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Villa Ravenna Italian Restaurant 
Upcoming Special Event! 

 
For reservations please call us at Tel: 918 270 266 or via web as follows
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Mother's Day 

Joins us for this most important day of the year ,will have  a special menu for Mother.
 Will be open from 11:00 Am - 9:00 PM  We are taken reservation
 Please call us at Tel: 918-270-2666  
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Past Special Events 

Valentine's Day " February 14th". 

For this special day  we will have a special Menu and live music, please reserve as soon as possible.  For reservation call us at Telephone # 918 270 2666     
Thank you 
Sergio Orioli











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As a prelude to Villa Ravenna’s smashing annual holiday wine dinner, La Festa di Natale, artist Todd Ford will unveil two stunning new wine paintings (one white, one red), created specifically for this special evening, one hour before the first glass is poured. In addition to making these two pieces available, Todd will be painting a wine piece live in the gallery from 3:00 to 6:30.

“Of all the reference photos I’ve taken, the wine pieces have been the most difficult. I had to set up the shot and pour with one hand/take the photo with the other hand(no remote either). One pour, one shot. It took some practice and lots of patience, but I finally was able to pour and actually hit the glass while stretching to reach the camera.

The wine made quite a mess each pour, so I had plastic stretched and taped all over the studio to catch it (Dexter would have approved).

I repeated the “pour, click, clean, reset” sequence over 300 times for the red wine and the white wine.  Yes, 300 times for each.

When I started reviewing the photos and choosing the ones I would use for the paintings, I was amazed at the level of abstraction in the wine caught in motion. The visual appeal of the static/dynamic relationship between the glass and the wine really spoke to me.

Wine in motion required me to let go and allow the wine to do what it does when poured. I was extremely pleased with the photos I ended up with and was excited to translate them into oil.

A painting instructor in college used to say, “don’t be a slave to the photo”. That advice resonates in every piece I paint. As I have said before, I have no desire to be a traditional photorealist. These pieces are no different. They have photoreal qualities, as much of my work does, but they are simplified in some areas and embellished in others.

I am extremely pleased with the results.” – Todd

If you would like to take part in La Festa di Natale (10 course meal, 11 Italian wines) contact Sergio at Villa Ravenna ASAP, as this event will sell out.   918-270-2666 orsergio@villaravenna.com

We will be doing this event in 2012 just three times.  We do the Wine Dinner Event as  a way to give thank's to our guess for been  part of the Villa Ravenna family , we are here to make memories.
 It take our team more that 2 month of planning for every event , more that 1000 meals and more that 1000 drinks are served that evening , every events is a  different an memorable one, different special meals and excellent wines are presented in details , every meal is  paired with each wine, We serve Brut, white , red , rose and  sweet wines.
 Make the next Wine-Dinner event a memorable for you couple, for business or friends get together. The event last 
 from  4 to 5 hours of great food, wine, music and happiness, Share It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Photo used under Creative Commons from ^@^ina (Irina Patrascu)