Joe Galarza

"Untitled"

Yolande McAlevey

"Afternoon Tea"

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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Body and Soul

Body and Soul

Laura Jespersen
acrylic on canvas panel, 16 x 20 inches
$400

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

La La Land

La La Land

1st Place

Laura Jespersen
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
Sold

Twilight at Ortega Adobe

Twilight at Ortega Adobe

Laura Jespersen
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 inches
$500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Pandemic Pandemonium

Pandemic Pandemonium

Honorable Mention

Jackie Ringhof
acrylic, 24 x 24 inches
$500

The last number of years Jackie Ringhof has worked with one-of-a-kind wearable art. In the past she has worked with ceramics. The quarantine motivated her to paint again.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Imaginary Travels

Imaginary Travels

Melanie Roschko
arylic, 48 x 36 inches
$1,900

Melanie Roschko is inspired by exciting music and beautiful landscapes that she intuitively expresses as colorful abstract paintings or prints. The lines allow her to explore spaces as they dance and spin and the colors and textures create depths to examine. Her work is lyrical and elusive, inviting the viewer to delve into her inner world.

Painting is a means to create whatever comes to her. It is a creative process that becomes a conversation with herself. The paintings sometimes resolve immediately and other times with a struggle. However the process unfolds, hopefully it will be honest and valid.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

My Imagination Travels Where I Can't

My Imagination Travels Where I Can't

Melanie Roschko
acrylic, 36 x 36 inches
$1,500

Melanie Roschko is inspired by exciting music and beautiful landscapes that she intuitively expresses as colorful abstract paintings or prints. The lines allow her to explore spaces as they dance and spin and the colors and textures create depths to examine. Her work is lyrical and elusive, inviting the viewer to delve into her inner world.

Painting is a means to create whatever comes to her. It is a creative process that becomes a conversation with herself. The paintings sometimes resolve immediately and other times with a struggle. However the process unfolds, hopefully it will be honest and valid.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Montenegro

Montenegro

Deni Weeks
acrylic, 11 x 14 inches
$475

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Friendpecked

Friendpecked

Rich Boyd
colored pencil, 12 x 18 inches
$5,000

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Looking At Myself

Looking At Myself

Robin Ossentjuk
yarn, monk's cloth, 20 x 20 inches
$500

Robin Ossentjuk is an interdisciplinary artist based in Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She works mainly in tactile mediums that allow her to have a physical and intimate relationship with her work. The process of creating is cathartic to her. Her anxieties, curiosities, and passions manifest themselves in images of disembodied anatomy and abstract shapes. In combining process and subject, she creates vulnerable work that invites the interpretation of the viewer.

A receiver of the Lucia Suffel Crafts Award, Robin has participated in several group shows in the past few years including the 2017 senior art exhibition “Forming the Immaterial” at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and the 2020 fiber arts show “Live Wire” at Form & Concept Gallery. She had her first solo exhibition, “Vague Communication”, at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2017.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

The Place In Between

The Place In Between

Robin Ossentjuk
yarn, monk's cloth, 24 x 24 inches
Not for Sale

Robin Ossentjuk is an interdisciplinary artist based in Southern California with a Bachelor’s degree in visual arts from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She works mainly in tactile mediums that allow her to have a physical and intimate relationship with her work. The process of creating is cathartic to her. Her anxieties, curiosities, and passions manifest themselves in images of disembodied anatomy and abstract shapes. In combining process and subject, she creates vulnerable work that invites the interpretation of the viewer.

A receiver of the Lucia Suffel Crafts Award, Robin has participated in several group shows in the past few years including the 2017 senior art exhibition “Forming the Immaterial” at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery and the 2020 fiber arts show “Live Wire” at Form & Concept Gallery. She had her first solo exhibition, “Vague Communication”, at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2017.

Open for Business

Open for Business

Lois Freeman-Fox
gouache, 9 x 12 inches (framed 11 x 14 inches)
$400

Lois Freeman-Fox states: "This has been an interesting time to go through. I feel it is a time of reinvention. Talk about Covid-Hair--I have lost her hair, all of it and so I am trying to come to terms with looking completely different as well as not being able to see and touch all of the people I normally relate to except my husband and pussycats. Being completely covered up no one can see anyone anyway. Maybe by the time we have a vaccination my hair will have grown back and you will recognize me. Stay safe everyone."

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Grace

Grace

Peter Maivia
graphic, 24 x 30 inches
$400

Peter Maivia is a classically trained artist but now making a transition to graphic art. He has also worked on various animation shows doing design and concept work.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Mercy

Mercy

Peter Maivia
graphic, 24 x 30 inches
$400

Peter Maivia is a classically trained artist but now making a transition to graphic art. He has also worked on various animation shows doing design and concept work.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Gibraltar Hill

Gibraltar Hill

Barbara Tabachnick
digtial art

Barbara Tabachnick’s art training began at UCLA in the late 1950s, as a break from her pursuit of a major in psychology. She was ready to return to the grind after a few painting courses and, while working in various research jobs, finally received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology. She continued to paint while in graduate school and in the first few years of her full-time appointment in the Psychology Department at California State University, Northridge, where she taught perception, statistics and research design.

Designing and making belly dance costumes (and dancing, of course) supplanted painting while teaching and completing two advanced statistics books. Since her retirement from teaching, she continues to be involved with consulting in research design and statistical applications as well as in writing and updating her books. A set of editions of the books was completed in 2000, at which time the urge to return to art became overwhelming.

A member of Collage Artists of America, California Art League, Lantern of the East Los Angeles, and Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, she has exhibited in a variety of juried shows in the San Fernando Valley, winning some prizes along the way. She also has been exhibited in juried shows in downtown Los Angeles, San Diego, Thousand Oaks and Monterey Bay. She has exhibited internationally in the Philippines, Japan, Armedia, and China. She has had shared solo shows at the Orlando Gallery in Tarzana and the Council Art Gallery of the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles, and was twice invited to exhibit at the Ontario International Airport.

Japanese Garden

Japanese Garden

Barbara Tabachnick
digital art, 20 x 16 inches
$275

Barbara Tabachnick’s art training began at UCLA in the late 1950s, as a break from her pursuit of a major in psychology. She was ready to return to the grind after a few painting courses and, while working in various research jobs, finally received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology. She continued to paint while in graduate school and in the first few years of her full-time appointment in the Psychology Department at California State University, Northridge, where she taught perception, statistics and research design.

Designing and making belly dance costumes (and dancing, of course) supplanted painting while teaching and completing two advanced statistics books. Since her retirement from teaching, she continues to be involved with consulting in research design and statistical applications as well as in writing and updating her books. A set of editions of the books was completed in 2000, at which time the urge to return to art became overwhelming.

A member of Collage Artists of America, California Art League, Lantern of the East Los Angeles, and Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, she has exhibited in a variety of juried shows in the San Fernando Valley, winning some prizes along the way. She also has been exhibited in juried shows in downtown Los Angeles, San Diego, Thousand Oaks and Monterey Bay. She has exhibited internationally in the Philippines, Japan, Armedia, and China. She has had shared solo shows at the Orlando Gallery in Tarzana and the Council Art Gallery of the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles, and was twice invited to exhibit at the Ontario International Airport.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Blueberry Bliss

Blueberry Bliss

Patti Kunstadt
mixed media, 18 x 24 inches
$700

Patti Kunstadt studied art and design at the University of Kansas earning a BFA degree in Graphic Design.

She has a particular fondness for mixed media, mostly using various kinds of papers as a medium to paint. Color, light, and darkness allow her emotions to meet the canvas. Every piece of paper, torn or cut, is her process of creating and manipulating elements to produce a reconstructed and transformed whole. Her greatest pleasure is working the puzzle.

During this unusual and unprecedented time, she has been working on a COVID comfort food series, specifically "Carbs."

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Pile of Pancakes

Pile of Pancakes

Patti Kunstadt
mixed media, 18 x 24 inches
$600

Patti Kunstadt studied art and design at the University of Kansas earning a BFA degree in Graphic Design.

She has a particular fondness for mixed media, mostly using various kinds of papers as a medium to paint. Color, light, and darkness allow her emotions to meet the canvas. Every piece of paper, torn or cut, is her process of creating and manipulating elements to produce a reconstructed and transformed whole. Her greatest pleasure is working the puzzle.

During this unusual and unprecedented time, she has been working on a COVID comfort food series, specifically "Carbs."

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

High Tides and Misdemeanors

High Tides and Misdemeanors

Sharon Coughran
oil on wood, 48 x 60 inches
$3,500

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Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity

Sharon Coughran
oil on wood, 48 x 60 inches
$3,500

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On Thin Ice

On Thin Ice

Sharon Coughran
oil on wood, 48 x 60 inches
$3,500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Remembering the Sky

Remembering the Sky

Sharon Coughran
oil on wood, 48 x 60 inches
$3,500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

The Last Stand

The Last Stand

Sharon Coughran
oil on wood, 48 x 60 inches
$3,500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Consume

Consume

3rd Place

Katy Devorick
oil on canvas, 11 x 14 inches
Not for Sale

Beautiful Portland

Beautiful Portland

Christine Douglass
oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches
$890

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Injustice of Despair

Injustice of Despair

Leslie Ossentjuk
oil, 17.5 x 15.5 inches
$775

Leslie Ossentjuk is a representational artist based in Ventura County, California. The daughter of an architect and an art professor, she was fostered in an environment rich in culture and creativity. She was educated in Claremont, California, which was an important post-war art community in the years before and during her childhood. Ms. Ossentjuk earned her B.A. in Studio Art from Scripps College in 1985. Although her background includes various three-dimensional disciplines, such as jewelry design and sculpture, her recent artwork is focused on still life and portraits utilizing colored pencil and oil paint.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

ISOLATION

ISOLATION

ISOLATION
Leslie Ossentjuk
oil, 16 x 18 inches
$775

Leslie Ossentjuk is a representational artist based in Ventura County, California. The daughter of an architect and an art professor, she was fostered in an environment rich in culture and creativity. She was educated in Claremont, California, which was an important post-war art community in the years before and during her childhood. Ms. Ossentjuk earned her B.A. in Studio Art from Scripps College in 1985. Although her background includes various three-dimensional disciplines, such as jewelry design and sculpture, her recent artwork is focused on still life and portraits utilizing colored pencil and oil paint.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Naked Trees

Naked Trees

Deni Weeks
soft pastels, 12 x 16 inches
$500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

The Promise of Wine

The Promise of Wine

Deni Weeks
soft pastels, 11 x 14 inches
$500

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Diamond in the Garden

Diamond in the Garden

Ellen Bajenting
photography, 11 x 14 inches
$20

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Hypertufa Styro

Hypertufa Styro

Ellen Bajenting
photography, 8 x 10 inches
$20

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Dragon Tree

Dragon Tree

Nova Clite
photography, 12 x 20 inches
$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. While still building her portfolio, Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work and continues to stretch both creatively and technically into her art practice. She lives in Ventura, CA.

novaclite.com
Instagram: @novaclite

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Killed and Survivor

Killed and Survivor

Nova Clite
photography, 12 x 22 inches
$250

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. While still building her portfolio, Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work and continues to stretch both creatively and technically into her art practice. She lives in Ventura, CA.

novaclite.com
Instagram: @novaclite

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Moon Over Kalorama

Moon Over Kalorama

Nova Clite
photograph, 12 x 20 inches
$250

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. While still building her portfolio, Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work and continues to stretch both creatively and technically into her art practice. She lives in Ventura, CA.

novaclite.com
Instagram: @novaclite

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Power Abstract

Power Abstract

Nova Clite
photography, 13 x 17.5 inches
$250

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. While still building her portfolio, Ms. Clite has won several awards for her work and continues to stretch both creatively and technically into her art practice. She lives in Ventura, CA.

novaclite.com
Instagram: @novaclite

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Slow Down

Slow Down

Samantha Maivia Palumbo
photography, 17 x 30 inches
$200

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

3 Snowy Egret Channel Islands Harbor

3 Snowy Egret Channel Islands Harbor

Debby Rowan
photography, 8 x 10 inches
Not for sale

Debby Rowan loves taking pictures. Since the pandemic, she found herself looking and taking pictures of birds around our county. Recently she has started printing some of them out on Canvas for her home and work.

Blue Heron

Blue Heron

Debby Rowan
photography, 8 x 10 inches
Not for sale

Debby Rowan loves taking pictures. Since the pandemic, she found herself looking and taking pictures of birds around our county. Recently she has started printing some of them out on Canvas for her home and work.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Debby Rowan
photography, 8 x 10 inches
Not for sale

Debby Rowan loves taking pictures. Since the pandemic, she found herself looking and taking pictures of birds around our county. Recently she has started printing some of them out on Canvas for her home and work.

NEOWISE Over Red Rocks

NEOWISE Over Red Rocks

Peter Scifres
photography, 18 x 12 inches
$300

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Chatting with The Joker

Chatting with The Joker

2nd Place

Carl Shubs
photography, archival pigment on luster paper, edition of 25, signed on back, 17 x 13.597 inches (image)
$500 (unframed)

Carl Shubs is a contemporary fine art photographer and also a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. He is drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. carlshubsphotography.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Holes

Holes

Carl Shubs
photography, archival pigment on luster paper, edition of 25, signed on back, 12 x 12 inches (image)
$500 (unframed)

Carl Shubs is a contemporary fine art photographer and also a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. He is drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. carlshubsphotography.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

I Hope You Know - Coronavirus Edition

I Hope You Know - Coronavirus Edition

Carl Shubs
photography, archival pigment on luster paper, edition of 25, signed on back, 17 x 12.45 inches (image)
$500 (unframed)

Carl Shubs is a contemporary fine art photographer and also a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. He is drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. carlshubsphotography.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Rodeo Drive-Beverly Hills-Saturday Afternoon-Sans People-Coronavirus Edition

Rodeo Drive-Beverly Hills-Saturday Afternoon-Sans People-Coronavirus Edition

Carl Shubs
photography, archival pigment on luster paper, edition of 25, signed on back, 11.333 x 17 inches (image)
$500 (unframed)

Carl Shubs is a contemporary fine art photographer and also a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. He is drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. carlshubsphotography.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Staples on Wood

Staples on Wood

Carl Shubs
photography, archival pigment on luster paper, edition of 25, signed on back, 17 x 11.36 inches (image)
$500 (unframed)

Carl Shubs is a contemporary fine art photographer and also a psychoanalytic psychologist, based in Los Angeles. He is drawn to the moments that surround us and that we often overlook in the mundane of everyday living, resulting in several photo genres including street photography and straight photographs with strong graphic or abstract elements. carlshubsphotography.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Morro Beach

Morro Beach

Mark Sunshine
photography, 16 x 20 inches
$275

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Panorama

Panorama

Mark Sunshine
photography, 16 x 20 inches
$275

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Skyscape

Skyscape

Mark Sunshine
photography, 16 x 20 inches
$275

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Hollywood Beach

Hollywood Beach

Honorable Mention

Barbara Tabachnick
digital photography

Barbara Tabachnick’s art training began at UCLA in the late 1950s, as a break from her pursuit of a major in psychology. She was ready to return to the grind after a few painting courses and, while working in various research jobs, finally received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology. She continued to paint while in graduate school and in the first few years of her full-time appointment in the Psychology Department at California State University, Northridge, where she taught perception, statistics and research design.

Designing and making belly dance costumes (and dancing, of course) supplanted painting while teaching and completing two advanced statistics books. Since her retirement from teaching, she continues to be involved with consulting in research design and statistical applications as well as in writing and updating her books. A set of editions of the books was completed in 2000, at which time the urge to return to art became overwhelming.

A member of Collage Artists of America, California Art League, Lantern of the East Los Angeles, and Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, she has exhibited in a variety of juried shows in the San Fernando Valley, winning some prizes along the way. She also has been exhibited in juried shows in downtown Los Angeles, San Diego, Thousand Oaks and Monterey Bay. She has exhibited internationally in the Philippines, Japan, Armedia, and China. She has had shared solo shows at the Orlando Gallery in Tarzana and the Council Art Gallery of the National Council of Jewish Women Los Angeles, and was twice invited to exhibit at the Ontario International Airport.

I PAID $20 FOR A BOTTLE OF DISINFECTANT

I PAID $20 FOR A BOTTLE OF DISINFECTANT

Honorable Mention

David Isakson
Adding machine, carriage wheels, plastic bags, white roosters wing, 1000 zip ties, 24 x 12 x 14 inches
$950

David Isakson is an outsider artist. He welds and joins materials to make humorous deconstructions out of everyday objects.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

LE JAUNEDARME

LE JAUNEDARME

David Isakson
Adding machine, gramophone horn, plexiglass, duck wings, light bulb, 26 x 24 x 14 inches
$950

David Isakson is an outsider artist. He welds and joins materials to make humorous deconstructions out of everyday objects.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

LOS ANGELES DE LOS MUERTOS

LOS ANGELES DE LOS MUERTOS

David Isakson
Adding machine, tennis rackets, pheasant wings, 3D postcard, streo camera lenses, 21 x 28 x 10 inches
$950

David Isakson is an outsider artist. He welds and joins materials to make humorous deconstructions out of everyday objects.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

SHORTNESS OF BREAD(TH)

SHORTNESS OF BREAD(TH)

David Isakson
Accordion, antique track shoes, light bulb, 24 x 12 x 12 inches
$950

David Isakson is an outsider artist. He welds and joins materials to make humorous deconstructions out of everyday objects.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

THE SIREN SONG

THE SIREN SONG

David Isakson
3D postcard, model ship, camera, roosters wings, aluminum dish, paint, aluminum vegetable shredder, 2 tablespoons, 30 x 19 x 12 inches
$950

David Isakson is an outsider artist. He welds and joins materials to make humorous deconstructions out of everyday objects.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Sawtooth Ridge

Sawtooth Ridge

Michelle Brown
watercolor, 28.5 x 23 inches
$350

Michelle Brown lives in Camarillo, CA. She enjoys painting in the Eastern Sierras as much as her husband enjoys fishing in the lakes of the Eastern Sierras.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

the power lines i see everyday

the power lines i see everyday

Miranda Magana
watercolor, 4 x 6 inches
$35

Miranda Magaña is a self-taught artist born and raised in Oxnard, California. She is currently a student at UCLA, majoring in Spanish and Portuguese & Brazilian Studies. When she is not studying, she is often playing her guitar, the piano, or working on her paintings. She enjoys working with all mediums- digital, musical, watercolors, acrylics, paper mache, and more.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Baby Giraffe

Baby Giraffe

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Bee

Bee

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Caterpillar

Caterpillar

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Chipmunk

Chipmunk

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Dolphin

Dophin

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Orangutan

Orangutan

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Ostrich

Ostrich

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Sea Otter

Sea Otter

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Sea Lion

Sea Lion

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

Squirrel

Squirrel

Mary-Jo Murphy
watercolor and ink on paper, 5 x 7 inches
$50

While sheltering in place, Mary-Jo Murphy challenged herself to produce a piece of art a day. Some of these animals entered into her backyard environment. Some waited at Zoo and Farms for their human friends to return. Murphy is a member of the Buenaventura Art Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. These creatures are featured in a book - Shelter in Place Art and Limericks: in the time of COVID - 19. mary-jomurphy.com.

For sales, contact gallery@vcarscouncil.org.

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646 County Square Dr. , Ste. 154
Ventura, CA 93003
ATRIUM GALLERY:
800 S Victoria Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003
ARTS COLLECTIVE:
3301 E Main St.
Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 658-2213
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MAIN OFFICE:
646 County Square Dr., Ste. 154
Ventura, CA 93003
ATRIUM GALLERY:
800 S Victoria Ave.
Ventura, CA 93003
ARTS COLLECTIVE:
3301 E Main St.
Ventura, CA 93003
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VCAC is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and by the City of Ventura.
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VCAC is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and by the City of Ventura.
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All artwork on this site has been provided with permission by many talented artists affiliated with VCAC who have been willing to share their work with the public.
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All artwork on this site has been provided with permission by many talented artists affiliated with VCAC who have been willing to share their work with the public.
Copyright © 2020 Ventura County Arts Council   |   designed by reid|franklin
All artwork on this site has been provided with permission by many talented artists affiliated with VCAC who have been willing to share their work with the public.
Copyright © 2020 Ventura County Arts Council   |   designed by reid|franklin
All artwork on this site has been provided with permission by many talented artists affiliated with VCAC who have been willing to share their work with the public.
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