Bowden’s sleek, California-aesthetic-style haven—a Ridglea town home designed by architect John ... “but if you think about it, fine art originated in churches,” he says.

As inspiration for the design of their 2,500-square-foot Venice townhome, they drew on Hunter Drohojowska-Philp’s book Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s. And they ...