Scottsdale, AZ February 2020

FEBRUARY 2020

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Appreciating the Arts

ARTIST DOMINIC BOURBEAU

NOTABLE LOCAL AUTHORS

ANDREW BLOOM, HOUSING EXPERT CEO AND FOUNDER OF THE BVO LUXURY GROUP Keller WIlliams Arizona Realty, Luxury Division Voted #1 Scottsdale Real Estate Team 2018

Andrew Bloom is the CEO and co-Founder of BVO LUXURY GROUP at Keller Williams Arizona Realty. In 2014, on his 20th anniversary in Real Estate, Andrew earned International fame among global real estate leaders when he became the 312th agent inducted into the esteemed Circle of Legends. Over the course of his career, Andrew has personally sold over $1.5 billion in residential resale Real Estate and runs the top Real Estate Team in Maricopa County. BVO Luxury Group was voted Maricopa County’s #1 Real Estate Team of the year in 2018, the team has grown significantly to make 2019 the best year ever!

How HOT is the housing market this year? HOUSING UPDATE Q&A: Andrew Bloom talks Scottsdale Home Values The Spring selling season is always one of the best times to sell. Our population swells with snow birds who have been waiting on the sidelines to purchase. This year we have more demand coming from California buyers who have been aggressively purchasing well-priced homes. Experts agree that this is the best time since the peak of the 2006 housing bubble to sell a home. Sarah Mikhitarian, senior economist of real estate site Zillow.com, tells us it is a trend she is seeing all over the country. “In my 25 years selling Real Estate in Arizona I have never seen a better time to buy or sell,” he said.

Q. Is it worth it to remodel a home we’ve owned for 20 years if we are thinking of selling in the near future?

A. Homes selling for the highest price are those that are move-in ready. We are seeing many luxury investors come into our market and buy homes as-is and completely renovate them. The average price per square foot to completely renovate a home is approximately $50.00 and the average increase in property value is about $100.00 per square foot. Of course cosmetic updating of paint and carpet is much less expensive and does provide a great benefit to getting market value for older homes.

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Q. Do you recommend staging a home to sell?

A. All homes must be staged. Often times the owners decor is enough. We recommend that you read “The 10 Best Kept Secrets For Selling Your Home” guide at https://www.hgtv.com/design/decorating/design-101/10-best-keptsecrets-for-selling-your-home.

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LIFESTYLE LETTER

FEBRUARY 2020 PUBLISHER

Tammy Fellows | tammy.fellows@lifestylepubs.com EDITORIAL COORDINATOR

Staci Hauk | staci.hauk@lifestylepubs.com

Love and the Arts….

SCOTTSDALE IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS LOVE OF AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, FROM THE ART DISTRICT IN OLD TOWN SCOTTSDALE PACKED

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WITH GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, PERFORMING ARTS, THEATERS AND FES-

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AROUND THE CITY.

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In this issue of Scottsdale Lifestyle you will learn about some incredible artists and makers in many categories of the Arts. This includes painters, writers, home furnishings, performing arts and even cuisine plating.

Let’s start with our cover feature. Meet Dominic Bourbeau, a mid-century modern artist who supports the local art community by displaying his pieces at the Arizona Fine Art Expo in Scottsdale for the sixth year. Learn about local authors and their

Dani Moore CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Staci Hauk CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS

Lindsay Jenks Photography

story creations in various genres. Meet Buffalo Collection owners who share unique ideas for in-home furnishings including a ranch club twist and mid century modern design. Hear all about the new musical production Americano! and its creator and producer Jason Rose. The production runs in February at the Phoenix Theatre Company. You will also learn more about Canal Convergence, a fall event that hosts 10 days of all-ages activities, hands-on workshops, tours, and family-friendly events at the Scottsdale Waterfront. One of the artists even transitioned to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art for a lengthier exhibition.

CORPORATE TEAM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steven Schowengerdt CHIEF SALES OFFICER Matthew Perry CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DeLand Shore ART DIRECTOR Sara Minor OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Janeane Thompson AD MANAGER Chad Jensen

As you read about the local artists in our community and their stories of passion and

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self-expression, we hope that you too are inspired to pursue what you love. After all,

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February is the month of love. On that note, please allow me take a moment to share my greatest creations, loves and Valentines (pictured above). For me, there is no greater love than that for my family - I am truly blessed and grateful for all my boys, who ironically all possess incredible artistic drive and talent themselves!

So, while you fill your home with chocolate truffles and roses this month, remember to fill your heart too. Find what makes you feel love and life!

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ON THE COVER Painting by Dominic Bourbeau

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INSIDE THE ISSUE FEBRUARY 2020 FEATURES 14 Local Authors Take Center Stage We’re featuring Karen Odden, Betty Webb, Tom Hatten, Rebecca Steward, Suzanne Young and Tom Leveen

18 Artistic Cuisine at T. Cooks Breathtaking Views and Delectable Dining at Its Best

26 Squidsoup at Canal Convergence and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art International Artist Group Brings Their Outdoor Illuminations to Scottsdale

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34 Artist Dominic Bourbeau See Why Scottsdale Inspires this Local Artist to Expand His Palette

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DEPARTMENTS 6

Lifestyle Letter

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Page Turners

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Locally Owned

30 Open House 34 Artist’s Palette 38 Inspired By 40 Lifestyle Calendar 44 Driver’s Notebook

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GOOD TIMES

Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour For two weekends in November, more than 1,000 art enthusiasts descended upon Cave Creek, Carefree and North Scottsdale to take the Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour. A signature event of the non-profit Sonoran Arts League, Hidden in the Hills is Arizona’s largest and longest-running artist studio tour. The 23rd annual event featured 199 artists at 47 studio locations.

30th Annual Celebration of Fine Art Arizona’s longest-running art show, the Celebration of Fine Art, is back for its 30th year with 100 acclaimed and emerging artists from throughout the country. This 10-week long, interactive event will be open daily through Sunday, March 29 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. under its signature “big white tents,” located at Hayden Rd. and the Loop 101.

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Scottsdale Arts’ 2019 Starry Night | An ARTrageous Gala Scottsdale Arts celebrated 20 years of Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) on Dec. 7 at its annual ARTrageous Gala.

Oscar De las salas chaired the event, which featured 425 guests, raised $300,000 for Scottsdale Arts programming, and debuted the new Herberger Award for the Arts, which was presented to Dr. Robert Knight, SMoCA’s founding director. PHOTOS BY HAUTE MEDIA

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1. Micheline Etkin, Jordan Rose, Bruce Etkin, and Jason Rose | 2. Bruce Etkin, Gary Jackson, Madonna Newman, and Paul Newman | 3. Chris Irish, Linda Herold, Sam Campana, and Lee Ansel | 4. Natasha Boas, Jennifer McCabe, and Brad Kahlhamer | 5. Oscar De las salas and Billie Jo Herberger | 6. Dr. Robert Knight, Will Bruder, Sam Campana, Kathy Hotchner, Stephanie Jacobson, Carolyn Robbins, Randy Schilling, Valerie Vadala Homer, and Ellie Ziegler

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ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE RESCUES PUPPY MILL DOGS The Arizona Animal Welfare League, in partnership with National Mill Dog Rescue, has taken in 18 puppy mill survivors who are now preparing for their first forever families with the help of AAWL’s behavioral and medical teams as well as a group of dedicated volunteers.

Many of these dogs now at AAWL were trapped in cages barely larger than their bodies for years and with little to no medical care their entire lives, except to give birth to puppies that were then sold for thousands of dollars at puppy mill stores. Over the last six years, AAWL has helped rescue more

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try, investing tens of thousands of dollars in med-

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ical care and thousands of hours into socializing

annual Fall Community Day. This year they worked

and rehabilitating dogs. AAWL is the state’s oldest

with Operation Fix-It which is run by the City of

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Scottsdale. Their mission is to provide assistance to Scottsdale home owners with exterior improvements to their properties when they are unable due

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to financial/physical constraints. This particular

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project was to benefit the Via Linda Senior Center,

announced today an official partnership between the

installing a beautiful butterfly garden complete

professional soccer club and the Ability360 Sports &

with plants, trees and a walking path.

Fitness Center’s adaptive power soccer program.

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Under the agreement, the Ability360 power soccer team will be rebranded to the Ability360 Phoenix Rising Power Soccer Program. The team

Delta Dental of Arizona is pleased to announce

will sport a similar crest to their counterparts and

the promotion of Scottsdale resident Scott A.

become the first local power soccer program to be

Pederson from vice president of marketing and

affiliated with a professional soccer team.

communications to chief marketing officer. In this

Power Soccer is played by people with disabili-

role, Pederson will continue to drive the compa-

ties using a custom power wheelchair specifically

ny’s steady growth by building upon the strength

designed for the sport. Played on basketball courts,

of the Delta Dental brand, driving awareness to

each team consists of four players including a goal-

what makes Delta Dental of Arizona unique in the

keeper. Using a foot guard that extends past the

Valley, and bringing value to all who interact with

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“Since joining Delta Dental of Arizona, Scott has

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than 170 puppy mill survivors from across the coun-

NVSO TO HOST “ALL THAT JAZZ” GOLDEN GALA EVENT

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North Valley Symphony Orchestra invites the

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and redirecting our resources,” said Delta Dental of

event, Saturday, February 22, 2022. This “Roaring

Arizona CEO Allan Allford. “He has brought a new

20s” event will be held at Sheraton Crescent

level of marketing sophistication to the company

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PAGE TURNERS children, intrigue or tell an obscure tale, books allow an escape and let imaginations run wild. With our majestic landscape steeped in history and gorgeous weather, Arizona has inspired local authors of all genres to create stories that will have readers feeling at home even if the stories are out of this world.

A Trace of Deceit, Karen Odden Odden moved to Scottsdale sixteen years ago and fell in love with the huge inverted bowl of blue sky and the desert. She spent hours on hiking trails, often hashing out bits of plots with friends. Her first three novels are about young women in Victorian London who stumble onto mysteries—and often they involve their families and secrets or traumas from the past. In A TRACE OF DECEIT, Annabel Rowe, a talented painter, digs below the veneer of the London art world to discover the truth behind her brother’s brutal murder. A LADY IN THE SMOKE won the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for best e-book fiction in 2017; and this year, A DANGEROUS DUET won for best Historical Fiction.

Desert Redemption, Betty Webb Webb is the author of the ten Scottsdale-set Lena Jones mysteries, notably; DESERT REDEMPTION and DESERT NOIR, plus the six GUNN ZOO mysteries based on her volunteer work at the Phoenix Zoo. Her best-selling DESERT WIVES began the investigation that ended with the real-life conviction of self-styled polygamy “prophet” Warren Jeffs, now serving 25-to-life. For 20 years Webb worked as a journalist, interviewing everyone from U.S. presidents and astronauts who walked on the moon, to polygamy runaways – all of which provided the ideas for the books that Publishers Weekly called “mysteries with a social conscience.” A nationally-syndicated literary critic whose reviews ran on the New York Times wire for more than 20 years, Webb currently reviews for Mystery Scene Magazine and is working on a third mystery series set in Paris.

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Dream On, Tom Hatten Mountainside Fitness Founder Tom Hatten continues to raise money for charity through the sales of his inspirational memoir DREAM ON. With 100% of the proceeds going to Make-A-Wish-Arizona and (MDA) Muscular Dystrophy Association, Hatten’s DREAM ON quickly moved up to the #1 Best Seller in biographies of Business Professionals and #1 Best Seller in Business Biographies and History on Amazon. The inspiring memoir chronicles the highs of starting a business to the crashing lows, including a horrific personal tragedy. Hatten’s memoir is available on Amazon, AmazonKindle and various locations of Mountainside Fitness, including 4 soon to be 5 locations in Scottsdale.

Animals in the Clouds, Rebecca Steward Steward is a mother of two and has been married for 28 years. ANIMALS IN THE CLOUDS is a book she wrote and illustrated 30 years ago but found it hard to publish, so she went about life, raising her kids and sharing her story with the kids at the preschool she operates here in the Valley. She decided in 2019 to move forward with publishing and here she is, an author. The book is based on the fluffy beautiful clouds we see often in Arizona - when we look up, what do we see in the clouds? Steward served as a portrait artist, donating portraits for five years to the NEGU foundation in California. You can see her work on My Passion Pencil Drawings By Becky Facebook Page. Steward has four other books she is working on writing and feels she is the epidemy of ‘never give up.’

Girls with Razor Hearts, Suzanne Young Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program series. Originally from Utica, New York, Young moved to Arizona to pursue her dream of not freezing to death. She is a novelist and an English teacher, and is also the author of GIRLS WITH SHARP STICKS, ALL IN PIECES, HOTEL FOR THE LOST, and several others novels for teens. As both an author and a teacher, she’s enjoyed connecting the two worlds.

Her author events tend to be community events where she invites her students to participate; singing and acting out book scenes, which allows her to share their passions as well. Visit her online at AUTHORSUZANNEYOUNG.COM or follow her on Instagram @authorsuzanneyoung.

Mercy Rule, Tom Leveen Leveen was born, raised, and has lived in Scottsdale his entire life, where he and his wife and two children reside today. In addition to his nine novels published by Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, he co-founded the Scottsdale-based nonprofit Chyro Arts Venue and Is What It Is Theatre, an indie live theatre company that operated for more than a decade in metro Phoenix. Leveen’s novel HELLWORLD was a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and his novel SICK (based loosely on Camelback High School, from which he graduated) won both the Westchester and Grand Canyon Reader awards. His first job was delivering The Phoenix Gazette by bicycle.

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ARTISTIC CUISINE AT T. COOK’S NESTLED IN THE LAVISH SURROUNDINGS AT THE ROYAL PALMS RESORT AND SPA, IS AN ARTFUL DINING EXPERIENCE UNLIKE OTHERS IN ITS CLASS. T. Cook’s has a menu that focuses on simple preparations and uncomplicated dishes that honor the regions of Northern Italy, Greece, Spain and Provence.

The restaurant’s culinary philosophy of magnifying the purity of fresh, seasonal ingredients is a celebration of its treasured legacy and it offers a captivating environment in every sense with stone fireplaces, al fresco dining and unique design elements.

At the helm of the perfectly plated cuisine at T. Cook’s, is Executive Chef Lee Hillson, who has recently returned to this iconic dining destination.

During Chef Lee’s first 12-year tenure in the early 2000s, the James Beard House-featured chef helped put T. Cook’s on the culinary map with his rustic Mediterranean cuisine and signature accoutrements like the orange marmalade, made from the resort’s on-site citrus grove, and what has now become the restaurant’s legendary pesto.

A revival of some of the restaurant’s all-time menu favorites along with brand-new dishes that showcase Chef Lee’s straightforward sensibility and honest approach to cuisine have been added to the menu for winter, such as Lobster Bisque ($15); Roasted Squash Soup ($14); Chef Lee’s Pasta Carbonara with garlic cream, prosciutto,

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house-cured pancetta and egg yolk ($29); T. Cook’s Mediterranean Paella with saffron rice, mussels, clams, shrimp, calamari, pork, Spanish chorizo, organic vegetables and fresh herbs ($38); Pan Roasted Branzino with grilled fennel, sautéed red 18

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Lobster bisque

Organic baby green salad

Filet of butternut squash

Pan Roasted Mary' s Organic Chicken Breast

bell peppers, saffron-roasted potatoes and parsley cream sauce ($45); Pan Roasted Mary’s Organic Chicken Breast with butternut squash risotto, rapini, blistered tomatoes and fried sage ($30); Braised Beef Short Rib with orange gremolata, cumin roasted fingerling potatoes, red pearl onions and carnival cauliflower ($40); and Filet of Butternut Squash with mushroom broth, baby heirloom carrots, rapini, shaved Brussel sprouts and CONTINUED >

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Chef Lee Hillson black-garlic puree ($28). Bold, rich colors and textures in these inventive dishes, are matched only by the bevy of flavors showcased. Patrons will experience a feast for all the senses with a visit to T. Cook’s.

Sunday brunch, available from 10:30am to 1:30pm, has also been reimaged with an impressive, unlimited buffet as well as a la carte entrees.

Any mouthwatering meal at T. Cook’s reflects the vast knowledge of food and culture that Hillson brings to his kitchen.

From his appearance on the popular Food Network show, Iron Chef America, to his creation of remarkable meals for luminaries such as President George W. Bush, Barbra Streisand, Princess Diana, Richard Branson and Billy Joel, Hillson wants those who visit to feel a sense of nostalgia with a simple, honest and fresh approach.

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JASON ROSE CREATOR AND PRODUCER OF AMERICANO!

deeply divided country. Americano! has the hefty goal of casting a human light on what it means to be a Dreamer.

The force behind Americano! is Jason Rose; serving as creator and producer of the musical.

Four years in the making since his initial meeting with Artistic Director of Phoenix Theatre Company Michael Barnard, Rose notes that Americano! would not be what it is without incredible writers like Jonathan Rosenberg who, like Barnard, led the team, Carrie Rodriquez who wrote, sang and created all the music, and others like Arranger, Sergio Mendoza and Executive Producer Ken Davenport who brought his Tony Award Winning acumen to the production.

Rose had never written a musical before and he harnessed the expertise of this talented team to make Americano! what it is.

“This incredible original work is one of the most ambitious, timely, important and entertaining new musicals of 2020. We are all excited to see it hit the stage through February 23 at The Phoenix Theatre Company.”

As the owner of a long-standing Scottsdale public relations firm, Rose has worked on some amazing projects, namely the Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships. He knows the idea of being a

Jason Rose and his family

dreamer is one he emulates, and feels others with glean the nostalgic pull as well.

“Art imitates life and I think Americano! shows us that when we allow

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ourselves to dream and aspire to something better, we can pave other important paths even if they weren’t the ones originally intended.”

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CARRIE RODRIGUEZ , COMPOSER AND LYRICIST – AMERICANO! Composing the music for Americano was a collabora-

After crafting the songs for Americano!, Rodriguez had

tive effort, and at the helm was Rodriguez. No stranger to

a chance to hear them sung by an almost full cast, allow-

the music scene, her most recent album, Lola (2016, Luz

ing for necessary revisions to align with the context of the

Records), was her first bilingual release and most autobi-

entire musical. She also feels fortunate to have spent time

ographical album to date. She also presents an ongoing

with Americano! inspiration, Tony Valdovinos, and get an

concert series called Laboratorio, which is a musical

in depth look at his journey.

celebration and exploration of Latinx culture and its contribution to the American experiment.

Music is essential in this stage performance and she feels it will make the audience want to dance along, “At its

At age five, Rodriguez fell in love with the violin. Since

heart, this musical is a celebration of the kind of American

then, it’s been an ongoing affair with music, making it the

story that we can all relate to and be inspired by...no mat-

driving force in her life, “I began as a classical violinist, hop-

ter what our political leanings are.”

ing to get a position in a major symphony orchestra. This parlayed me into touring with singers on the fiddle. My first touring gig was with legendary singer-songwriter, Chip Taylor (he wrote hits such as “Wild Thing” and “Angel of the Morning”). He soon convinced me to sing duets with him.”

It wasn’t long before Rodriguez was recording 3 duet records with Taylor and finally her first of four solo albums in 2006.

Carrie Rodriguez

Action shots of Americano!

IT TRANSPORTS US, HELPS US CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING, AND HELPS US FEEL EMOTIONS THAT WE OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO FEEL.”

The life of Tony Valdovinos (above) is the inspiration behind Americano!

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IN A CONTINUED QUEST TO BRING THE ARTS TO SCOTTSDALE, CANAL CONVERGENCE IS A FALL EVENT THAT HOSTS 10 DAYS OF ALL-AGES ACTIVITIES, HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS, TOURS, AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS AT THE SCOTTSDALE WATERFRONT. Cutting-edge public art, performances, and workshops, coupled with education on the featured artists of Canal Convergence in a series of artist talks at the Scottsdale Waterfront and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), means a well rounded experience for true art enthusiasts.

Amongst the talent at the fall 2019 Canal Convergence was Squidsoup, a UK based group that creates immersive experiences in digitally augmented spaces. Their Standing Wave exhibit at the Canal consisted of 500 orbs, suspended above the canal in the form of a breaking wave.

After Canal Convergence wrapped, Squidsoup created an exhibition called Murmuration that is currently viewable at SMoCA until March 2020.

“Both pieces refer to imaginary or past forces, visualizing and representing them in different ways. Standing Wave also uses a single voice in each orb, creating vocal harmonies (and disharmonies) rather than the birds and tones of Murmuration,” Squidsoup commented.

“Murmuration is the first-ever exhibition on the exterior of SMoCA. It is site-specific artwork that uses light and sound to create a dynamic audiovisual experience suspended around the exterior of the Museum. It contains over 700 orbs connected to networked data systems that create a responsive data swarm that swirls around the building. The artwork is inspired by, and named after, the organic formations a group of starlings create when flying through the air,” added Julie Ganas, curator of programming.

Squidsoup started in 1997 with the original remit of trying to create work that lived up to the hype of ‘multimedia’. They sought to create immersive experiences and Murmuration is a successful culmination of those efforts. Squidsoup currently consists of 6 members, all with quite different backgrounds, spanning art, design, music and technical production.

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“MURMURATION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS AN ARTWORK THAT WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE ARCHITECTURE OF SMOCA. IT INITIALLY APPEARS AS LIGHTS SUSPENDED AROUND THE BUILDING, BUT IT IS IN FACT A TECHNOLOGICALLY COMPLEX PIECE. EACH ORB IS AN INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMOUS UNIT THAT CONSISTS OF A MICROPROCESSOR, WI-FI CONNECTIVITY, AN ACCELEROMETER, LEDS, The inspiration for Murmuration starts with forms and movement of flocks of starlings and other birds in flight, “We were asked to respond to the spaces around SMoCA. The SMoCA building itself is quite flowing and sinuous along the side, so we took that as a starting point. As with many of our works, we began thinking about imaginary energy waves, and how they would flow through the space; which led us to bird flight,” Squidsoup said.

Jennifer McCabe, director and chief curator feels this is a full circle thank you to both Squidsoup and the community for 20 years of art and culture, “As SMoCA approached its 20th anniversary we looked back to important moments in our history. One such moment was the exhibition

by Squidsoup in 2017 (Ocean of Light: Submergence) that was very popular. We approached Squidsoup to consider creating a work for the exterior of the museum in celebration of our anniversary. Just as the museum was a gift to the community on February 14, 1999 – the new work is also a gift to the community and a thank you for their support over the years.”

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AND A SPEAKER, WHICH ARE PROGRAMMED TO RUN SYNCHRONOUSLY VIA A COMPUTER. THE ARTWORK APPEARS TO BE SIMPLE, BUT IS ACTUALLY QUITE COMPLEX AND TECHNICAL. IT HAS BECOME A MAJOR PART OF THE EXTERIOR OF SMoCA, WHICH IS QUITE A NEW IDEA FOR MUSEUMS.” - CURATOR OF PROGRAMMING JULIE GANAS

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DOMINIC BOURBEAU HOW DOES ONE GO FROM A CAREER IN THE TECHNICAL ARENA OF MEDICINE TO ONE AS A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST? For Dominic Bourbeau, who always had a passion for art, it was a seamless transition.

Bourbeau will be showcasing his art at the Arizona Fine Art Expo in Scottsdale throughout February for the sixth year. His pull to the area stems from a well known artist who has quite the presence in the community; Frank Lloyd Wright.

“He, some say, is the father of the mid-century modern idea and has been an inspiration and model for such designs. One can see that in much of the architecture and people here - there is a rooted appreciation for that style.”

What started as a posting of a cat design online, spiraled into a massive following of Bourbeau’s own take on Mid-Century Modern style.

He studied the sleek, clean lines of bold, earthy colors, and simple yet striking forms and developed a retro style inspired by the architecture and forms of the 1950s and 60s.

“I chose Scottsdale as a forum to showcase my art because I wanted to find another place that was dramatically different from where I live (in Minnesota); where I could build on my technique with new inspirations and ideas. Scottsdale was a perfect setting for this. Calling Scottsdale my home for part of the year has enriched my art tremendously.”

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“EVERY PAINTING, I’VE NOTICED, BECOMES MY FAVORITE PAINTING AS I’M CREATING IT. EVEN COMMISSIONED PIECES WHERE I DON’T QUITE HAVE A PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH THE PIECE…I GROW A CONNECTION WITH IT

BY THE END. AND EVEN THEY ARE HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO. I’VE BECOME VERY GOOD AT SAYING GOODBYE.”

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arranged in any way to recreate a mini desert landscape exploding with color and beautiful shapes, and a bit of the artist’s added humor.”

Bourbeau has many pieces that are special and customized for the client. “There was a Nativity piece I painted based on wooden figurines that reminded me of my childhood, I recreate it often because I loved that painting so much. A painting of Frank Sinatra’s house reflected onto a wine glass has always been a favorite because the idea came to me when visiting his home and I went to sip from my wine and noticed the amazing reflection of his house on my glass. Of course, my first drawing of a cat staring down on an unfazed mouse stands to be the foundation and model to all my other paintings to come because of its simple design and simple shapes that still tell a dramatic story.”

Working with clients from all walks of life and diverse areas of the country, has assisted Bourbeau in expanding his artistic palette and has made for some amazing stories.

“I begin my process by having the client choose their favorite color, since color is the Although Bourbeau graduated college with

striking element that sets my art aside from

a degree in medicine and pursued a career as

others. Then I ask them, ‘Why this design?’

a surgical technologist, he never let go of his

and from that question I try to pull out the

yearning to dabble in the arts.

personal passion and connection the client

“In college I took every medium of art avail-

has for the subject. I aspire to create a basic

able except painting - from pottery to calligraphy,

design that hopefully speaks volumes, and

from sculpture to glass blowing. After six years of

then elaborate that design with their colors

college art, it was actually at the hospital where I

and subtle yet striking textured details.”

worked {as a surgical technologist} that I started

With such self motivation to create mas-

sketching on a daily basis. In the operating room

terpieces that attract clients to his style,

I could be waiting for up to three hours scrubbed

Bourbeau also says, it can be difficult to let

in and sterile, waiting for a case to begin. With

go once a piece is finished and off to its new

nothing but a sterile marking pen and a sterile

owner, “Every painting, I’ve noticed, becomes

disposable towel, I would draw.” The rest, as they

my favorite painting as I’m creating it. Even

say, is history -- Bourbeau devotes much of his

commissioned pieces where I don’t quite

time to his art these days, working only casually

have a personal connection with the piece…I

in the medical field.

grow a connection with it by the end. And

Bourbeau says he has new pieces that participants can expect to see at the Expo this year,

even they are hard to say goodbye to. I’ve had to become very good at saying goodbye.”

including a type of painted sculpture, where a design of his will be painted on a block of pine

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a list of buildings that were dear to his heart

“Imagine a roadrunner on one block, a flow-

and asked if I could create a collage painting.

ering cactus on another and a busy, scampering

+ A client based the interior design of their

quail on another block. They are sold as a set,

condo on one of my paintings, and has

and each can be placed on a shelf in your home

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caution—anyone in the back seat would need to be child-sized for any real level of comfort; however, it is certainly workable for anyone with a quick A to B destination.

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SALE PRICE

BD

BA

SF

$/SF

1148 E FEATHERSONG LN

$6,700,00

6

7.5

10,634

630.05

11290 E WHISTLING WIND WAY

$6,200,000

4

5.5

7,660

809.40

6537 E EXETER BLVD

$5,850,000

5

8.5

8,100

722.22

10831 E WINDGATE PASS DR

$4,895,000

6

7

6,705

730.05

6235 E MONTECITO AVE

$4,185,000

5

7

6,651

629.23

11408 E APACHE VISTAS DR

$4,000,000

8

11

12,415

322.19

9683 E MARIOLA WAY

$3,875,000

5

7.5

8,077

479.76

10212 E FILAREE LN

$3,270,000

3

3.5

5,297

617.33

42107 N 101ST WAY

$2,950,000

4

7

6,816

432.81

7658 E LAZY J RD

$2,840,000

4

5

7,420

382.75

10298 E WINDRUNNER DR 2113

$2,775,000

5

6

5,742

483.28

7598 E WHISPER ROCK TRL

$2,589,000

3

3.5

5,576

464,31

9738 E LARRY HUGHES DR

$2,410,000

4

4.5

5,498

438.34

12063 N 98TH ST

$2,310,000

4

4.5

4,923

469.22

045 E MONTECITO AVE

$2,310,000

5

5.5

5,115

451.61

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