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Aliza Bejarano

Literature: Poetry; Visual Arts: Painting

My work is born from the idea that Adults are the children they came into the world as; now beings filled with insecurities and temperaments of their past. The Inner Child buried beneath a façade of what the adult believes to be socially...

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Julieanne Case

Literature: Non-Fiction; Visual Arts: Other, Painting, Photography

For many years, cooking and dancing were my means of creative expressions. At a very young age I would lose countless hours painting, using those paint by numbers kits most of the time and I loved it. Family circumstances changed and the painting...

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Gabriel Chavez

Drawing/Colored Pencil

My name is Gabriel Chavez, and I currently reside in Ventura, California. My passion has always been in the arts, specifically in drawing and painting. I have originally developed my art through portraiture, and while in college, I utilized colored...

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Steve Cook

Visual Arts: Painting

Steve Cook is a painter who specializes in painterly photo-realism. He paints both in the studio and plein-air. The subjects of his work range from land and seascapes, surfing culture, old buildings and cars, gardens and the people who live in all...

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Sarah Flesher

Visual Arts: Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture; Papier Mache

Sarah is originally from West Los Angeles, settling in Ventura some 20 years ago. Sarah is an “Outsider” artist, heavily influenced by primitive Mexican folk art, color, and whimsy. She has won several awards from Ventura College, including the...

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Yuliya Greben

Visual Arts: Painting

I am a Ukrainian-born artist based in Southern California. At the heart of my work is the female figure — not portrayed in the literal sense, but as a timeless symbol of intuition, transformation, and inner strength. Through each painting, I...

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Chris Harris

Crafts: Ceramics, Jewelry; Dance: Ballet, Modern; Media: Film; Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture

Chris Harris is a California-born artist whose work blends dance, music, painting, and film. A classically trained ballerina with a BFA in Choreography and Art, and an MFA in Film and Television from UCLA, she brings movement, rhythm, and...

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Kel Jordan

Visual Arts: Painting, Photography

I explore freedom through the lens of female resilience—the quiet, enduring strength that emerges when vulnerability and courage exist side by side. My work explores the tension between strength and softness—where doubt becomes courage, and...

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Michelle Nosco

Media: Film; Music: Instrumental; Visual Arts: Painting, Sculpture

I'm an artist, Michelle Nosco, in residence at the WAV of Ventura, California. I've shown my artwork (paintings, sculpture, weavings and murals) from childhood. Here's a 3D Virtual WAV Gallery Exhibit of my...

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Mariana Peirano Royuela

Visual Arts: Painting

I was born an artist yet at some point in my early adult life I unconsciously moved away from that idea and became an elementary school teacher. Once my family moved away from my native Argentina, my life changed completely. My struggles as an...

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Padraic South

Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Printmaking

Los Angeles based artist Padraic South's work focuses on the intersection of the human form, nature and technology. He is especially interested in the role of social media and how it influences the world's view of what is beautiful. Most often his...

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Abigail Spector

Visual Arts: Painting

Abigail Spector is an American artist currently based in Los Angeles. Having grown up in a community surrounded by the Santa Monica Mountains, nature has been influential for her practice. Her work focuses on wildlife and environmental issues caused...

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Kay Zetlmaier

Visual Arts: Painting

Kay Zetlmaier has an extensive education in art. An undergraduate art major at Pasadena City College and Cal State University, Long Beach, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1972. Postgraduate honors came later in life with a Masters degree from Cal...

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