deepen or soften the value, and subtle shading creates almost imperceptible transitions between the various value ranges. I love capturing faces in different types of lights and at different angles. Maybe a cheek is in shadow in a 3/4 view, or a profile is haloed with bright white light or a bokeh effect. Even a "static" full frontal piece can impart energy with a vivid splash of white pastel behind the subject or the smudging of hair to denote movement.

While still a neophyte on my art journey, I have been honored to receive "Best in Show" awards in two Ventura County Fair art competitions, plus numerous awards from the Ventura County Arts Council, the National Arts Program, and the Ventura County Fair for my portraiture pieces over the past six years.

Schrodinger's Cat

Todd Collart
assemblage, 14" x 11"
$75

Todd Collart is an episodic artist using various mediums that promote movement, viewer participation, and the unexpected.

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Joe Galarza

Yolande McAlevey

Barbara Eales

"Maelstrom: Choices"

"The Only Limit for Friendship is Imagination"

"The Only Limit for
Friendship is Imagination"

Mary-Jo Murphy

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