50th Annual Art Festival Beth-El
Artist Bios

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ALLEN, Su Griggs (Main)……………………………………………………… Sarasota, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Su Griggs Allen finds inspiration  from many cultures and philosophies around the world, nature and even quantum physics. Her creative process is to constantly explore and discover the possibilities of expression. Su attended Rowan State College and Moore College of Art with a major in painting and design. Self taught in ceramics and sculpture. She also studies each summer at a Ringling Art School retreat (Wildacres) and has completed various art medium workshops both here and abroad.
 
AMIT, Amos (Main)……………………………………………………………………… Israel
BATIK: Born in Israel in 1945, Amos Amit  was raised on a moshav in the Galilee. Amit received his Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and his Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture at California Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, California. He has established himself as one of the leading batik artists in the country.
 
ANDREWS, Terry (Garden)……………………………………………………….Tampa, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Terry Andrews is an award-winning glass sculptor, using copper and fused glass to create his unique and oftentimes whimsical sculptures.  A native Floridian from the Tampa area, Terry Andrews pursued a career in music through 1994. Always having an interest in glass, he began to dabble with the medium first through blown glass and lamp work glass, creating large, flat and carved glass sculptures. His most recent work has evolved to include the use of copper and fused glass. The fusing happens in a kiln, then the fused pieces are used as accents on the formed, cut and welded copper structures. Some are decorated with lamp work glass to create more whimsical treasures.His work can be seen in private collections around the world and grace the permanent collections of the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the Carrollton Museum of Contemporary Art in Carrollton, Georgia.

ARMSTRONG, Will (Main)…………………………………………………… Santa Fe, NM
MIXED MEDIA: Armstong’s work reflects the soundtrack to a road trip; songs and artists are embedded in the towns they made famous. Bo Diddley, Johnny Cash and Deke Dickerson are as much of an influence as Frank Miller and Heinrich Kley. The lines of the road have become indistinguishable from the lines of the pen; just as the subject from location. Will considers his work to be drawing, as each line is created by hand using a series of pens, and Chinese lettering quills. He works on a collage of vintage maps, show posters and sheet music. Every piece of ephemera incorporated into the work is part of the storytelling process. Graphite, ink and acrylic might be used to finish the piece, ensuring that the artist's hands will never be clean.
 
AUSTIN, Sally (Main)………………………………………………………… Carrollton, GA
MIXED MEDIA: Sally Austin is a self-taught studio artist creating 2-D mixed art. Drawing inspiration from her twenty-five year history as a weaver and clothing designer, as well as teaching art enrichment classes, running art retreats along with being an Oregon gallery owner. When Austin is in her studio she feels there is a complete connection between heart, soul, mind and the art. Austin has exhibited at over 400 exhibitions throughout the county and in private galleries. Her latest body of work is titled Abstract Conversations which is intuitive painting that tells a story.
 
AVERY, Richard (Boutique)…………………………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
POTTERY: Richard Avery has been creating pottery since he discovered the pottery studio at The Spruill Center for the Arts many, many years ago in Atlanta. The studio quickly became his second home and Richard was determined to pursue creating pottery as his life's passion. Richard is now a full time resident of Saint Petersburg and in 2017 received recognition as one of 5 top emerging Artists. Richard enjoys working with larger pieces of clay in an effort to explore the different statements that size can make. He loves the dynamic quality of pottery for use, that something he makes might become a part of someone's everyday life. This completes the cycle of creativity for Richard.
 
BABB, Todd (Main)...................................................................................Fort Myers, FL
SCULPTURE: Todd Andrew Babb is a sculptor based in South Florida. Born into a family of artists, inventors and philosophers outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Honing his artistic skill at a young age, Babb pursued a career as a painter soon after his career in the United States Air Force. Babb’s work captures motion and grace through distinctively expressive lines and patterns. Each inhibited piece is an exploration into the evolution of humanity because of his desire for progression pursuing a more conceptual modernist sculpting career in an effort to express his philosophical interpretations of the human condition
 
BAKER, Margaret (Boutique)………………………………………….Winter Springs, FL
PAINTING: Working with oils on linen and wood panels Margaret Baker creates paintings that become cherished heirlooms. Margarets interest in painting moments and old family photos came from a fascination with the stories that the images could tell. Her father left behind 1000s of old family photos, a mixture of his family, her mothers family, along with her own childhood. After selecting some of the oddballs- not good lighting, out of focus, odd positions Margaret made some paintings finding herself drawn to the stories she could create.
 
BAUERMEISTER, Michael (Main)………………………….…….…………. Augusta, MO
WOOD: Michael Bauermeister has work displayed in several museum collections including the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery and the Boston Museum of Art. His work is on display in three U.S. embassies and has been featured in both books and magazines In 2018, he won the Smithsonian Craft Show Award of Excellence in Wood. He says wood has become his voice and language, and after years spent making both useless and useful things the physical work of sawing, carving, turning, and polishing has become his contemplation. His real effort is figuring out what to make next. Sometimes the wood itself makes the suggestion, but other times he works just to keep his hands occupied. Sometimes it all comes together into a kind of wooden poem.
 
BECK, Chris (Main) ………………………………………..……………………. Dalton, GA
SCULPTURE: Chris Beck is an Alabama Native who currently resides in North Georgia. From a young age, Chris expressed an interest in art, and he had supportive parents who encouraged his creative talents. After earning a BA in English, Chris began a homebuilding career in Atlanta where he was introduced to self-taught art. In 2006, Chris met Alabama art legend Charlie Lucas who encouraged Chris to “find what’s inside”. Inspired by Lucas’ work, Chris purchased a second-hand welder in January of 2007 and began working with metal. Chris’ work has been recognized through numerous awards, magazine and newspaper articles, museum purchases, and public art installations. Chris’ work is widely collected both nationally and internationally.
 
BERMAN, Sher (Boutique)……………………………………………………. Deerfield, IL
JEWELRY: Sher Berman has had a passion for beads that shows in her bead crochet and lamp-work glass jewelry. Bead weaving for over 20 years she crochets tiny seed beads and gemstones into sinuous ropes. Sher also creates her lamp-work glass beads that she combines with her bead crochet to create art to wear.
 
BERNSTEIN, Adria (Boutique)............................................... Indian Rocks Beach, FL
MIXED MEDIA: With a background in Fashion and Interior Design and graduating with an AS degree in Fashion Design from the International Academy of Merchandising and Design, Adria has worked with a variety of mediums. She has created an original set of gift ideas that are truly one of a kind. Her first Witty Wocks were replications of beloved pets, a devoted supporter of animals herself, and celebrities.
 
BRADLEY, Joseph (Main) ………………….………………………………..Greenville, SC
MIXED MEDIA: Joseph Bradley’s work has been seen in The New York Times, HGTV, Country Living, Traditional Home, and published in books by Chronicle and Penguin Books. Owning a successful gallery and studio in Greenville South Carolina's Art District, Bradley creates work for private collectors and corporations. Joseph’s work is an expression of intuition and experimentation. His recent work is very process oriented and involves multiple layers of paint, washes, and glazes. Each of his bodies of work have about 30 layers of processes.
 
BRIDGES, Rocky (Main)………………………………………………………..Lakeland, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Rocky Bridges, the youngest of nine children, is a Florida native born and raised in Tarpon Springs. Earning his BFA from the Cooper Union in New York City. Bridges’ work is a direct response to his immediate surroundings. He repurposes found materials into relief wall sculpture. The motivation behind his work is the celebration of the human spirit and a recognition of our innate desire to survive.
 
BRYCE, David (Main)...................................................................Great Barrington, MA
MIXED MEDIA: David Bryce’s work unites Baroque movement, abstract expressionist gesture, and Asian decorative spirit with a commitment to his own decorative whimsical voice. Bryce’s professional career includes operating a foundry where he cast works for iconic artist Louise Bourgeois, as well as working on architectural restoration projects in New York City’s Central Park. He has completed both commissions for use in residential and commercial settings throughout the United States and internationally.
 
BUCHHOLTZ, Dori (Main)……………………………………………………… Atlanta, GA
SCULPTURE: Dori Bucholtz turned to sculpture later in life as a “second act” and what began as a hobby evolved into a full time career. Bucholtz’s background in sports medicine and sports performance informed her interest in the human body. Her sculptures focus on the body and the stories/emotions communicated. Bucholtz is particularly inspired by the empowerment of women and the subject of many of her works is the female form. She also adores dogs and cherishes the loyal and powerful relationships they bring to our lives. She takes great pleasure in sculpting their unique and fun personalities. Bucholtz sculpts in clay and casts in composites and bronze. Her work can be found in galleries from Atlanta to Florence, as well as in private collections both nationally and internationally.
 
BUTLER, Andrew (Main) ………………………………………………….. Santa Cruz, CA
PHOTOGRAPHY: Andrew Butler’s photography is born out of his love of travel. His passion developed after meeting a down-on-his-luck fellow traveler in Bali who needed to sell his 35mm camera and three lenses to pay for a ticket home. Butler had no idea how to use the camera but taught himself over the next six months. Upon Butler’s return home, he had offers to purchase his pictures. Realizing he could travel for photography and make a living combining his two passions his career began. That was twenty years ago. Since then Butler has had many exhibits from Carmel, California to Bahia Brazil. Butler’s love of color, travel, and photography remain strong to this day.
 
CAREW, Joan (Boutique)..................................................................Coral Springs, FL
CERAMICS: Born and raised in New York City, Joan Carew was influenced by the cacophony of sights, noises, and languages that buzzed around her. Her work is the result of inspiration coming from her dreams, adventures, travel and her personal life. Faces intrigue her and she decorates her busts with whatever seems beautiful at the time. Carew received her BFA in ceramics from Florida Atlantic University. She has been working in ceramics for over thirty years.
 
CARLIN, Gregory (Boutique) …………………………………………. St. Petersburg, FL
CERAMICS: Gregory Carlin is a self-taught artist working in mid and raku fired clay. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana he received his degrees from Purdue (BS) and MIT (MS) in Electrical Engineering. Carlin was a seaplane flight instructor before moving to St. Petersburg. He donates all of his proceeds to a rotating list of charities.
 
CARTER, James (Main) ……………………………………………………. Southbury, CT
ACRYLIC: James Carter has exhibited his work extensively throughout the US and Europe. His paintings are included in many private and public collections including Yale University, The City of Miami Beach, ABC Television, Christian Dior and Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Ct. He has had many one man shows at numerous galleries including Summa Gallery, NYC, Field Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, and Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. Through his acrylic paintings, James strives to give the viewer a fresh, whimsical view of familiar and some not so familiar situations. He likes to employ the underlying humor of reality vs. fantasy and delight in juxtaposing unexpected objects where the animate and inanimate interact seamlessly together.
 
CARMEN, Pamela (Boutique) ………...……………………… Palm Beach Gardens, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Living in South Florida, Pamela belongs to the artist cooperative, Village Art Studios, in Tequesta where she spends her time working with many mediums including ceramic clay, oils, acrylics and her favorite, polymer clay. Polymer Clay offers immediate results in color, form, line, and texture that works well in mixed media combinations consisting of other clays, wire, aluminum foil, found objects and gold leaf that make up her work. The designs on the surface of her work are colors of polymer, not paint. “My work is not a political statement nor is it a commentary on society.” It is the joy of riotous color and pattern that drives Pamela to make her sculptures. Often, they are little reminders not to take life too seriously.
 
CASTILLO, Gustave (Main) …………………………………………  Port Saint Lucie, FL
WATERCOLOR:  Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia and formally trained as a commercial pilot, Castillo never expected to become an artist. By fate, a childhood friend from Santiago de Chile, turned girlfriend and then became his wife approached Castillo while she was in school for architecture asking him to help her with a rendering with watercolors. Castillo, not knowing any better, began painting without diluting the pigments. The beginning of the beautiful adventure began and Castillo has been painting alongside his wife Carmen Lagos for over 40 years, working side by side and creating art together in this romantic twist of fate.
 
CAUSEY, Teri (Main)…………………………………………………………Fort Myers, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Teri Causey’s abstract paintings are a rhythmic arrangement of color and form. She encourages her viewer to find images and words within her paintings. Teri has found that people see what they want and need to find within the intuitive marks, vibrant colors and contrast inspire both her and their journeys through her bodies of work.
 
CEASER, Rick (Boutique).................................................................St. Petersburg, FL
PEN and WATERCOLORS: At 85 years old with a strong passion to paint and draw Ceasars love of architecture, buildings of all eras. Growing up in Detroit in the 1950s, Caesar found a lot of architectural inspiration. He studied architectural design at the Lawrence Institute and the University of Michigan School of Architecture and Design. Although unable to fulfill his dream of being an architect, Ceaser had a successful career as an architectural consultant. His watercolors showcase his love of architecture, cities, and their buildings.  Full of imaginative creativity Ceaser creates cityscapes depicting a city he calls Cesarville. He has been painting since the 1990s but only began exhibiting in the last year.
 
CHANG, Soo Kim (Main) …………………………………………..…………… Chicago, IL
ACRYLIC: My paintings are a reflection of my life around me as I see and hear it.  Stories are collected in my head of simple smiles, kindness, tragedy to everyday mundane simple reality, and turned it into a poetry of colors on canvas. I love the intense colors and textures achieved from the experience.  The complexity is real but visually, it's simple. The strength and serenity of Chang’s work is real but subliminal.  She wants the painting to speak to the audience as if on stage delivering a message to empower and shape us. Her paintings begin with a silence within her head, an empty room, blank canvas, and then magic happens.
 
CHARLIE PARKER CERAMICS (Boutique) ………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
POTTERY:  Parker's ceramic career began in 1967, at the age of 14 when he joined Minnesota Clay Company as a part time clay mixer. From 1971 to 1975 Parker studied with Warren Westerberg at Westerberg Pottery in Minneapolis. During his apprenticeship he focused on form and expression. As one of the founders of St. Petersburg Clay Company, Parker has established himself in the clay community as both an artist and educator. In November 2010 Parker left St. Pete Clay in order to fulfill his lifelong dream of owning his own studio, Charlie Parker Pottery.
 
CHASE, Renee (Main).........................................................................Collingswood, NJ
CERAMIC SCULPTURE: Renee Chase earned a BS in Fashion Design from Drexel University. Upon graduation she launched and ran the Renee Manufacturing Company acting as CEO and art director. Her Renee brand was sold in over 200 boutiques and department stores in American cities. Chase earned a Masters Degree in Science and Technical Communication and joined the Philadelphia Bulletin as a fashion staff writer. In 1985 she became a full time associate professor of design at Drexel in 1995. By 1990 she was tenured. Aside from teaching, Chase started her own design company called Cloth2Clay, where she creates fashion figures from clay. Chase uses vocabulary from her background in fashion design to create clay forms infused with style and motion.
 
CIMINO, Lisa (Boutique)…………………………………………………… Baltimore, MD
JEWELRY: Lisa Cimino’s jewelry is nature inspired, unique, timeless, easy to wear jewelry collection. Each piece is handmade in her Baltimore, MD studio. Her wonder and appreciation for all nature's forms, textures and colors are apparent, with her unique approach and distinct style that she describes as 'loose interpretation of nature , land, sea and sky'.
 
COHEN, Nancy (Main) ………………………………………………….St. Petersburg, FL
PAINTING: Nancy studied at the Art Students’ League of New York under Gregg Kreutz. Her work has been displayed in the Laumeister Fine Arts show at the Bennington Arts Center in Vermont, as well as been represented by multiple galleries such as the Gayle Fedigan Gallery and the Mark Gruber Gallery in upstate New York. Nancie’s work has won awards at the Hudson Valley Art Association and the Art Students League of New York.  Currently she resides in both New Paltz, New York and St. Petersburg, Florida.
 
COLE, James McArthur (Main) ……………………………………………. Plainfield, IL
PHOTOGRAPHY: James realized early on that traveling is one of the most treasured experiences in one's life. It increases your knowledge, opens your mind and enriches your soul. As a Travel Photographer James  understands how fortunate he is to have traveled to so many awe-inspiring destinations in the world. Since the beginning of time, artists, musicians, writers and other cultural connoisseurs have roamed the globe finding inspiration in the beautiful landscapes and the intriguing people and cultures of lands near and far. James sees his photography as a passport to meeting new people, learning new cultures and customs, understanding history and documenting some of the most beautiful and fascinating places in the world. His ultimate goal as a Photographer is to document, through pictures, the truest most authentic essence of the people he's encountered or to share his profound enchantment with the places he's visited.
 
CONLON, Matt (Main) .................................................................................. Ogdon, UT
CERAMICS: Matt Conlon received his BFA in ceramics and secondary art education in 2012 from Utah State University. He currently teaches ceramics at Davinci Academy of Science and the Arts. Matt has been working with clay for twenty years finding inspiration from historical and contemporary designs and patterns that frequently evolve through the process of making.  The concepts of Conlon’s work revolve around the idea of functionality and daily use,  hoping that the work he creates is used frequently; that it becomes part of daily rituals. Currently living in Ogden, Utah with his wife and three daughters Conlon teaches and runs a studio production. His artwork has been featured in publications such as 500 Prints on Clay and 500 teapots vol. 2.  He currently shows his work in five to ten juried shows per year.
 
CURRIER, Richard (Main) ……………………………………………………….  Micco, FL
OIL PAINTING: Richard has been a full time exhibiting artist for 35 years along with his artist wife Susan Currier. Richard attended Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, with personal study tours in Europe and throughout the US his paintings are inspired from his life's travels, experiences and locations that have stuck in his mind for years. Richard focuses on the spaces between the objects within the landscape and seascapes he encounters not the elements within, such as the sky, ground, trees... but the atmosphere and substance of the air and space. Richard has won dozens of awards for his work and is represented by Angela King Gallery in New Orleans as well as the MAC Fine Art Gallery in Fort Lauderdale.
 
CURVIN, Joyce (Boutique)  ……………………………………………. Palm Harbor, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Creator of paper mache Sculptures through recycling and up-cycling - is at the heart of what Joyce Curvin does. Keeping recyclables away from the landfill she combines a variety of items such as bottles and paper into armatures that will soon become cheerful and fun loving dogs, cats and birds. After Joyce creates the armature  she then coats it with multiple layers of paper mache and various textures. Often she will pair birds with the cats and dogs since she believes that the birds represent a conscience, a friend or a director of sorts to their feline or K-9 friends. ​
 
DAVIS, Tom (Boutique) ……………..………………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
MIXED MEDIA:  During college as Davis refers to as the “beginning of time” He studied drawing, design, printmaking, art history and related subjects.  While assigned to South Korea in the U.S. Air Force, Davis was introduced to Dr. Angelo Garzio, the Head of the Ceramics Department from Kansas State University on a sabbatical to study Korean pottery techniques.  They became friends and for the next few months Davis spent every free moment studying with him.  That was in 1970 and Davis has been throwing pots ever since.  As to wood, he grew up in Missouri and at about the age of 8, his uncle taught him how to use a lathe and all that went with it, and Davis has been into woodworking ever since.  Davis finds wood from all over and turns it into lids for his pottery vessels and into various inlaid charcuterie boards.  Davis has truly enjoyed this lifelong love of working with clay and wood.
 
DELGADO, Lilian (Main) …………………………………..……….………… Riverview, FL
OIL: Lilian Delgado was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and discovered her artistic talents and interest at a very early age. At the age of 12 she was featured in Brazilian newspapers and the local news of her hometown. She had her first international show in Salvador, Brazil at the age of 13. Delgado pursued a Graphic Design degree for several years at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. She studied with influential professors and went on to study at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota. She eventually obtained a Masters in Business from the University of South Florida. After many successful years in the corporate world and accounting, Lilian made the decision to pursue her heart’s passion as a full time career. Today she travels all over the nation and internationally sharing that passion with her audience.
 
DENIS, John (Main) ………………………..…………..…….…………………..  Miami, FL
GLASS/ACRYLIC: John Denis has been a professional artist for over twenty five years training and working alongside master artists from New Orleans to Miami. His work presents a modern sensibility to form, texture, light and composition. The relevance and infinite character of the ocean has always fueled his senses and imagination. He has been commissioned to create custom installations for various commercial and residential clients which include Salvi Law Firm in Chicago as well as the UTMB league City Hospital in Texas.
 
DIBBLE, Barbara (Boutique) …………………………………….……  St. Petersburg, FL
CLAY: Originally from Syracuse New York but lived most of her adult life in Southeast Florida. Dibble attended the University of Arizona at Tucson as a commercial arts major, however her professional career was in sales with a Fortune 10 company. Moving back to Central New York in 2019, she discovered ceramics at a local YMCA and instantly fell in love with clay. She moved to St. Petersburg in December 2021 to continue her personal growth and exploration of the arts. As a ceramic artist Dibble is captivated by the endless possibilities of form, function and surface design. The challenges of increasing her skill at wheel throwing , the opportunity to combine clay with other mediums and the evolution of her surface design are all a part of her finished work.
 
DIEM, Alicia (Main) ……………………………………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
SCULPTURE: She is a Swiss born artist and former goldsmith. She brings a jewelers precision to her ceramic sculpture and celebrates a spectacular chorus of ocean life through her work. As a diver, she discovered a profound respect and admiration for the sea. Her sculptures are all hand built and have their own expression. One of a kind but they always have a complex and technical backstory.”
 
DUNCAN-WILLIAMS, Prince (Main) …………………………………..…  Las Vegas, NV
MIXED MEDIA: Few musical styles are as colorful as jazz, and artist Prince Duncan-Williams knows this. Composed of silk as smooth as the music of John Coltrane and with an explosive vivacity of colorful silk threads that bring to mind the frenzied syncopation of New Orleans-style jazz, Prince’s silk mosaics succeed in creating something of a miracle: jazz without sound. He was born in Ghana in West Africa into a family tradition of working with silk thread art that was nearly four generations in the making. These silk threads are the same threads that are used to make Royal Kente, the cloth famously used for royal clothing for the Akan people.
 
EDMUND, David (Boutique)  ………………………………..………………….. Tampa, FL
ACRYLIC: Born and raised in Brazil, of an American mother and Austrian father. Edmund started painting in his early teens. He first studied painting with a host of private tutors and later at the Center for Visual Arts of Rio de Janeiro. Spending half of his life there his work is influenced by his experiences and time spent in  the exuberant metropolis where he is inspired by its beautiful lush nature and a vibrant society along with his love for the beach culture.
 
EITHARONG, Tony (Main) ……..….…………………………………………… DeLand, FL 
ACRYLIC: Born in Bangkok, Thailand, Ummarid Eitharong came to the United States as a young man. Predominantly self taught, Eitharong began his career as an artist with large scale photorealistic pencil drawings. He then transitioned to mixed media and now paints abstracts with acrylic paint on canvas or watercolor paper. Eitharong is influenced by his surroundings, using color, shape, line and texture to create abstract compositions. His awards include Best of Show, Gasparilla 2019; first place, Coconut Grove 2019; first place, Winter Park 2019; and first place, Armonk (NY) 2019. 
 
EUBANK, Kim (Main) ……….………………………………………………… Cerrillos, NM
MIXED MEDIA: Eubank has created works over the last 30 years in the mediums of jewelry, enamel, glass, metalwork and printmaking, all which have influenced this current body of work. A graduate of VCU, in Richmond, VA with a BFA in Jewelry and Glass. Eubanks current body of work consists of painting figurative works that tell an open-ended story, where the viewer brings their own interpretation from life to the piece.
 
EVERETT, Nick (Main / Garden) ………………………………..……… Eagle Ranch, CO
PORCELAIN: Nick Everett is an avid traveler and anthropologist who brings global influences into the studio and synthesizes contemporary art and architecture into the porcelains. After his intense and lengthy apprenticeship in the family’s production studio, Nick now incorporates his own designs, color-palette, and energy that brings the studio into the future. Everett works with clay because it is an art medium that is truly limitless. Clay is both flexible and strong, capable of both abstract and lyric expression, it can be both functional and decorative. Working with porcelain, the possibilities are endless. Throwing on the wheel, one feels the dynamic interaction between the artist, and the medium- clay- that is truly centering. One feels the push and the pull of the clay, its resistance and pliability. As we submerge this collaboration into the creative process, we delight in the conversations and results.
 
FINDLEY, Thomas Andrew (Main) ……………………………………………. Miami, FL
ACRYLIC: Thomas Andrew is an award winning, self-taught painter born in Miami, Florida in 1967. In 2004, Tom decided to dive into the world of fine art. He opened Red Tree Studio, and his colorful landscape paintings quickly grew in popularity. Tom's artwork has been collected by many private collectors as well as large and small corporations throughout the United States and Canada, most notably the Coca-Cola Company. He has exhibited at galleries, fine art shows, as well as shops and decorators across America.
 
FLOYD, Kelsey (Main) ………………………………………………….……….. Tampa, FL
CERAMICS: Kelsey Floyd is a self-taught ceramic artist based in Tampa, Florida. After curating a studio space in her home Floyd got lost, or more-so found, in the endless self-discovery of this art. Inspired by the natural and ancient elements of our world, her vessels incorporate free flowing curves and shapes while also combining that with the precision and restrictions of chains. Mixing mediums, she also incorporates pine needles into her work.
 
FRANCIS, Wayne (Main) ............................................................................ Bokeelia, FL
SCULPTURE: Wayne Francis was born in 1949 in Northern Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree from Mansfield State University in Pennsylvania, studied sculpture at Portland State University and received his M.A. from Northern Michigan University in furniture making. He taught in Hawaii and Northwestern State University, LA and was the Director of the Northern Michigan University Art Museum and Performing Arts Series from 1985 – 2007. He is now a full time artist and musician and divides his time between Marquette Michigan and Pine Island Florida. His work delves into that magical, whimsical realm of the artist as interpreter of the human experience. The simplified figurative forms combined with abstract visual symbols create a link between ancient and contemporary art and act as portals into a world of myth and mystery. He sees his work as a struggle to depict the world around us, both seen and unseen.
 
FREEMAN, Judy (Boutique) …………………………………………… Land O Lakes, FL
SCULPTURE: Born in Chicago, Illinois, Judy lived the life of a Coast Guard "brat" and traveled the East Coast with her parents. Her family ultimately settled in South Florida where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, with a concentration in sculpture and ceramics. Several of Judy's whimsical polymer sculptures have been purchased by the Marietta Museum of Art and Whimsy for their permanent collection. Making a clean exit from ceramic clay and switching to Cosclay has now opened even more creative doors for Judy. Having fun creating has been and always will be her artistic goal in life.
 
FREY, Benjamin (Main) …………….……….……………………………..Buena Vista, VA
MIXED MEDIA: A professional artist since 2003, Frey has been involved in art most of his life. Born in Maine, he grew up in an artistic family and it was at the age of 10 when he made the decision to become an artist. Frey had several artistic mentors along the way, including the contemporary landscape painter Alan Bray, the collage artist Roderick Slater and the exceptional and innovative book artist Richard Minsky. Frey  studied Classical Literature and Philosophy at St John’s College, Annapolis, as well as the Art Students League of New York. Frey’s works have won top awards at many juried competitions as well as shown in galleries across the United States, where they are also included in numerous private collections around the world.
 
FRISELLA, Robin (Main) ………………………………………………………. Candia, NH
PASTELS: Robin Frisella is known for her photo-realistic pastel still life scenes that evoke feelings of peace & tranquility, but they are hardly images captured in a flash. She carefully arranges seemingly every-day settings of apples in an antique bowl, fresh peonies elegantly layered, or soft eucalyptus leaves against the white of a treasured pitcher. Frisella energizes her works through each layer of pastel that she applies to achieve the tones, lights, and shadows. This results in the gentle power to reflect some of the best aspects of life…beauty, hopefulness, and serenity.
 
GARCIA, Beth (Main) ……………………………………………………….. Lakeland, FL
CERAMIC: Garcia studied art and biology as an undergraduate student. Earning an MFA in printmaking from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She has been an art educator since 1985. Garcia has been working with clay for the past 20 years exhibiting extensively in the state of Florida which includes a one woman exhibit at The Appleton Museum in Ocala and the Best in Show Award at Gasparilla Festival of the Arts. Garcia has works included in museum, university and private collections. She combines her passion for ceramic work with her love of life sciences by synthesizing organic clay vessels " in motion".
 
GASPAR, Deborah (Main) .……….………………………………………….…. Dallas, TX
JEWELRY: For over a decade, Deborah Gaspar has been designing inspirational works of art in the form of timeless, handmade jewelry. Inspired by her love of nature’s abundant beauty, and enhanced by her creative and exquisite style, Deborah’s unique designs have become cherished signatures within her clients’ wardrobes. The timeless nature of the designs allows them to create a unique harmony with almost any style. Her pieces can take you from desk to dinner, from brunch to opening night, from Park Avenue to Paris, and work with everything from haute couture to denim.
 
GEORGE, Darrell (Main / Boutique) ………………………………….. Williamsburg, VA
OIL: Darrell George is a native of Long Branch, NJ, graduating from the University of Delaware. As an art student and a football player on an athletic scholarship, Darrell was hardly stereotypical; he would eventually change his major to keep his scholarship, but was confident that he would continue to paint on his own. As Darrell’s athletic career ended he was anxious to continue his life as a painter. He immediately found satisfaction being surrounded by art while working as an assistant to James Yarosh of James Yarosh Associates Fine Art Gallery in New Jersey. Attracted to the Russian style of non-conformist artwork in the gallery, Darrell enrolled at the Bridgeview School of Fine arts in New York.  Darrell credits his growth as a painter to his academic study with Russian artist Anna Rochegova. From Anna, Darrell learned many of the techniques, philosophies, and rigorous training habits of the Surikov Institute in Moscow, but credits his travels and time in athletics as the inspiration to his subject matter and palette.

GIALANELLA, Donald (Main / Garden) ……………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
SCULPTURE: Gialanella is a St. Petersburg sculptor with 25 years of experience in art, design, and public sculpture. He is known for creating more than thirty larger-than-life sculptures in public collections across the United States. The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg commissioned Gialanella to create Salvador Dali’s mustache in the form of a 17 foot long corten steel sculpture for permanent installation in the garden.
 
GILBERT, Dominice (Main) …………………..………………………. St. Petersburg, FL 
SCULPTURE: Dominice Gilbert grew up on a family farm in rural Indiana and began creating art at an early age, winning a national drawing competition when she was seven. Throughout elementary and high school she explored many art types and found her medium after taking her first welding class at seventeen. Dominice graduated high school early and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with help from a merit scholarship. In 2010 Gilbert moved to Saint Petersburg, in 2018 she opened a newly built studio adjacent to her home where she continues to create art. Her primary focus is pushing herself to the next level, causing her sculpture to constantly evolve as every design works off the last. She creates tension between forms, mixing opposing textures and shapes in harmony, creating balance in opposition. Her sculptures are a replication of her emotions, but also a reflection of the viewer.
 
GIMPELSON, Steve (Main) ………………………………………………...….  Atlanta, GA
WOOD:  Born in Norfolk, VA. Gimpelson graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS Accounting and a MBA from Old Dominion University where he worked as a CPA  and CFO for 25 years. Gimpelson has worked with wood  for over 20 years, finding a reflection of himself in each piece he creates. Within every piece Gimpelson creates he works with each piece trying to find the closest connection to perfection that he can achieve.
 
GOLDSMITH, Deana (Main) ……………………………………………… Perkinston, MS
PASTELS: Having a passion for art all of her life particularly drawing Deana discovered at a very young age that she had a knack for doodling, a trait she feels she inherited from her Dad. Throughout the years Deana delved into all types of mediums yet always gravitated back to her first love “Drawing”. Born and raised on the prairies of Oklahoma it is only natural that the general theme of her work is wildlife. Having had an obsession with birds since her youth, she feels pencil is the perfect medium for portraying them as accurately as possible.

GOLDSMITH, Bobby (Main) ……………………………………………… Perkinston, MS
GRAPHITE: My work is inspired by the prairies of Oklahoma, where I was born and raised and by the beautiful seascapes of the Gulf Coast where he resides now. A self-taught full-time artist, Bobby’s style of art is realism to say the least. He finds great joy in all the little details and loves to wow the viewer. Next to Bobby’s love for realism is his passion for black and white. Blown away by how you can create an image just by changing values, he finds black and white is calming and in this in your face world he believes we all appreciate a little calmness. The third element of Bobb’s  style is nature of course. His hope is that the time he spends exploring the great outdoors and composing the images will be felt by the viewer. To know that his work touches others the way it touched him is his greatest achievement.
 
GONZALEZ, Luis (Main/Boutique) ................................................................ Miami, FL
WOOD: Born and raised in Colombia, Luis always had a passion for wood and hand tools. He started as a young adult, humbly sculpting and carving what would eventually become his way of life. After he moved to Miami in 2003, his art became well known within the local art scene. Since 2006 he has been participating in some of the most renowned juried art shows across the country.
 
GOTTLIEB, Lori (Main) …………………………………………………… Owings Mill, MD
JEWELRY: She is a professional jewelry artist with a flair for creating unique and high quality handmade pieces that are carefully crafted, yet embrace the beauty of imperfection. After a career as a surgeon, vision problems prevented her from continuing to practice. Suddenly her part-time jewelry-making hobby became a full-time passion. Now  using the skills she honed as a surgeon to create stunning works of art for her customers.
 
GRANT, Will (Main) ………………………………………………………….. Bradenton, FL
SCULPTURE: Will Grant studied ceramics in high school and then furthered his education while attending College of the Desert in Palm Springs, CA. He spent his time in school mostly sculpting abstract figures. Accepting an invitation to work in a small village in Taiwan making furniture, Grant jumped at the chance. He was introduced to the art of making furniture out of acrylic and fell in love with the material. Grant soon discovered that he could take remnants of acrylic and create art forms in sculpture. These early, experimental works were usually given away to friends and family until one day he discovered how to add color and seamlessly fuse the acrylic into unique art forms. Grant started to create centerpieces for Walt Disney’s corporate parties and then started making displays for various companies such as Burberry and David Yurman Jewelry. In 2005, Grant was introduced to his first artwork by famed Israeli artist Yaacov Agam and he was instantly inspired by the movement of his pieces. Grant recently started incorporating glass, metal and wood into his acrylic sculptures.
 
GREEN, Jonah (Main) ………………….………………………………….…  Cerrillos, NM
MIXED MEDIA: Green is a self taught, multi-disciplinary artist. In addition to painting and sculpting, he also designs and builds modern tiny houses. His current body of work is an extension of his career as a designer and builder of artisanal homes. Working with everyday materials and tools commonly found on any construction site in America. Using non-traditional tools to apply the paint giving the work a direct, physical connection to the imagery. The application methods require a lot of manual pressure. Using the weight of his body against the resistance of the wall or floor, Green spreads paint onto the canvas and scrapes away partially dried layers to reveal portions of the colors underneath. Paints are typically mixed on the canvas, resulting in a fluid and dynamic range of color. No two pieces are ever alike and his work is continually evolving. Geometric and alphanumeric imagery is etched into the multiple painted layers with scribes, dividers and awls. He hand fabricates all his frames by mitering, This gives the work a modern industrial aesthetic and compliments the architectural nature of the imagery. Green enjoys juxtaposing the angular, architectural forms of man against the organic abstract background. Archival quality pigments are used and all pieces are sealed with archival UV varnish.
 
HAGAN, Egypt (Main)……………………………..………………………..…… Tampa, FL
ACRYLIC: Los Angeles born artist and muralist Egypt Hagan is well known for her vibrant colors, luminous golds, and diverse/powerful imagery. Egypt highlights the use of portraiture as storytelling. As each human bears a unique story, she relishes in creating these stories not with the use of words, but bold images and an underlying vibrancy that emphasizes the main subject. Egypt’s paintings consist of people or moments that have inspired her journey, untold stories that deserve to be heard. Egypt currently resides and works out of Florida. She continues to work on numerous projects and commissions while exhibiting her artwork around the world.
 
HANDLER, Barbara (Main) ……………………………………………………..… Park, PA
WATERCOLOR: Handler received a BA and a BFA from the University of North Carolina, where she earned an M.ED. Earning a MFA in Jewelry and Metal smithing from SUNY, New Paltz. Handler sold her jewelry and taught jewelry as an adjunct at Arcadia University and later at Pratt Institute of Art. Where she then spent her career teaching art in the upper school of Abington Friends School for 23 years before retiring. Handler now devotes her time to her first love, painting. A member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society and Philadelphia Artists Equity. Handler's work is in numerous private collections and has been exhibited throughout galleries and museums for the arts across the country.
 
HARTSFIELD, Chris (Main) ……………………………..……………………  Louisville KY
Chris Hartsfield is a Louisville, Kentucky resident who loves his city and friends he interacts with daily. Also, some of his collectors call him an artist, he considers himself a painter... He has been painting and selling his work for over 35 years. For some 25 to 26 years his preferred medium was watercolor, in the realism genre. Since 2017 he has been painting on canvas with acrylic paint. These paintings have evolved from abstract, then representational, and now leaning back toward a more realistic style of painting.
 
HATCHER, Lissa (Boutique) ………………………….…………………………….Lutz, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Hatcher’s award winning photographs are highly conceptualized, choreographed productions full of fantastic characters in imaginary places. Working as a photographer, art director, and editor, it is often whispered that her shoots look like tiny movie sets where characters play out scenes like actors. Hatcher is an award winning photographer, painter, and writer specializing in Surrealistic Fairytales. She has received awards from Kodak, Fuji and other industry leaders, with features in American Photo Magazine and Kodak.com, and a variety of other publications. Primarily self taught, Hatcher received certification as a Master in Photography from the Professional Photographers of America in 2011. She continues pushing boundaries by combining photography, costume design and paint to create mixed media pieces and writing short stories about her characters which will ultimately be published as a children’s book.
 
HAYES, Michael (Main) ………………………………….……………… Spruce Pine, NC
GLASS: Michael Hayes was born in Nashville TN and grew up in St. Louis, MO and then Dallas, TX. Sports, fluidity of movement, the mind-body connection and power of attention/concentration piqued his curiosities from a young age. He moved back to St. Louis to attend Washington University in St Louis, where he majored in Economic Theory. He first encountered glassblowing while taking elective classes at WashU. Upon graduating, he helped Doug Auer and Jim Mckelvey build Third Degree, a multi-studio public access glass facility in the heart of the Central West End of St. Louis. After a decade of exploring the various possibilities within a glass studio startup, Michael leapt at the opportunity to strike out on his own and move to Spruce Pine NC with his love and glass partner Amber Marshall. To this day they run a small glass studio in Bakersville, NC that focuses on one of a kind glass and sculpture.
 
HEDBLOM, Dan & Francis (Main)………………………………………… Rochester, MN
METAL: Much of the Hedbloms’ work is inspired from their love of the North Shores of Lake Superior. Combining both of their talents as a team the Hedbloms design and create their artwork using a unique process bringing out beautiful colors in the copper. Both Frances and Dan design the artwork which requires many months of planning to create the design. Frances has a true talent in bringing out and blending the colors within the copper through her torch work. Dan enhances the colors of the copper through the grinding and buffing process which results with the copper shimmering and the colors appearing to move fluidly when displayed in the sun or light.
 
HEINDEL, Connor (Main) …………….…………………………….…………. Newnan GA
OIL: Connor Heindel graduated from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with minors in both studio art and entrepreneurship. Working primarily with oil on canvas, Heindel’s inspiration is rooted in the design found in nature. Utilizing painterly marks, line, and pattern he attempts to deconstruct these conventionally beautiful forms in order to create something new. Enjoying the juxtaposition of texture, the uncovering of light patterns, and ultimately the process of creating a harmony between recognizable forms and imaginative forms made with his hands through paint. It is Heindels hope that the culmination of these techniques, the subtleties created with fine details and those formed through expressive gestures, will take residence within layers of paint, to create a complete composition.
 
HENLEY, Jenny (Main) …………………………………………….…………. Marietta, GA
MIXED MEDIA: Jenny Henley is an Atlanta based interdisciplinary artist working with a methodology that embraces sculptural practices in a two-dimensional mixed-media framework. Typically, Henley uses socially recognizable imagery, appropriate for an audience familiar with contemporary notions of art; yet fused to a slightly nostalgic sensibility.
 
HENRI, Clifton (Main) ………………………………………………..………… Chicago, IL
PHOTOGRAPHY: Born in 1979, Clifton Henri is an award-winning photographer from the Southside of Chicago. Henri received his Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from Clarke University in Dubuque, IA, and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design from The Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, GA. Deeply influenced by the imagery from the Civil Rights Movement and Harlem Renaissance, Henri harnesses the spirit of some of the great storytellers, such as Gordon Parks, Kerry James Marshall and Norman Rockwell, to both visually and poetically create his own work that comments on social, cultural and world issues. Henri aims to inspire and evoke emotion through his work, capturing powerful moments that speak to heart. To date, Henri has exhibited all over the country and won 60+ awards for his photography. His most recent project is opening a new gallery and creative space in the Beverly/Morgan Park Neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side called Flypaper.
 
HENRY, Aaron (Main) …………………………………………….……… Los Angeles, CA
JEWELRY: The hallmarks to AARON HENRY jewelry are design integrity, gemstone quality, fine craftsmanship and attention to detail. Fine jewelry is an art form, and the creative process extends beyond our studio into every aspect of the world, which we inhabit. Where we travel, whom we meet and how we interact with nature and culture; our experiences and desires all influence the direction that our designs take. This is why the jewelry that we create today will remain relevant for future generations, and why our designs will continue to evolve.
 
HEQUEMBOURG, Aaron (Main) ……………………………………….… Monticello, GA
MIXED MEDIA: Hequembourg uses his passion for the past with the elements from a 200 year old plantation creating nostalgic and emotional works that also benefit his subjects from his community. Aaron was formally trained in engraving and printmaking at the University of Iowa. Upon graduating Aaron started to produce abstract figurative paintings engraved into wood panels. In 1997, Aaron and his wife Hope were married in the front yard of a farm that has been in her family since 1815. They proceeded to move into the farmhouse and have four children, and over the course of their lives there a family member suggested burning down the sharecropper houses that were scattered over the farm. After seeing the value of the wood, Aaron began to salvage materials for his contemporary work; however, after experiencing the history of the buildings and the objects inside them he was inspired to turn to his neighbors and community for subject matter, paying 10% to each model with the sale of their pieces. It has changed their lives and his. The result is the most successful body of work he has ever produced.
 
HILL, Jack (Main) …………………………………………………………….… De Land, FL
SCULPTURE: The ideas are born from observation of human existence, in all its splendor and absurdity. The addition of Hill’s own whimsy and uncommon approach brings about an expression of life in the permanence of bronze. People are only one part of the whole planet and Hill’s anthropomorphic works are an exploration of the blending of man into various parts of the environment. With attention to anatomic detail and a tongue-in-cheek twist Hill wishes to stimulate the imagination and, maybe, tickle the funny bone.
 
HOPKINS, Lonni (Boutique) ………….……….…………..……….….……….. Tampa, FL
JEWELRY: Lonni is a graduate from the USF Fine Arts Department, under the tutelage of the late Theo Wujcik. Grad school sent her on a professional journey teaching in the Visual Arts program at Blake Magnet High School for the Arts. Now retired, Lonni is a working studio artist, along with creating her own work she currently teaches her skill set at the Morean Art Center in St.Petersburg.
 
HUGHES, Ronnie (Main) ………….……….……….…………….… Laurel Springs, NC
GLASS: A native of the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina Ronnie Hughes maintains his studio not far from his birthplace. Throughout his 46+ years of professional work, Hughes has exhibited widely with his award winning glass wildflower sculptures that are avidly coveted by collectors. Originally capturing Tolkien “LOR” characters in the late 70’s he developed a focus on detail. Employing traditional lamp working techniques and borosilicate glass, Hughes uses propane and oxygen-fed torches. With freehand techniques he transforms his raw material into fluid, delicate looking, motion filled, and accurately depicted wildflowers. I currently have a sold exhibition at the BRAHM Blowing Rock Art & History Museum.
 
HUGUES, Linda (Main) ……….……….……….…………………………….…. Tampa, FL
ACRYLIC: Linda’s cityscapes reflect her interest in architecture, travel, and depicting the human form. Her sunlit cityscapes depict the urban landscape and people in their everyday life. These scenes of connection and contentment are a way for her to create an ideal world. As art is her third career, Hugues art education has been eclectic including classes, workshops, and self-study. Linda loves to travel because it sparks her imagination and gives her images for her artwork. Her favorite countries are France and Italy because of their rich culture and the opportunity to use her language skills. Linda returns from every trip with thousands of photos that inspire her work for months to come. In between trips she paints urban scenes from the Tampa Bay area. Hugues paintings are constantly changing as she works, with each modification retaining a hint of the original design. Her work becomes a tapestry of statements and revisions, and an echo of her daily inspiration.
 
HUNNICUTT, Joel (Main) ……….……….……….………….…….…. Hendersonville, NC
WOOD: After taking a furniture making class over 20 years ago, Hunnicutt fell in love with working with the lathe and over the years he realized, “I wanted to take my love of wood, give it the luminosity of glass while using the forms of ancient pottery. This led Hunnicutt to segmented wood turning. Each piece is made up of small segments, assembled into a rough form and then turned into the final shape. Hunnicutt reinterprets the ancient and classical forms and couples these forms with 21st century treatments.
 
JARJOUR, Bashar & Roula (Main / Boutique) ……………….……. Shippensburg, PA
CLAY: Jarjour Pottery specializes in ceramics and pottery, especially Raku pieces, in both decorative and functional forms. Their subjects are influenced by classical Middle Eastern forms, seeking perfection in the tossing of each vessel - balance, symmetry, and soft curvature in shapes. Bashar & Roula approach the surface treatment with care, extensively etching and carving vessels prior to glazing. The result is one of conflict and contrast, whereby a perfect and difficult form is finished with the chaotic craquelure of the Raku firing; where the undulating curves of each vessel are set against stark geometrical etching and highlighting.
 
KATTENBRAKER, Lisa (Main) …………….……………….………….……. Olympia, WA
BATIK: Lisa Kattenbraker creates narrative pieces using traditional batik methods, locally harvested beeswax, fiber reactive and natural dyes. Through hundreds of hours of wax application, both ancient and contemporary patterns and symbols are batiked into cotton fabric. Color, composition and pattern create an emotive backdrop while stick figures remain faceless, inviting the viewer to bring their own story to the piece. While the conversations, and the various reactions have not changed the way she continues to present her “human forms” i n art, it has opened up new conversations and dialogue about how we as a community and culture see race; whether and where it subverts itself into consciousness, as well as how and where race shows up as a form of personal recognition, and how it connects or divides us on both a conscious and subconscious level.
 
KATZ, Lori (Main) ……….……….……….………………….………………. Springfield VA
CLAY: Lori Katz is a studio artist in the Washington, DC area. She is known for the striking strength and simplicity of her work. Intrigued by contrast, the play of dark against light, the pull of empty space against the inclination to fill it up, the placement of line and shape, balance. Lori’s work has been included in definitive shows and art fairs in the US, Europe and Asia. Her pieces are included in collections throughout the world, including the permanent collection of the US Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, the Racine Art Museum, the IBM Corporation, Amazon Web Services, New York Presbyterian Hospital and in numerous private homes and collections. Lori’s work can be seen on television and in movies; most recently in Succession, Inventing Anna and Maggie’s Plan.

KIDD, William (Main) …………………….……………….………….…. St. Petersburg, FL
CERAMIC: William Kidd has been creating award winning ceramic pieces for over 38 years. He studied and received his BFA from Florida Atlantic University. Kidd spent his career teaching ceramics for 30 years in Miami, Florida. Today he continues to create works in his St. Petersburg studio. He participates in art shows across the country where he often wins awards and sells his works to collectors.
 
KIM, Jay (Main) ……………….….……………….…………..……………… Alpharetta GA
METAL: Jay was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. He received a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts from Yonsei University in Seoul. After various work experiences in both private and government sectors, including running his own purse brand based in Atlanta, it is clear that he finally discovered a calling in his relatively late age. Jay Kim became a full-time artist to pursue a passion for brass patina and engraving, a style he had developed as an accessory designer. Instead of painting brush, Jay uses a small handheld torch for flame patina and Dremel tool for engraving. When he works on blue patina, he concocts mineral salts into solution and streams it on 3D shaped brass to create tree-like branching patterns, which he believes can be found from every single living organism throughout nature including the organs of our bodies.
 
KIARALINDA, Todd Ramquist (Garden) .…………….………….…. Safety Harbor, FL
WIRE SCULPTURE:  Best known as the “Whimzey Twinz” for their one-of-a-kind three dimensional creations made from acrylic plastics, paints, beads, sequins, wire and more, Linda Kira and Todd Ramquist's outdoor garden art will delight you with its shapes and colorful displays. In addition to their memorable readymade sculptures, you can have them create a favorite name piece out of wire to bestow upon a special person.
 
KLISS, Bob & Laurie (Main) ……….……….………………..….………….…. Fresno, CA
GLASS: Both Bob and Laurie studied at Pilchuck Glass School. Each continues to teach and demonstrate their craft at a variety of schools and museums, and have exhibited their work widely throughout the USA. For over fifteen years Bob and Laurie have worked together to create sculptural blown glass objects with a playful use of color, form, texture, and shape, taking pleasure in each handmade piece they create striving to enrich the lives of art lovers everywhere wishing  continued enjoyment to those who have included them into their art-filled world.
 
KREUGER, Julie (Boutique) ……….……….……….….………….…. Safety Harbor, FL
GLASS: As a young girl growing up in central Texas, Julie was passionate about the cello, and played in many of the local symphonies and orchestras. She also loved sewing and playing with a variety of textures and flows. Both of these artistic outlets gave her an appreciation for the natural flow of all things in nature as well as her participation in it. Moving to Florida in 2005, she never looked back. It was here in the Tampa Bay area that she found numerous influences while exploring the rivers and springs of this state's natural resources by way of her kayak. It was also this time that she started her journey in glass. She delved into the artistic side of glass. During the learning process, she found both the science and the math of glass to be equally as compelling as the art of glass.
 
LAGOS, Carmen (MAIN) ……….…………………….………….………….…. Jupiter, FL
ACRYLIC: Born in Santiago de Chile, Lagos relocated to Columbia during political uprising. Formally trained as an Architect, Lagos always had a passion for painting that increased during her time in University. Her husband artist Gustavo Castillo fondly recalls how her room was dedicated to her studies and to her paintings where “her hands worked so fast over the paper”, where Lagos “never giving a chance for a doubt”. Lagos’s passion for art being so strong she inspired her then boyfriend Castillo to give water color a try, igniting his passion for art as well leading them both to give up their formative careers and becoming full time artist where they have now worked together, side by side, creating their art for over 40 years and still speak of it today as if they were still young passionate students discovering this life, their dreams and creating art together.
 
LAI, Daniel (Main)………………………………………………….…..… St.Petersburg, FL
MIXED MEDIA:  Daniel Lai, a self-taught artist known to have very innovative art making skills. Collectors from around the world frequently acquire his art. Daniel has been published in numerous books and magazines earning several awards nationally and internationally. Of Chinese descent, Daniel was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He moved to the United States in 2000 where he was granted US citizenship through his extraordinary ability in the field of fine art and arts management in 2014. He has a BA in Linguistics (2003), an MA in Art Studies/Art History (2006) from Montclair State University, and a PhD in Sociology with a concentration in criminology (2015) from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

LANDRY, Laurie (Boutique) ……….……….………….………….…. St. Petersburg, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Laurie Landry is a mosaic artist raised in Minneapolis, MN. From the early age of four she decided that she loved drawing and wanted to be an artist, attending the Commercial Art program at Hennepin Technical college. Later on Laurie began taking an evening clay class at a local art center and fell in love with clay, particularly with hand-carved sgraffito. For 20 years she showed her work in several states in the midwest. On a fluke – she made a tile mosaic surfboard shower backer for her community condo pool area. Soon after, she was commissioned to make another and her work in mosaics took off from there.
 
LATAYAN, Julie (Main) ……….……….…..……………….…… New Smyrna Beach, FL
SCULPTURE: Florida based artist Julie Latayan has been honing her skills in sculpture for the past several years. As a self-taught artist, Julie began her career as a painter and muralist. Her love of art and wish to share her talents led her to teach high school art for five years, and later opening her own gallery/studio. As a successful painter for many years, Julie sought to expand her talents and became fascinated with sculpture and the dimensional possibilities of clay. Currently, Julie has blended her painting skills with ceramic sculpture, creating fresh new forms by combining her two passions. Through these art forms, Julie can express herself in both color and shape. She sculpts and fires the clay, cold finishing her pieces in acrylic paint. Her inspiration comes from the rich diversity of humanity’s quirks and emotions. Julie feels a heartbeat in every piece of clay and works to bring it to life in a clever and unique way.
 
LEVASSEUR, Marc (Main) ……….……….…………….………….…. St. Petersburg, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Born in Charleston, SC and growing up in Atlanta, GA before making St. Petersburg his home, Levasseur’s art is owned by collectors throughout the South along with being in multiple movies. His mixed media paintings have a way of capturing a joyful familiarity expressed in vibrant colors. When Levasseur isn’t working on his own pieces he is working within the community sharing his artistic talents and skills by teaching art to students with disabilities and adults and children. Levasseur’s paintings are about the experience of light and shadow, color and texture. Using different types of mediums to create texture, abstract shapes and figurative to pop art paintings. His vision is derived by bright colors and unique textures.
 
LEWIS, Dale (Main) ……….…………………….……………….………….…. Oneonta, AL
WOOD: After receiving a BFA degree from The University of Alabama, Dale involved himself in graphic design and television production for several years. At the age of 39 he discovered an interest in wood sculpture. For 42 years he has pursued that passion. Dale has hundreds of pieces in private collections and 16 pieces in museum permanent collections. He has been included in numerous books, magazines and published videos. Dale has received 60 plus awards including 11 Best of Show Awards along with 2 Craft Fellowships.
 
LEWK, Jim (Main) ……………….…………………….……………………….…. Miami, FL
SCULPTURE: Born in Troyes, France and raised in New York, Lewk’s interest in art dates from pre- grammar school. After moving to Miami, he studied art at the University of Miami, Florida State University, and in several European countries. By 1970, he was working full-time as a metal sculptor. Even though he is familiar with current trends and techniques in art, he prefers to be an outsider artist, and has developed a style that is very much his own. Lewk’s sculptures are made of copper, welded with patina, and polychrome finish. The base is fossil coral from Key Largo formed at the beginning of the Ice Age 125, 000 years ago. The beauty of this ancient stone is its fossil imperfections. The balloons are hand-blown glass. Lewk has sold every piece of sculpture he ever put on the market. He has numerous collectors and has sold work to celebrities. Leak even had a sculpture in the Oval Office of the White House.
 
LOFLIN, Glory Day (Main)  ………….……….……………….………….…. Greenville SC
PAINTING: Glory Day Loflin is an artist living and working in Greenville, SC. Her work is an extension and elevation of her family's craft practices in wood and fiber. Inspired by Her family's history of making. Her uncle's carpentry,  grandmother's sewing, and mother's DIY interests continue to inspire Loflin to make paintings and sculptures about their labor through paintings and sculptures; she investigates themes of the domestic space, often quoting art historical references to do so. Loflin hopes her work inspires curiosity and joy in her collectors and gives them something in their everyday life to smile about.
 
LUTTRELL, Margaret  (Main) ……….……….……………….………….…. Knoxville, TN
MIXED MEDIA: Luttrell, an encaustic mixed media artist, hails from Knoxville, Tennessee by way of New Jersey. She received her MFA from the University of Tennessee and is a Fulbright Scholar. Along with exhibiting her work throughout the country and winning many awards, she is also an encaustic workshop teacher at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont, Touchstone, and many others throughout the U.S. and Europe. She explores the creation stories and constellation myths that are passed down to us. Whether ancient or modern, the same stories are universal then and now, as they have the ability to mirror our own mythologies in the present tense.
 
MADVIN, Andrew (Main) …..…………………….……………….………….….. Detroit, MI
GLASS: Andrew Madvin grew up curious with the freedom to explore the outdoors, quickly becoming interested in the natural world around him. He displayed a passion for creativity and a clear talent to build. These innate skills developed in his high school metals and jewelry classes, earning him work at a custom jeweler and earned him gold and silver scholastic awards on a national level for his art and designs. While attending the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Andrew abandoned the delicate format of jewelry for the larger scale study of sculpture. However, once exposed to the medium of glass there was no doubt it was the beginning of a life long relationship. He says, “The material holds an excitement I can feel. I see endless possibilities in form, technique, and physical attraction waiting to be discovered.” The fire and soul of hot glass seduced Andrew at once. Currently, Andrew is producing all of his original glass works to the highest quality and craftsmanship, and his limited edition fine craft and sculpture continue to evolve as his techniques flourish and his ideas expand. Installation and custom commission work are available and collected on a national and international level.
 
MADVIN, Robert (Main) …………….…………………….………….……..  Royal Oak, MI
GLASS: Robert Madvin was first introduced to glass while enrolled in high school by his older brother Andrew Madvin, also a successful glass artist. He later studied glass-blowing at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan and the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, Hawaii. While earning his degree in fine arts from the College of Creative Studies Robert began working with his brother to develop their own glass studio. Robert continues to blow glass and cultivate his work in that same studio space. Robert’s primary inspiration derives from nature; his artwork focuses on natural elements, textures, and color that he encounters in his travels and his day to day endeavors. While Robert was studying in Hawaii he developed his most prominent glass sculpture series called Pohaku, meaning “rock” or “stone.” Ancient Hawaiians would stack stones upon one another to create rock sculptures used as navigational instruments throughout the islands. Robert encountered some of these tools while hiking various trails in Hawaii and developed them into his glass stacked stone sculptures, shown at various art shows and galleries throughout the U.S. and Canada.

MALKIN, Vadim (Main) ……………………….……………….………….……. Orlando, FL
SCULPTURE: Growing up with art his whole life, and being a third generation artist, Vadim was destined to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors. He graduated with a BFA in ceramics and then continued to exhibit throughout the world. His work is featured in numerous private collections, as well as public collections in galleries and museums both in North America and China.
 
MARIN, Ancizar  (Main, Boutique) …………….….…….………… Pembroke Pines, FL
SCULPTURE:  Born in Colombia, Marin first received formal art training in the 1980s at the Bellas Artes institute in Manizales, Colombia. He continued to study sculpture at the Lucio Petraglia school of art in Bogota, where he honed his sculptural proficiency in bronze and steel, later, South American travel exposed him to the rich melting pot of cultural influences that further informed his approaches to color and texture. Marin works now in South Florida, where his work has been featured in design magazines , gallery shows, and prestigious art fairs, and private commissions continue to proliferate. Using the lost wax techniques and using materials such as bronze, fiberglass and chrome, Ancizar Marin is inspired by the whimsical subjects of Cirque du Soleil. He loves to see that his sculptures bring the same joy and happiness to people as they bring to him.  Today, Marin continues to experiment with multiple textures and techniques.

MASCOLL, John (Main) ……….….……………….……………….…. Safety Harbor, FL
WOOD: John Mascoll's affinity for wood began at a very young age, when his father, a carpenter and boat builder, allowed him to watch (and occasionally assist) as he worked, using only hand-held tools. He taught him that working with wood was very addictive, and as he mimicked every move, cut and style his father made, he became hooked. It wasn’t long before he developed good skills, which he was able to utilize years later to create his craft art. In addition to what John learned from his father, he further refined his woodturning skills through participation in various symposiums organized by the American Association of Woodturners, as both demonstrator and learner. He also performed demonstrations at local and national woodturning chapter meetings, and, for a few years, taught classes in the craft at the John C. Campbell Folk School of Art in Asheville, North Carolina.
 
MATHISEN, Katherine (Main) …………….…….……………….………….….. Miami, FL
SCULPTURE: Katherine's ceramic pieces share in the mystery of what it is to be human; communicating her love for plants, nature and the human form. Her current work is done by hand using earthenware clay and a combination of surface glazes, colored slips, stains, oxides. Creating figurative sculpture posed in simple gestures to convey human emotion and relationships, Katherine's current work blends clay and other media in an artfully articulate way.
 
McCLELLAN, Duncan (Main) …………………………………….…… St. Petersburg, FL
GLASS: McClellan’s fascination with glass began at age five, when he visited a glass factory in West Virginia. Duncan never forgot the image of the glowing, molten mass being formed by an expert craftsman. After successfully working with leather and clay, he finally had the opportunity to learn to blow glass at a studio in Ybor City, Florida in 1987. Duncan has studied the creation of larger forms with Fred Kahl and John Brekke, two instructors and artists working at the New York Experimental Glass Workshop. Duncan has also been honored as the second American invited to study and work at the ARS Studio in Murano, Italy. Duncan most recently moved from Tampa and now works out of a newly renovated tomato plant in Midtown District of St. Petersburg, FL.  Duncan redesigned a 7,800-square-foot building to have plenty of space to work and host events for local non-profits. Duncan’s processes enable him to place imagery on the inside and outside (and in some cases both) of his glass vessels. In his one-of-a-kind or series works, images are juxtaposed to articulate the message or idea. The focus is centered around the internal graal technique and overlay techniques, incorporating hand cutting, photoresist and computer graphics.
 
MELNICK, David (Main) ………………………….………………………….. New York, NY 
JEWELRY: Melnick's designs are organic and architectural shapes, superbly handcrafted in 18K gold and diamonds. He strives to create designs that are unique but at the same time, simple enough to wear every day. Always striving to make pieces that offer a unique perspective, Melnick wants to present jewelry that is distinctive, but allows it to be worn every day, feeling that the best design is the simplest design. Melnick’s goal is to design a piece of jewelry that can become your favorite piece to wear: its design should not shout and be able to be worn with other jewelry without overwhelming those pieces.
 
MIKULA, Michael (Main)  ………..…….…………..………….………….…. Cleveland OH
GLASS: Born 1963 in Grand Junction Colorado and raised in Chautauqua County, New York, Mikula looks to the built environment for its patterns, forms and details to spark his imagination. Early to mid twentieth century structures most often attract his attention. Designers in this period utilized and celebrated ornament and craftsmanship and Michael is drawn to the optimistic nature of the era. Michael earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1987. He has also studied at the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington, the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina and in Barcelona, Spain. In 1994, Michael completed a residency at the Creative Glass Center of America in New Jersey. He exhibits in juried fine art and fine craft exhibitions throughout the United States, including the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.
 
NEMNICH, Michael (Main) …………………….……….……….….……… Indialantic, FL
OIL PASTELS: Born in 1957, James Michael Nemnich presently resides in Indialantic, Florida and has so since 1963. Being a longtime Floridian, his local environment has heavily influenced his unique artistic style. Nemnich’s work is made on 100% cotton based, handmade archival paper. He uses oil pastels, oil pencil and graphite to achieve his imagery. Nemnich works the image through multiple layers that are added and subtracted until the image is complete, believing this process invites the observer to look closely and realize there is more to the image than they observed at first glance.
 
OKONKWO Nnamdi (Main) ………………….……………….…………. Fayetteville, GA
SCULPTURE: Nnamdi was born and raised in Nigeria where art was always a primary passion during his early education. After being recruited to play basketball at BYU-Hawaii, where he earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree following a Masters of Fine Arts degree at BYU Provo with emphasis in sculpture. Nnamdi has been sculpting professionally for more than 20 yrs, and resides with his wife and children in Georgia. His goal is to populate the world with monumental sculptures that will serve the twin purpose of beautifying the environment, and reminding the viewer of the transcendental or eternal quality of the human soul.
 
PARK, So Young (Main) …………………….…….……………….………….….. Vestal NY
JEWELRY: So Young Park was born in South Korea. She attended Kon-Kuk University in Seoul and earned a BFA and a MFA in metal and jewelry. She graduated with a second MFA in metal and jewelry design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2003. Upon completion of her studies at RIT, she taught metalsmithing both at Syracuse University and RIT as an adjunct professor from 2003 to 2007. In 2006, So Young decided to start her career as a jewelry artist. She has also taught at many workshops throughout the United States and South Korea. Currently she is running her own jewelry and metals studio called So Young Park Studio. She is actively participating in shows and exhibitions, nationally and internationally, as a jewelry and metalsmithing artist.
 
PEARCE, Kyle (Garden) ………….….……………….………….…. Tarpon Springs, FL
WELDED STEEL: A self taught artist from NY, Kyle started working in metal sculpture in the 1970's using primarily used auto and motorcycle parts for the bulk of his work. Kyle’s work is whimsical interpretation of current social, political, economical, or interpersonal situations. He likes to keep the metaphors loose and references obscure. His work has been featured in gallery exhibits in NY, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Scottsdale. And is featured in museums and public installations nationally as well as many private collections, including those of Rutger Hauer, John Cleese, Axl Rose, Billy Gibbons, Mickey Rourke and Wolfgang Puck.
 
PELOQUIN, Christine (Main) ………….…………………….………….……. Sorrento, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Peloquin is a 2-D mixed media artist who draws and paints faces, figures, landscapes and abstracts over collage. She uses many different materials including charcoal, acrylics, watercolors, mono prints, found objects, photo transfers, fabrics and papers on wood panels. Peloquin’s work is sold throughout the country in galleries, museums and juried exhibitions. Her work can be found in many international collections.
 
PENDER, Jeff (Main) ………………….……………….………….………. Mooresville, NC
CERAMIC: Receiving his MFA form the University of Florida Gainesville, Pender and was an Adjunct Instructor at Central Piedmont Community College from 2002- 2014. Pender also served as a lecturer at Wingate University from 2003-2006. His work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Monthly emerging artist online, American Craft and Art of Clay. Pender admits to entertaining an underlying romantic notion concerning the connection between art, ritual and mystery. He is continuously fascinated by the endless possibilities of the future, seeking the bridge between what was and what will be, between stories told and one yet to be written, between past and future.
 
PERL, Susan (Main) ……….……………………….………….……….. St. Petersburg, FL
CERAMICS: Susan was introduced to ceramics as a grad student at Rhode Island School of Design and has had a passion for clay ever since. She explores the medium with a childlike sense of wonder, playing with fire, color and surface to create one-of-a-kind objects. Susan experiments with all temperatures and all fabrication styles of ceramics, from the most organic methods to the most sophisticated, with influences as diverse as tribal Ndebele paintings to contemporary graffiti art. Aside from working as a former graphic designer and illustrator between New York and Boston, Susan has taught classes in colleges, public schools, community spaces, non-profits, museums, and art centers, and loves sharing clay with anyone willing to get their hands dirty.
 
PETERS, Tim and Erika (Main) …………………….……………….… Winter Haven, FL
PORCELAIN: Tim and Erika Peters, a husband and wife team that creates beauty from earth, fire, and human inspiration. Both being self taught artist, they have been making award winning work in porcelain since 1984. Their life of creativity is shared with their large family of 3 dogs, 7 cats, 2 parrots, 7 very husky koi, including  seasonal clouds of butterflies in their 123 year old home.
 
PETERSON, Benjamin (Outdoor) ….…………….….………………………….Tampa, FL
METAL: Born in GreenBay Wisconsin and relocating to Florida in 2001, Peterson works predominantly in metal in addition to including stone and a variety of river  rocks in many of his pieces.  Peterson’s artistic process began with years of hands-on work with marble, slate, and granite. He used remaining pieces for a variety of beautiful mosaics and décor for home and garden. In addition he studied under other artists that taught him how to weld. Benjamin enjoys the hunt of finding various industrial metal remnants and repurposing them. He believes their aged life is complimentary in color to Florida’s lush landscapes.
 
POPP, Robin (Boutique)   …………….……………….…………………….…. Trenton, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Born in South Florida, Robin has always had a love for sunshine and palm trees. Encouraged by a creative family, her love of art started as soon as she could hold a brush. She spent a short time at Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL, and earned a certificate as a cabinetmaker from Pinellas Technical College in Clearwater, FL. Combining her love for painting and for woodworking has been a challenge until recently when she began to cradle her paintings in wooden boxes. Now Robin has a painting studio and a woodworking studio on the thirteen hidden acres near Gainesville, FL. Primarily working in oils, she enjoys painting on location “en plein air” as much as possible. She loves being surrounded by the sights and sounds of the natural world and strives to add this essence to her paintings for the collector.
 
PRICE, Yank (Boutique)  ……….………..………….………………….…. Clearwater, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Yank is an intuitive artist, his curiosity with art lies in creating something new, something different, something that brings the viewer comfort. Viewing objects as shapes he is always trying new ideas, new materials, new designs.  Early on, Yank began his artistic life working on cars and motorcycles creating custom paint and bodywork. As computers came into the mainstream Yank focused on graphic design building a twenty year career within the design industry. Looking for a new creative outlet, Yank began to explore photography, wood, resin and paint. Everyday he was finding a refreshed creative outlet, finding himself looking forward to designing something new, every day becoming a new creative experience building from his years spent in custom paint, graphic and web design never expecting those experiences to create a new artistic life.
 
QUINTIN, Tyler (Main) ……….….……………….……………..…….  St. Petersburg, FL
SCULPTURE: Quintin is currently a long-term artist in residence at the Morean Center for Clay in St. Petersburg, FL. Receiving a BFA from Washburn University in 2016 Quintin explored work across a variety of mediums, which eventually led to a transition from drawing to ceramics. These foundations have provided Quintin with sensitivity towards material choice and interdisciplinary thinking in his approach to clay. Quintin’s work has been exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions, including venues such as the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (Helena, MT) and the San Angelo Museum of Art (San Angelo, TX). His work is featured in the permanent collections of the Mulvane Art Museum (Topeka, KS) and the San Angelo Museum of Art (San Angelo, TX).
 
RAINEY,  Shawn  FABSTRAQ (Main) ……….…………………….…. Wesley Chapel FL
ACRYLIC: Fabstraq is a talented abstract artist that has his fingerprint all over the Tampa Bay area. He has volunteered his talents to the Glazer Children’s Museum, local schools and organizations by bringing his art and experience to the classroom. His work has been highlighted and currently showing in local bars and establishments such as White Lie, Rose Bar and The Tampa Club. Suffering from mental illness Fabstraq’s approach to his art is from an intuitive standpoint using feelings and emotions as tools to anchor his creativity and imagination, this in turn fuels his passion to create wonderful pieces of art. The artist found art as an outlet to escape the stresses of life at an early age. He has used the pain of those experiences to see the world in a different lens, where we see him as Fabstraq!!
 
RECHTSCHAFFEN, Vasant (Main) …………….….………………….…. Lagunitas, CA
JEWELRY: Vasant's journey into the jewelry designing world began over two decades ago in India, where she designed a beautiful simple Sapphire necklace for herself. When she returned home, everywhere she went people asked her about her necklace. The next year she found herself back in India pouring through trays of stones and designing simple and elegant pieces of jewelry. Her collection can now be found In Galleries, Jewelry Stores, Spa & Retreat Centers and Museums.
 
RICAURTE, Courtney & Rommel (Garden) ……….…………………Lawrenceburg TN
SCULPTURE: An Andean native, born and raised in Ecuador. Ricaurte wasn't raised with television or technology and that inspired my love for creativity and nature. Growing up he knew that he wanted to use his creativity in a career so he moved to America and became a welder. Ricaurte has been making award winning sculptures for 23 years. His work expresses his love of nature in high quality stainless steel by designing, cutting, welding, polishing, forging with heat and modified tools and applying techniques of enamel.
 
RICE, Marie (Main) ……….…….……………..………….………….…. St. Petersburg, FL
OIL: Born in NYC and growing up in NJ, Rice is the 7th in a family of nine. She had a love of art and creative expression from a very young age. Though wanting to major in art in college, she ended up with a degree in Early Childhood Education from James Madison University.  After teaching in the traditional classroom for a short time, she eventually found her true calling, teaching art to young children for 17 years in Gainesville, FL. Primarily self taught, Marie paints in a representational style that has realistic and impressionistic qualities. The play of light on her subject matter is what brings her work to life.  “Glass has always intrigued me; its ability to reflect light and distort objects around it, especially vintage glass and timeless barware from the 40’s and 50’s. Classic perfume bottles and fashion accessories often find a place in my compositions”.
 
RIVERS, Ashley (Main) ……….……….……….……………….………….…. Gulfport FL
SCULPTURE: Ashley Rivers is a Contemporary Interdisciplinary Artist, She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts, with a concentration in Sculpture, from the University of South Florida in Spring of 2021. Since then, she has been creating art utilizing multiple mediums and techniques. Rivers make works from her soul- works that engage with feelings, emotions, and thoughts. She offers intimate moments of time and space, allowing each viewer a chance at self-reflection and individual release. Her work depicts stages of a journey in which each individual can fill their own gaps. Her practice is about form and flow. Allowing the process to take over her mind as she becomes fully engrossed in the moment. Starting with a simple impulse, it develops and transforms into something multilayered and indefinable.
 
RODRIQUEZ, Emmanuel Diaz & Sandra Diaz (MAIN) ………………..Homestead, FL
ACRYLIC: Born and raised in Cuba, Sandra Naranjo and Emmanuel Diaz, are a couple both in life and in art. They have worked as a duo for over twelve years, both working simultaneously on each of their pieces. Educated at the Professional School of Arts, as well as the Higher Institute of Art ISA in Havana, Cuba with a focus on art restoration. They have obtained numerous awards throughout their career. Their work is represented in the United States, Canada, Russia, England and Italy. They currently live in Miami, FL, where they continue their partnership in life and creative work.
 
RODRIQUEZ-CORRIA, Ernesto (Main) ……….……….……….……………. Miami, FL
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ernesto is a photographer born in Cuba and raised in Spain and the United States. He specializes in landscape and architectural photography. To him there is a simple idealism in the subjective framing and presentation of a landscape in its best light that he finds so very rewarding. To isolate a small piece of nature, seemingly untouched by man and share this dream with others through a photograph is a game he will gladly play for a lifetime. Having grown up on an island and then moving to Miami, he draws his inspiration mostly from the surrounding water and lush vegetation. The heart and soul of his photographs generally come from the interaction of the light with the water and surrounding structures. From peaceful dreamy longer exposures to the violence and impact of the waves crashing into rugged coasts, coastal scenes will remain his favorite subject.
 
ROSE, Marlene (Main) ………….…..…………….………….…….…. CLEARWATER, FL
GLASS: Marlene Rose is an internationally known award-winning sculptor who produces stunningly beautiful works of art in her chosen medium, sand-cast glass. Seen in museums and galleries across the US and Europe, her works are sought by glass connoisseurs, fine art collectors and Hollywood A-list celebrities. Each piece is hand cast from molten glass into an unique modern work of art that resonates with references and allusions to ancient cultures and civilizations.
 
SALDAITIS, Rasa (Boutique) ……………………………………..…… Pinellas Park, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Born in 1965 in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saldaitis began studying art in the 7th grade and was attending art school full time by 8th grade continuing on to Graduate from V. Muchina Academy of Applied Arts University in St. Petersburg, Russia. Saldaitis believes her oil and acrylic paintings to represent her love for color and the world around her. She feels that every artist dips their brush into their soul and paints their own nature into their paintings.
 
SAMAHA, Cindi (Boutique) …………………………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
JEWELRY: Samaha is a St. Petersburg native. Her designs are simple yet bold, elegant and sophisticated created especially for the discerning collector. She exhibits nationwide in museum galleries, boutiques and trunk shows. In 2018, she received an award of Excellence in the Boutique at Art Festival Beth-El
 
SAMIMI, Fay (Boutique) ……….……….………..………….………… Sherman Oaks CA
CERAMIC: Fay discovered her passion for art and working with clay while she was an engineering student at U.C. Berkeley. Later, as she and her family settled in Southern California, she started a career in engineering, but managed to make time for her art. In 1985, Fay joined the Palos Verdes Art Center and started taking ceramic classes and workshops. She uses wheel throwing and hand building methods working with low fire, stoneware, and porcelain clay to make her whimsical sculptures. Fay’s sculptures can be interpreted in the same way that we interpret dreams. They are rich with symbolism rooted in ancient Persian art and mythology. Human and animal forms interact and blend seamlessly: Hinting that “We are made from the same clay”. Her ultimate artistic goal is to intrigue viewers' perception, create a dream world of their own, and invite them to interpret my art from their point of view.
 
SCHER, Sara Golding (Main) …………….………………………….………….. Tampa, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Scher, a longtime resident of Tampa, Florida and graduate of Kansas City Art Institute with a major in Graphic Design and minor in color theory, has been dedicated to creating art, use of color and Women’s rights. Sara is a multi-disciplinary artist currently working in glass and acrylic, watercolor, paint and collage. Scher also works in clay, precious metal clay, polymer clay, printmaking, beading, mosaic, pen and ink, and pastel. Her love of using amorphous forms and vibrant colors (much like paper cutouts)
 
SCHWARTZ, Suzanne (Main) …………………………………………………Katonah, NY
JEWELRY: Schwartz earned a BA degree from Alfred University and a degree in jewelry design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Schwartz discovered the freedom art could bring when her grandmother taught her to sew and knit. As a child, textiles inspired her with their variety of patterns, textures, and movement and opened Schwartz’s eyes to art’s boundless possibilities. As an adult, her creative medium moved from textiles to metals. Her love of texture, form and intersecting lines provides inspiration in everything from nature to architecture, fabric, design, lines and texture. All spurring her personal aesthetic and style. Schwartz’s pieces are stitched with gold or silver wire on metal shapes, giving the work a three dimensionality while honoring the basic design sense of each piece. Stitching is a way for Schwartz to create texture in her jewelry, but what she loves most is seeing her finished work on other people. Even though it came from her hands and inspiration, she sees it in a new light, taking on a life that wasn’t there before and fitting to their personality as if made for the wearer. It’s exciting and truly gratifying.
 
SHANAS, Bonnie (Main) ………………….…………………………………Cherry Hill, NJ
MIXED MEDIA: Using wire mesh as her primary medium. Living in Israel for thirty years, Shanas focused on figurative studies in the studio classes of Israeli artists No’am Douieb and mentored with sculptor Shulamit Hartal, where she acquired her knowledge on mesh sculpting while pertaining to her interest in the human form. Today her work is represented in art galleries and exhibited in both juried and invitational shows nationally, where she has won numerous awards and honorable mentions. Since 2012 she has participated in several invitational art residencies in Poland and in France where she worked on themed exhibits created by collaborating international artists. Her work can be found in both private collections in the US, England, Australia, and public installations in the US, Poland and France.
 
SHAPIRO, Sue (Main) ……………………………………………….…. St. Petersburg, FL
SCULPTURE: Shapiro’s body of work in stoneware clay is inspired by her admiration for the tile work and carvings from ancient cultures along with geometric patterns found in Native American Art, stylized Art Deco Design and Contemporary Architecture continue to influence her designs today. Shapiro wants her clay work to add joy to your life. She wants her sculptural work to add interest and harmony to a space in your home and she hopes her functional clay work will be used and enjoyed and become part of your everyday living.
 
SLAGERMAN, Scott (Main) …………………….………………………..Los Angeles, CA
GLASS: Slagerman, a native of Los Angeles was fortunate to be involved with the growing American glass movement from an early age. After training with many of the most renowned artists of the American art glass movement, he then spent 17 years studying and working in France and throughout Europe alongside master craftsmen, designers and architects, before returning to Los Angeles. This trans-national experience has continued to inform his work. His work is featured in several Museums in Europe notably “La Musee des art’s Decoratif in Paris France”.
 
SMITH, Jon (Main)……………………………...........................................Clearwater, FL
OIL: Smith's training in art began as a child and continued through his studies at the University of South Carolina, the College of Charleston and finally the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Aix en Provence. Most of what Jon has become known for is the way that he is able to capture the very essence of people. It was in southern France while painting on location and studying the Impressionists that Smith developed his sense of light and color. Upon return from France, he settled in Boston and continued to paint plein air and to copy the Masters to build upon his technique. Combining his understanding of the Impressionists with the Old Boston School, Smith developed his own style: a loose realism with a hint of Impressionism. As Smith developed as an artist, his interest in painting people as the subject of his work led him to the museum setting. Smith developed compositions encompassing the fine lines of the architecture within the museum building itself while also capturing the spontaneity of people enjoying the art work.
 
SMITH, Sherry ……………………………………………………………St. Petersburg, FL
MIXED MEDIA: As a schooled graphic designer Smith launched her career in 1985. Determined to be a crusader for color, Sherry Smith took paint brushes in hand and began imposing her vivid palette on the world in 1985. With a talent for drawing, Sherry honed her skills and became an “Artoonist”. Her imagination draws inspiration from everyday life with family, friends and the world around her.
 
STEVENS, Rebecca (Main) …………………..………………………. St. Petersburg, FL
CERAMICS: Rebecca was born and raised in Asheville, NC, where she took her first ceramics class in 2013, falling in love with the process of throwing and with the ability to interact with her functional pieces. Rebecca’s vessels draw inspiration from art history as well as her personal history with ballet in order to reflect the joys of life which are dearest to her. Each piece she makes as a self-portrait because they combine elements of herself with how she sees beauty in the world and everything she loves about art and life. Rebecca's biggest historical art influences are ancient Greek art and the Art Nouveau style of the Arts and Crafts movement. To her, both of these historical art styles relate to the detailed craftsmanship, movement, and elegance of dance. Rebecca hopes viewers will see her pieces as timeless objects that elevate small daily moments into exquisite contemporary experiences that are reminiscent of the past.
 
STINSON, Rod & Karin (Garden) ………………………………..…………… Carlisle, PA
METAL SCULPTURE: Ron is a self taught artist living in Central Pennsylvania. He draws his artistic inspiration from nature, repeating patterns and sacred geometry. Ron has been creating and displaying art as his primary focus for the past 25 years. Meeting other fellow artists and patrons at outdoor fine art festivals has brought him great joy over the years. He looks forward to the adventure every year.
 
SWARTZ, Clayton (Garden)…………………………………………… Pinellas Park, FL
METAL SCULPTURE:  Originally from Miami, as a young boy, Clayton watched his father weld and braze metals into unique sculptures, sparking his own passion for welding and creating. His works blend modern abstract sensibilities with formal subjects. Clayton's current subject matter includes sea life sculptures which stems from his fascination with the ocean and a love of scuba diving, spear fishing, and boating. Clayton create hearts sculptures to symbolize a strong connection to God, family, and a love for life. Lastly, his modern abstract sculptures illustrate his passion for vibrant color and beautiful form. Clayton’s interest in the physical act that goes into creating his works. Clayton describes his works as a performance or dance with the material...a chance to change something raw into something beautiful. His vision is to create inspirational sculptures that invoke feelings of joy, love, hope, peace, and beauty. Clayton wants to enhance communities by creating sculptures that are visually stimulating and engages the community to interact with his sculptures by discovering their beauty and meaning.
 
THETFORD, Daryl (Main)………………………………………………….Chattanooga, TN
MIXED MEDIA: From an early age, Daryl Thetford was interested in art, but it wasn’t a “practical field,” so he pursued and received his MS in counseling from Murray State College, but after 15 years as a counselor he felt unfulfilled and decided to follow a new passion, collage. His collage works can contain anywhere from 100 up to 200 photographs. His works consist of combined photos that Thetford himself takes all over the United States. He then manipulates his photographs to create his desired image. As Thetford relays, “I was drawn to the detail, the texture, the painterly aspect of older signage that coexisted with the newer, slicker, mechanically-produced signs and I wanted to preserve these images.”

THOMAS, Zhanna (Main) ………………….……………………………St. Petersburg, FL
ABSTRACT: Zhanna Thomas was born in Russia near the Ural Mountains. Beginning her career as an interior designer in Ukraine in addition to a women's clothing sewing business. After moving to the US she specialized in millinery of KY hats and jewelry from gemstones and pearls. While working on her unique and authentic pieces, Zhanna’s sense of style and her passion to create have taken her on a journey of self-discovery in search for new forms of expression leading her to explore a multidimensional world of abstract art with its captivating shapes and exuberant color patterns.

TRINKLEIN, Wayne (Main) ………………………………………………… St. Peters, MO
SCULPTURE: Trinklein, a former physician, has been making trees to honor people for 50 years. He identifies a person, writes verses about their special qualities, and then, recalling trees he has seen or climbed, he creates that tree to tell their story. Trinklein’s trees look real but intriguingly special. The observer's challenge is to find themselves in the tree. He has worked 3 decades in developing a unique sculptural expression in heat fired, molded copper and tin, mounted in rock. Using his own metal alloys, heated to their eutectic point, he sculpts curves and textures as if it were clay. Patinas and colored resins are added as trim. In his trees he uses naturalistic arboreal anatomy and features to portray the human condition. Twisted limbs, split trunks , and probing roots portray relationships, struggle, and adaptation. He shows the trees as unique, believable, and inspiring.
 
TSHUN, Sip (Main / Boutique) ……………..………….…………… Pompano Beach, FL
MIXED MEDIA: Sip Tshun grew up in Indonesia to Chinese parents who moved his family there to make a better life for themselves. In Indonesia he lived in Pontianak, a tropical paradise where the equator passes through the middle of town. His talents were noticed when he was very young and the teachers actually didn’t believe he had done the artistic work himself. His sculptural, precise use of colored pencils to enhance the bright colors of his work add a unique touch to each piece. Tshun says, “The one constant is time: it is precious and we must live in each moment!”
 
TURCO, Greg (Main) …………….………………………………..………… Jefferson, GA
PHOTOGRAPHY: Inspired by the intersection of the natural world and the man made world. Where nature is taking back the man made. By the contrast of the old and the new. Turco uses this as a baseline for his digital work and then digitally layers various elements onto the photographs to create new images that allow the viewer to see these structures in new and interesting ways. Turco received his BFA in photographic design from the University of Georgia in 2001. In the summer of 2000 he was an intern with the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops where he worked closely with many top professional photographers over the course of the season.  This led directly to an apprenticeship with renowned architectural photographer Nick Merrick of Hedrich Blessing Photographers. In 2005 he started Greg Turco Photography and has since received over 30 awards for his work. His work is featured in collections throughout the country and internationally.
 
Maher-Valasquez, Colin (Main) .………………………………….…… Philadelphia, PA
MIXED MEDIA: Colin Maher-Velasquez is the husband of Luisa Velasquez-Maher; a half to a whole, a collaborator to his partner in art. Together with his wife, Colin has been a professional artist for 15 years. He travels the country exhibiting both his and his wife's work. Colin's inspiration arrived through a continued frustration with what he saw as a lack of freedom within the fresco medium he and his wife work in. He developed a way to mix nearly any liquid paint medium and marble dust together--especially those mediums that normally conflict with one another (acrylic and oil paints are commonly seen together on the same canvas)--forming a cascade of color and texture that had eluded him. Colin's eye is focused always towards the evolution of his technique. His abstract frescos are an homage to his wife's work--a style of fresco sculpting that they have honed together for over 15 years.
 
Velasquez-Maher, Luisa (Main) ….……..………………………………. Philadelphia, PA
MIXED MEDIA: Luisa Velasquez-Maher began her art career as a child watching her mother, a master seamstress, sew formal dresses for cotillons in her hometown of Santa Marta, Colombia. Her formal training through the Instituto de Diseno in Bogota, Colombia built on her impressive raw skills as a painter and fabricator. Before her two children came along, Luisa dove head-first into outdoor art show exhibitions as a way to market her work to a wide audience. Now, as a mother of two young children, Luisa has chosen to stay in the comfort of her South Philadelphia neighborhood, while Colin (her husband and partner in art) travels and exhibits their work throughout the country. Colin describes Luisa as the "godfather" of their technique and aesthetic--building upon a rich matriarchal tradition from within the Velasquez family. Luisa’s work explores the application of classic techniques and materials, and their relationship to a modern aesthetic. Fresco and Secco techniques date as far back as 2000 B.C.--with an academic treatise dating back the 8th century A.D.--there is still room for these works and the time-consuming skills to make them. The challenge, as she sees it, is trying to pay homage to the masters before her, while striking out her own path. Luisa strives to take Fresco-Secco paintings out from their figurative confines and explore their materials, so that the marble dust (pulverized marble stone) and the paints used to bind them are the main focal points. Knowing when a piece is complete when she can see color, texture, and movement all moving in synchronicity.

WALKER, David (Boutique) ….……………..………………………… St. Petersburg, FL
GLASS: Throughout his life, David Walker has followed his heart and walked an unconventional path. While attending college David  took a side job making production work for a local glassblower. Little did he know that what started as a part time gig would turn into a four-year apprenticeship and a lifelong passion. David actively creates new glass work which often reflects his love for the natural world, his love for his children and occasionally a touch of politics instilled from growing up in Washington, DC. David’s work has evolved into an installation scale and along with his Zen Glass team, David has been moving his work more into the public sphere.
 
WANG, Li (Main) ………………………………………………………….. Palm Coast, FL
OIL: Wang is a passionate and a prolific artist. He captures the mood, light, and essence in everything he paints, from still-lifes to landscapes to portraits. Wang’s talent is clearly shown on canvas. His paintings speak of volumes of his connections between the rich history of his culture and his own current worldview. The combination of two cultures is prevalent throughout his pieces, such as the still life, which is symbolic in Chinese culture, and the impression landscape, which contains much more abstract elements, such as free-hand brush painting strokes. He enjoys a variety of subjects and themes and is always finding new ways to express his feelings and emotions.
 
WATERS, Dawn (Main) ………………………………………………………… Gulfport, FL
NEEDLE FELT: Waters, a native New Yorker began creating art later in life after a career as the communications director at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. Using fiber as her palate, Waters creates portraits made with the technique of needle felting, a technique similar to tattooing except using wool. Where Waters once communicated as a writer, she now communicates through her felt paintings, making statements or eliciting emotions, whether it’s evoking comments about a political statement, a discussion or mere reflection from an emotive piece, or simply a good laugh.
 
WHIPPLE, John (Main) ………………….…………………………………. Winterpark, FL
ACRYLIC: John Whipple started his career in graphic design and illustration which shifted later to large mural projects and working for the film studios in Orlando. He shifted to creating his own work and has been traveling the country doing art festivals, gallery shows and museum exhibitions for the last twenty years. He is a founding member of McRae art studios, the oldest and largest art studio complex in Orlando. John’s approach to his work is understanding what has always excited him about art.... learning and having new visual experiences. To that end he usually works in small series. This allows John to fully investigate and honor an idea but also gives him the freedom to move onto something new. John tries to expand his understanding of art by working in multiple mediums and disciplines to explore the different properties each has to offer.
 
WILLCOX, Kimberly (Main) ……………………………………………… Gainesville, FL
SCULPTURE: Upon entering the very special world of Kimberly Wilcox’s sculpture, there’s an initial feeling that the spirit of the forms she’s created already reside within the viewer. Born with a need to create, Willcox loves the creative process and problem solving. Her passion is to create a unique art form that reveals the seamless integration of the physical world with the human spirit. Today, she creates 3-dimensional objects from transformed materials. Willcox’s sculptures have grown into kinetically alive figures that tell their story of renewal and life’s journeys. Her ideas stem from the world around her, a blend of conscious and subconscious imagery. Working to discover the unexpected while leaving room for spontaneity the sculptures incorporate wood carving, bronze casting, and forged steel with patina finishes. All of the elements are joined together with other found objects.
 
YOUNG, Rina (Boutique) …………………………………………………… New York, NY
JEWELRY: While working at her first job, Rina began to make jewelry out of found objects. From there she took classes in metal and fell in love with both its elasticity and permanence. It never fails to inspire her to create objects to wear. Rina creates everything by hand and each piece is a small sculpture to wear.Young  Finds inspiration in art and architecture and often, found objects can inspire her to create a new collection of work. Never underestimate what is literally under your feet, because sometimes you find a spark, sometimes a spark finds you.
 
ZABISKY, Agueda (Main / Boutique) ……………………………….   St. Petersburg, FL
CERAMIC: Zabisky, born in São Paulo, Brazil has been working within design over thirty years. With a B.S. in graphic design her years of working with paper and computer software left her with the need to work with her hands and how she ultimately found her passion in working with clay. Zabisky realized that she needed to respect clay so that it would respect her back and, as a natural consequence, a portion of clay could be transformed into unique art pieces. Inspiration is everywhere. It depends on how Zabisky viewed something. Often, saved drawings of dormant ideas come back unexpectedly and everything flows naturally with the continuous movement of seeking to align thoughts and ideas with possibilities; all maturing and suddenly making connections. The fascination of this discovery, so full of possibilities, has transformed Zabisky completely.
 
ZIEGLER, Mary Ann (Boutique) ………………………………………………… Largo, FL
FUSED GLASS: Mary Ann Ziegler is a local artist who has been learning her craft by attending workshops and classes throughout the United States.  Art has become her passion and there is rarely a day that a day passes that her three kilns aren't being fired. She is a lifelong learner with a passion for color, design, and the functionality that glass can bring to the table and home.