Ray Strong

Ray Strong

Ray Strong (1905 -2006 ) Painter Portrait © Donna Granata 2004 “If you want to get to know the land, go and sleep with it.” Ray Strong knew the land. He was a landscape painter, muralist and poet from the time he was just eight years old. Strong was born...
George Stuart

George Stuart

George Stuart Historian/Sculptor George Stuart “Henry VIII” Museum of Ventura County Collection_ Photo by Peter D’Aprix Mr. Stuart is a historian with a passion to create. The success of his three dimensional figures are the product of the artist’s...
Tracy Lee Stum

Tracy Lee Stum

Tracy Lee Stum Chalk Artist Portrait of Tracy Lee Strum by Michael Moore Internationally recognized and award winning chalk artist, Tracy Lee Stum specializes in spectacular, interactive 3D anamorphic street paintings. Tracy’s mind-blowing 3D images continue to ‘wow’,...
John Suttman

John Suttman

John Suttman Sculptor Portrait © Donna Granata 2008 John Suttman is an artist whose work involves unexpected function and the discovery of hidden beauty. A china cabinet threatens to fall over while another seems ready to dance. A chair is poised to join Alice’s tea...
Burns Taft

Burns Taft

Burns Taft Conductor/Musician Portrait © Donna Granata 1998 Recognized as a gifted musician and respected music educator in Ventura County, Burns Taft was the music director of the Master Chorale of Ventura for over 30 years. His academic credentials include from...
Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor Printmaker Portrait © Donna Granata 2011 Is it fair to say that a talented printmaker’s most visible work takes up one side of an old grocery store?  Yes, if that print-maker is Linda Taylor who spent many months restoring the mural on the exterior wall...