Andrina Carey

Andrina is a representational artist with a love of rich saturated color, and her preferred mediums are oil and pastels. She tries to use complementary colors to enrich and enhance the composition of her paintings. The inspiration for her work is the beauty of nature. She took art classes in high school and college. She always dreamed of pursuing art, but earned a degree in nursing. After retirement, she found a wonderful teacher whose enthusiasm and knowledge of art re-instilled her love of art.

Exhibit Piece: "Heavenly Beauty"

Anne Westin

Since retiring from my job as a high school teacher, I have tried to keep my mind active. At first, I tried writing and joined a writers’ group, but it felt too much like work. Then I took a class in oil painting and enjoyed it so much that I had to continue. I enjoy painting animals (especially pet portraits), scenes from nature, and still lifes. I have worked almost exclusively in oils but recently have begun exploring other media. My work also appeared in the Ormond Memorial Art Museum show Verdant Visions in Spring 2022.

Exhibit Pieces: "Moonlight in the Aspen" and "Night Birds"

Barbara Betts

Exhibit Piece: "The Gift"

Barbara Perkins

"I am a Florida artist, primarily self-taught. Making art is how I share the wonders of my world with others, serving as a visual diary of what brings me joy. My abstract painting serve to reflect the many emotions and narratives about the human figure. Painted with bold colors, line work and collage, these mixed media works reflect the layers upon layers of a visual history within the canvas. I am a writer of poetry, who accesses an intuitive, abstract language that serves to expand or heighten the expressive content of the painting through poem ­making. Sometimes poems are completed before the painting, or written after the painting is done. With my dual approach to art-making I hope to enhance a viewer's enjoyment of abstract work who might not relate otherwise to this form of art."

Exhibit Piece: "It’s My Duty"

Beau Wild

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Beau Wild is an American artist who paints non-objective and figurative abstract work. A native Floridian, she was educated in occupational therapy at Tufts University and in painting at the Museum School / Museum of Fine Arts, both in Boston. Dual roles as therapist and painter spanned decades and each enhanced the success of the other. Beau returned to the childhood hometown of Daytona Beach, Florida in 1983 after 22 years in New England. Since then, Beau has shown work in nationwide art festivals, competitions and museums across the world and, in 2015, was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award during a competition in Cincinnati, OH. Today, Wild paints daily in her studio on Rose Bay in Port Orange, FL.

Exhibit Pieces: "It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere," "Celebration," and "Resounding Merriment"

Beth O'Connor

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Beth developed her love of the natural world in the woods, creeks and mountains of Tennessee as a child and young adult. She studied painting and design at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After moving to Florida in 2006, she started working professionally as a muralist and developed a love of working in a large-scale format. Beth's recent canvas work focuses on understanding and celebrating our relationships with our natural world by imaging new contexts beyond time and region for life to exist. Her style encompasses elements of surrealism, abstraction and pattern making.

Exhibit Piece: "Golden Days"

BJ Lantz

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BJ Lantz considers herself fortunate to have made a living as a professional artist for the majority of her life – first as an award-winning graphic designer, then licensing her artwork for giftware and home decor products as well as creating her fine art paintings which range in subject from land or seascapes to abstracts inspired by her love of nature. Of her work, created with cold wax mixed with oil paint, BJ says, “Every painting I begin feels like standing at the gate with an open-ended ticket in my hand…destination unknown.  I love being surprised by my own work.  My favorite bits of my paintings are those details that I have no recollection of creating, that seemed to have found their way there on their own, yet intention is present.  Whether I am working on a series reminiscent of landscapes or simply movement, shape and color, I want the viewer to wonder, to be intrigued by what is underneath, what’s off in the distance. I want them to see things unique to their eye – and to see something a little different every time they step into that piece. I want the piece to tell them a story that belongs only to them.” When she’s not designing, painting, designing, traveling or being bossed around by two rather spoiled cats, BJ can be found riding her lime-green bicycle with a big smile on her face.

Exhibit Piece: "Wilderness and Wildflowers"

Carson Kapp

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Because she was an architect in her career life, Carson’s design process builds upon her knowledge of the history of art and architecture. In her warehouse studio, she awakens her heart, flourishes her creative spark and spontaneously plays with color. Every time she got laid off from her architecture jobs, she picked up her paintbrush and has painted seriously for years, winning awards in venues in the United States and internationally. You can see her joy-filled pieces @kappcarson on Instagram and her website.

Exhibit Piece: "Zazzle"

Christine Broussard

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"Who am I? I am a decorative artist. I create faux finishes with Venetian plaster and Trompe l’oeil details on supports such as floor coverings, columns, doors and furniture in the Washington DC area. Later on I dived into the sacred world of iconography discovering the joy in using the millenary medium of egg tempera, casein and gold leaf. To draw the extraordinary life of saints and prophets it is a must to know more about the reasons of their peregrination! The result is a profound enrichment on design, styles, customs and history. As a passionate traveler, keeping travel diaries, sketchbooks or Carnet de Voyage to record sceneries and stories using watercolor. This is my way to travel back into time when turning the pages of these colorful journals. Acrylic is my other medium of choice. I used acrylic to enliven a 5ft. loggerhead turtle with the Greek theme: “The Winged Victory of Samothrace.” Follow PalmCoastTurtleTrail.com to discover the public places where the turtles are located and enjoy seeing mine in Bunnell at the Justice Department. While painting I am dancing with the stars. Brush strokes and colors fly on my canvas! The uniqueness of my work comes from the glowing colors that define its subject with a touch of surprise. Art is Life, Life is Art! May this colorful expression of my art enliven the viewers heart, spirit and brighten their day."

Exhibit Piece: "Moroccan Vase"

Christine Colby

"My artmaking practice was previously centered on ideas of place and the history of collecting. Recently I have begun to examine the significance of presence within the artmaking process and the remaining materials that result, specifically within ceramics. These leftovers have affected my exploration of these ideas and I’m currently utilizing components from past sculptures to construct new forms and textures."

Christine Colby is an artist and art educator residing in Volusia County. Her studio practice focuses on the materiality of clay through a combination of raw and multiple fired pieces, resulting in a juxtaposition of textures, colors, and surfaces. As a Volusia County native, imagery from Florida has been inspirational to her work—ranging from ubiquitous tourism culture to found objects from the local environment. Recently, she has experimented with small scale functional work, intended for personal use at home. A BFA graduate from University of South Florida, Colby also earned her MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, she is the sculpture faculty at Seabreeze High School and Department Chair of elective programs. Colby has exhibited throughout various Volusia County venues, such as the Atlantic Center for the Arts’ Harris House Gallery, Ormond Memorial Art Museum, and Galerie Elan. Her artwork has been included in exhibitions at Waynesburg University, Wichita State University, and The Clay Studio. Additionally, her artwork has been featured in publications such as Lark Books’ 500 Plates and Platters, Davis Publishers’ Experience Clay, and Ceramics Monthly magazine.

Exhibit Piece: "Slack Tide II"

David Hettel

"My slogan is Ocean Inspired. My love of water led me to my love of surfing and travel. I have lived in Florida, Hawaii and briefly in Northern California, always within walking distance of the ocean, and I’ve enjoyed traveling to Costa Rica for decades. I’ve studied art and graphic design and established a decorative painting business in 1999, creating murals and original finishes for walls and ceilings, in residential and commercial spaces from Delray Beach To Atlanta. In 2004 I received top honors in an international competition for decorative painters in Las Vegas in the Best Contemporary Finish category. In 2019 I decided on a style of fine art I wanted to pursue, creating abstract visions of ocean born templates such as “ Mermaid’s Purses,” ( Skate egg cases), corals, sea grasses and fish. My current direction is back toward representational subjects but I still enjoy the freedom of “letting a painting happen” with an abstract mindset."

Exhibit Piece: "Edge of the Reef"

Deborah Boyd

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"I discovered I was an artist late in life. My mother was very talented, but never found the time to pick up a brush. I remember telling her that if I had her talent, I would never stop painting. Like most mothers, she always told me I had talent, I just needed to try. After her death - as if to defy her - I took an oil painting class. I came home and showed my husband the finished painting and said, "I think I can paint. I never looked back. At age 58, I discovered the artist in me. I have no formal training which has afforded me the freedom to experiment with a variety of techniques. I currently live in Daytona Beach Shores with my husband, author Marshall Boyd."

Deborah's award-winning art is brought to life through a kaleidoscope of color, inspired by the world around her. Recent work is characterized by vibrant colors and with a touch of Florida in every painting.

Exhibit Piece: "All that Glitters"

Deborah Hildinger

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Deborah Hildinger received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas with a double major in Printmaking and Painting in 1979. Upon graduation, WED Show Production employed her as a finishing artist during the construction of EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World. She believes this to be one of the greatest learning experiences of her life. Before moving to California in 2004, Deborah was administrator of the permanent art collection at Orlando International Airport and responsible for the works of art produced by internationally acclaimed artists such as Doris Leeper, Miriam Schapiro, Jacob Lawrence, Duane Hanson, and Dale Chihuly. Deborah is an award-winning artist in her own right within the mediums of printmaking, painting, pastel, digital imagery, and fine crafts. She has exhibited in galleries, museums and sidewalk art festivals throughout the southeastern United States and in California. Ms. Hildinger retired in 2016 from the City of Santa Maria, CA where during her tenure she held the positions of Cultural Events Coordinator and Library Artist. Within these positions, she managed the visual arts programs and galleries for adults and children. In addition, she retired from her position as an adjunct instructor at Allan Hancock College. From 2005 to 2016, Ms. Hildinger taught lecture and studio classes that included portraiture, drawing, digital fine art, art appreciation and American art history. Returning to Florida in 2016, Ms. Hildinger is now working as a full-time artist, exhibiting at art festivals and within the HUB on Canal in New Smyrna Beach, FL with her fine art gourds.

Exhibit Piece: "Rutabulo Gourd"

Desiray Blackburn

"I am a disabled Veteran who has had migraine headaches since 1980, but still trying to be of service to those around me. I loved the military, and I appreciate all that other Veterans have given. My son, Jason, was killed in a tragic accident in September 2018. I started acrylic abstract painting to calm my mind. Stirring paint allows me to be mindful."

Exhibit Piece: "The Irish Hills at Spring"

Dominique Dubois

Exhibit Piece: "The Sun in its Evening Glory"

Donna Howard

Exhibit Pieces: "Arabian Silk Sunset" and "Dusk on the River"

Doreen Hardie

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Doreen Hardie's landscapes are done in an impressionistic style that reflects her deep faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the beauty He created in the world around her. She was a student of the late Greek painter Antonis Karafyllakis. Doreen says “Before I begin painting, I ask the Lord to bless my canvas, my brushes, and my eyes, so I can see and interpret the vision clearly. I don’t feel I am finished with a painting until it begins to sing to me.” Doreen works primarily in oils. She has shown her works in several galleries and art shows in Washington, DC, New York, Philadelphia, Delaware and Florida, and has won ribbons in juried shows. Her paintings are in private collections around the United States, Jamaica, Japan, Australia and Europe. She is represented at the Sea Spirits Gallery, St. Augustine, and is a member of the National Association of Women Artists.

Exhibit Piece: "Cascading Wisteria"

Dušana Souchek

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Born in northeastern Czech Republic, Dušana emigrated to the USA in 1968, settling in Bucks County, Pa. During this time, she participated in many local and regional art shows and working on her craft in her spare time. Upon relocating to St. Petersburg, FL, in 1989, Dusana was contracted by Madeira Beach Art Gallery as the Artist in Residence. It was in this role she developed her passion for watercolors and natural Florida flora and fauna, and her work was enthusiastically acquired by many visitors from around the globe. In the early 2000s residing in Jupiter, FL, Dusana put together her first studio, allowing her to expand her artistic ventures to include teaching children and adults. Offerings included classes on watercolors and acrylics, as well as pottery and clay, and glass work. She continued to exhibit at local art festivals and fine art shows, often garnering awards and recognition for her work. Today, Dusana is based in Flagler Beach and uses her creative energy and talent to assemble and create truly unique pieces of fused glass. Taking many of the lessons learned regarding texture and form, depth and light, her glass is truly something to behold. She enjoys the challenges and rewards of being an artist, learning new mediums, creating unique pieces, and sharing the tools and technique required. Above all she is a person dedicated to the arts and the art world.

Exhibit Piece: "Golden Lady with Red Heart"

Gabriele DiTota

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"I create art quilt collages of fabrics and fibers held together with stitch. I especially like to approach the subject matter from a tangent and design works that tell a story. These stories may be based on personal experiences, photographs from my travels or on research into subjects that stir my interest. The materials for these art quilts rely heavily on hand painted, hand dyed or hand printed fabrics. Recently I have included work using a photographic process called cyanotype. I love the freedom that comes from using fabrics that I have created as well as the effects that I am able to achieve with those fabrics."

Exhibit Pieces: "Bothered" and "Happy Fish"

Grace Senior Morandi

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Grace was born in Colombia, South America. One of her uncles was a professional builder/designer of parade floats and event stages, and one day she was asked to assist him. It was then she became interested in creating and expressing ideas using color. She took private classes in drawing and painting and won her first national art contest at age 13. After those school years, her art took a backseat to her professional career and motherhood, and she didn't paint again until after retirement. She has studied with great teachers in the US, Mexico, South America and Europe to learn different techniques and materials, and enjoys sharing her knowledge with others. She uses many layers of paint, using gel mediums, gesso and other materials, to create visual textures without a previous conceived idea. Though she is not a realistic painter, she tries to keep some realism in the compositions. She believes art is the expression of inner feelings, not a copy of existing objects. Grace's artwork is in private collections in the US, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Greece, Panama, Puerto Rico, India, Scotland and Spain. She prices her original artwork reasonably to provide the opportunity to acquire the work and fulfill her desire to be in many homes and businesses worldwide.

Exhibit Piece: "Magician"

J. Walker Fischer

J. Walker Fischer is the son of the late Cdr. Edwin Fischer and Sara Fischer of Ormond Beach, longtime supporters and activists for OMAM. He is an 8th generation Floridian, a graduate of Seabreeze High School, Furman University and the University Of Florida. He is an Army Vietnam veteran,1970-1971. Retired from careers in public relations and broadcasting, he resides in The Falls community where he composed this photograph of the holiday display at the entrance. Having occasionally worked in professional photography, nowadays Walker prefers shooting with simple point-and-shoot digital cameras for convenience and speed. A former longboard surfer and avid beachgoer, Walker lately takes to the ocean with a waterproof camera and positions himself under breaking waves to capture “inner waves”, including those of the famous Waimea Bay shore break in Oahu, Hawai’i...and lives to tell about it.

"I took my first picture with a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera when I was six years old. I’ve been hooked on ‘viewfinderitis’ ever since. Here’s why: doesn’t matter the subject because, for better or worse, all the world’s beauty and fascinations, thrills and horrors can be visually, speedily and often poetically framed by the serious photographer’s eye and preserved in a single timeless moment. It’s an allure that’s hard to resist.”

Exhibit Piece: "JOY in Lights"

Jane Solose

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Three years ago, Jane Solose discovered the beauty, magic, and science of fluid dynamics related to acrylic pouring art, and in that short period of time has produced a collection of unique and colorful abstract creations on canvas, vinyl records, tile and wood. The self-taught artist enjoys experimenting with various fluid art techniques, pouring mediums, and color combinations. A few of her pieces were displayed at the 2021 OMAM Pop-Up at the PAC “Holding Space” exhibit, and most recently at “The Gift of Art” show at the Art Spotlight Gallery in Ormond Beach. Jane is a native of Niagara Falls, Ontario in Canada. Prior to becoming an abstract fluid artist, her career as a concert pianist, recording artist and master teacher took her to Korea, Japan, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Argentina, Canada, and around the U.S. After serving 40 years as a music educator in colleges, conservatories and universities in Canada and the U.S., Dr. Solose retired as Professor of Piano from the Conservatory of Music and Dance, The University of Missouri-Kansas City and currently resides in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. “Intoxika” was a 2020 music and visual art collaboration with Thomas MacKay, mallet percussionist with the Hawaiian-based group Intoxika. For this project, Jane created a series of seven paintings on 18" wood rounds, using the music and titles of Intoxika’s debut CD tracks as inspiration. This combination of music and art, as well as the creation processes of her latest pieces can be experienced on her YouTube art channel. Her stunning digital art is very popular. Using photos of her fluid art, she creates colorful digital manipulations that are available on limited-edition metal prints. Jane also creates FUNctional art - transforming and merging her pieces into novel art clocks, home décor and furniture. Her pieces are available for purchase at the SeaCasas boutique in Flagler Beach and on her website.

Exhibit Pieces: "Poinciana" and "Synergy"

Jill Bright

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Jill Bright lives on a farm near her native town of Hahira, Georgia. Her interest in art began with photography, which she still enjoys. Her first entry in Valdosta's Spring into Art" exhibition earned an award of Merit for her photograph of Nutt, her Brittany Spaniel. Jill is a nature and animal lover and many of her works features pets, livestock and wildlife. All of her works feature brilliant colors. "Like most artist, I paint my surroundings. I do it in color." On the difference between painting wildlife and people, Jill says, "I found that I like painting expressions, whether an animal or a person; it begins with the eyes." Her other interests include cooking, skeet shooting, and social and duplicate bridge.

Exhibit Piece: "Fading Sunset"

Johanna Riddle

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When I was a child, I visited the dinosaur exhibit at The NY Museum of Natural History. Objects were arranged to link dinosaurs to modern reptiles. Years later, I would return and view the identical objects, re-curated to tell an entirely new tale linking dinosaurs to birds. This sparked an interest in the changeable nature of stories that remains with me to this day. I am captivated by the power of the visual storyteller to arrange, rearrange, add, and layer elements to shape a narrative, feed the imagination, evoke memories and emotions. I began exploring this idea by developing panels that could be rearranged and interleaved. My process has evolved to the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of mixed media art to create fresh and often unexpected stories. Layers, transparencies, and connections between media and subject are vital parts of my process. Like memories, images and colors float across the canvas. The ultimate story is born in that spark of connection between an artist and a viewer. I tell my story. The viewer makes fresh interpretations, discovers details, layers their own life experiences over the image. A richer, more meaningful message emerges. Each piece I create ultimately becomes a never-ending tale.

Exhibit Piece: "A Partridge in a Prickly Pear"

Kathleen Marquis

An encaustic painter by practice, Kathleen is passionate about art and uses her enthusiasm for art to inspire and guide students in their own works. In teaching art, she hopes to add a little happiness into the lives of those who she comes in contact with (whether be it in person or online). Kathleen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in mixed media with a minor in art history from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting and drawing from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. She currently lives and works in Ormond Beach, Florida, and has been teaching art and design for several years now.

Exhibit Piece: "Pixie’s Hermit"

Kelley Batson-Howard

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Kelley is a life-taught abstract artist born in Alabama and transplanted to Central Florida. She realized her dream to be an artist later in her life so she is a prolific producer of paintings because of her enthusiasm about getting to create. She loves using texture, shapes, pattern, transparent paints, and brilliant color in a combination that makes the viewer want to reach out and touch. Being a very tactile person, the artist loves seeing how the paints and different mediums flow together on the canvas. She works intuitively and lets the Spirit guide what happens. She may start with a particular color palette but the rest is Divinely guided as the paintings come together into something she recognizes from her mind’s eye. Her biggest desire as an artist is for the paintings she creates to give the viewer a glimpse of God's magnificence and glory while uplifting their spirit. When they see her paintings, Kelley hopes the viewer is reminded of a pleasant place in time-something happy and familiar for them-a fond memory or a special place they recall. Her current work is shifting from abstract landscapes to paintings of bold color and shapes that lend themselves to a more modern, midcentury feel.

Exhibit Pieces: "Peeling Back the Layers" and "Hills Aglow"

Keri Ippolito

"My work is a very serendipitous process that continues to evolve. I use abstraction in various degrees. Currently, I am exploring the process of abstract intuitive painting. Some of my paintings are easily read as landscapes while others just explore Color, Shape, Line, and Texture. I use water media and a variety of materials, pencils, crayons, and paper collages, including gels and mediums."

Exhibit Piece: "Asparagus Royale"

LC & Tommy Tobey

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LC started stained glass in 1980 restoring leaded glass. Tommy started in 1990 with copper foil and leaded glass. LC and Tommy joined forces in May of 2009 in McKinney Texas. They decided to concentrate on fused glass as their medium of choice. LC & Tommy delight in the effects of light and form accomplished with glass fusing. Both worked together with Anne Royer to establish the non-profit Arts & Music Guild. LC also worked with Chestnut Square and McKinney ISD Students to create, illustrate and published “Chester of Chestnut Square.” This book details the life of Chester the cat with all proceeds donated to Chestnut Square. LC was a 1st place winner in Unique by Nature in McKinney Texas and the artwork was purchased by the city for permanent public display in the Performing Arts Center. LC has displayed art in Orisons Art Gallery, Gallery of Midtown and Laura Moore Art Gallery. In 2013, Tommy & LC decided to relocate to Ormond Beach. They found a lively, friendly and growing art community. They have worked with Main Street to help produce a public art glass mosaic that is on permanent display at Ormond Beach City Hall. Both have participated in the Halifax Art Festival, Arts In The Park, and Granada Grand Art Festival. You can purchase their work at the Museum of Art & Science Gift Shop as well as the CiCi Hyatt Brown Art Museum Gift Shop including SeaCasa's Flagler Beach and Arts On Granada Ormond Beach. LC Tobey received a 2019 Honor from "Women In The Arts Orlando Florida,"for her piece "Westside Story." Most recently Collaborated with Jon Flaming on creating the Jon Flaming Award and where recognized by the David Hayes Foundation! Public Art: American Church In Paris - Baptismal Font Ormond Beach City Hall Atrium - Community Mosaic Tile Piece ​ McKinney Performing Arts Center - Mother Nature LC & Tommy are the owners of Dream Artglass. They have a home studio located in Ormond Beach.

Exhibit Piece: "2023"

Leslie Young

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Leslie moved to Florida 12 years ago from the Pacific Northwest and has been on a journey of rediscovery ever since. She wanted to be an artist since she was a child and though life took her in other directions, she never lost the desire to create. It manifested itself in other ways and when she arrived in Daytona, she decided this was the time to focus on just that. She received her professional certification in Baking and Pastry from Daytona State College in 2011. She then took jewelry making classes and finally decided she wanted to learn how to turn a bowl. She took a turning class with her husband Mike and while she liked the outcome, she didn’t enjoy the process. She eventually discovered the scroll saw and fell in love with it. She soon became bored with traditional scroll work so looked for other things to make using a scroll saw. A YouTube video later she had found out how to make a shell and she was hooked. She loves the process and that the outcome always looks different. She soon was trying to find ways to enhance the outcome – inlays, dyes, pyrography, resin casting, incorporating unusual objects – and that just increased her joy. She spends hours in their workshop every day and loves every minute of it.

Exhibit Piece: "Christmas Nautilus"

Linda King

Linda King is a resident of Ormond Beach since 1981. Educated with a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University with a major in graphic design, Linda has been working as a freelance artist and teaching at Ormond Beach private schools, currently as an art teacher at Saint Brendan Catholic School. Linda has been an employee of Ormond Memorial Art Museum since 1998 as an adjunct artist and art educator. Creativity is her specialty and she likes to share and encourage the concept of creativity and the pleasure of participating in art activities with her students. Linda is a fine artist working in a variety of mediums including drawing, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, and pastels. Much of her personal art is of a whimsical nature.

Exhibit Piece: "The Transitional Nature of Nature"

M. Kathleen Warren

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Throughout her life, Kathleen has been drawn to stories, both to the narratives within the lives of others and to unfolding visual stories in her art. She started photography in a traditional darkroom, including formal instruction and degree, and over the years she learned to use the tools of light, composition, and photo-manipulation to share her view of the world around her. In recent years, Kathleen has moved towards alternative process printing and using encaustic wax methods to combine elements into hand-crafted pieces with layers, textures, and words to expand her story-making. Kathleen has long had a love for teaching; after she retired from teaching biological sciences at the college level, she has moved into teaching art and photography-based classes. Her passion is to help students get the results they desire rather than to simply impart skills. Kathleen enjoys sharing her artwork and the narratives of her art, and she is currently represented at two Volusia County art galleries. She competes at various local and regional art shows where she has received numerous awards including best of show, and her work has been published internationally.

Exhibit Piece: "Dance"

NC Hagood

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"I love being an artist. My pieces are abstract and take you and many journeys of your own. My inspiration comes from people, things, places I love. Certain things stay in my mind and so I use them as my muse. They tell stories of things that happened, people and places my stories or emotions I share these with the viewer. We are all alike and suffer, enjoy, are happy, sad we all have stories. I hope the viewer will see a story of their own in my pieces."

NC Hagood is an abstract artist, who works in acrylics and mixed media. Her pieces are powerful and have ethereal quality to them. Hagood was born in Ecuador, South America. She arrived in New York City at the early age of five. Here she was influenced by her brother, an artist and the city itself. As she was growing up, she would watch her brother in the studio, he was her first mentor. Hagood fell in love with art and her brother, and the city provided a muse and much to ponder. Her work in the legal field exposed her to very high and low emotions, this evolved in her desire to capture such in her art. Hagood studied with various mentors and developed into a contemporary artist. It is apparent she favors abstract figures with glimpses of the characteristics and aspects of life and all its emotions. Hagood has received numerous awards and is affiliated with many organizations and galleries throughout the State of Fl. Her studio is located in New Smyrna Beach where she resides.

Exhibit Pieces: "Fortune Globe" and "Hazy Day"

Nettie Price

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Nettie is a former math & science teacher in the Prison & Youth Detention Center in Pennsylvania. Just for fun, she painted the students in her classroom as quirky cats and dogs to make her smile. Soon she realized it made others smile too and there began the story of Nettie Price Sparkling Art. The Sparkling Art Mobile is her 25ft mobile gallery fondly referred to as SAM.

Pamela Bleakney

Pam studied art at Glendale Community College and is a juried member of Arizona Watercolor Association, Arizona Artists Guild and Vanguard Artists and member of Daytona Art League and Florida Association of Women Artists. She has taught watercolor classes with OMAM for many years, and has instructed at Chez Nous, Sun City Art Club and PORA in Arizona.

Exhibit Pieces: "Golden Eyed Trio" and "Fall Girl"

Pamela Ramey Tatum

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Pamela Ramey Tatum is a full-time professional and award-winning artist currently residing in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, a town known for its artists as much as its beautiful beaches. Her interest in art began in childhood—her mother is also an artist. She first studies Commercial Art but soon realized she has the soul of a fine artist. Tatum has a working studio at The Hub on Canal, a vibrant art space in New Smyrna Beach representing 60+ artists. The Hub serves as a gallery as well as a place to work, teach and connect with other artists. Tatum paints with a contemporary feel and has elements of expressionism and impressionism in her knife paintings. She creates pieces that are modern, dynamic, and fresh. These have become her most popular pieces. She receives many commissions for palette knife paintings as well as for portraits. Tatum has won many awards for her city scenes, portraits and figurative paintings. Her work is in private collections in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Because of the high demand for her city scene pieces, her focus has been more on selling her work over the past five years. Her number one problem is that she can't paint fast enough to meet the demands for her dynamic city scene palette knife paintings. They often sell while still on her easel.

Exhibit Pieces: "Awakening" and "Poetic Sky II"

Peggy Banks

Peggy Banks is an award-winning artist who exhibits her work locally, regionally and nationally. Her mixed media pieces have been collected throughout the United States and Europe. She is represented by Timothy’s Gallery in Winter Park; Arts on Douglas in New Smyrna Beach; and Clay and Fiber in Taos, New Mexico.

Exhibit Piece: "The Dinner Party"

Rachel Caldwell

Rachel Caldwell is a contemporary artist specializing in acrylic painting. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania she has spent most of her life in Daytona Beach. Her work is inspired by how she feels about her life, dreams, and the people she loves most. You may have seen her work in individual and group exhibits in galleries in Florida, Maryland, and Virginia. She has also participated in live paint competitions.

Exhibit Piece: "Bring Me to Life "

Richlin Burnett-Ryan

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"My art is an exploration of the materials I’m drawn to use in expressing my creativity. The journey taken is planned with the expectation of new discoveries. The ultimate goal is to push the boundaries and investigate the possibilities of what could be. Discovering new possibilities is my favorite part of creating art; why I enjoy work with mixed media on canvas."

Richlin Burnett-Ryan was born in Georgetown, Guyana in South America. At the age of nine, she came to the United States and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Richlin attended Clara Barton High School and took art classes at the Brooklyn Museum. She also attended Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, and The School of Visual Arts in New York City studying graphic design. In 1991, she married artist Weldon Ryan and started a family. With her husband they started Rich and Well Graphics, Inc. She later she worked as the art director of IDD Magazine for Thompson Financial, NYC. In 2004, she moved to Palm Coast with her family and continued working as a graphic designer. She created Greenup Magazine, Voice Youth Magazine for the Florida Endowment Foundation, and was the creative art director for OVT magazine. Richlin and Weldon Ryan opened Calypso Fine Art Gallery in 2016. Presently she is a fulltime artist and curates art exhibitions for Bethune-Cookman University Preforming Arts Center and Visual Gallery; and the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Gallery.

Exhibit Pieces: "Queen Ascending Stairs," "Queen," and "Zulu Queen"

Shree Chauhan

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"An optimistic daydreamer from a young age, I see possibility and beauty everywhere. To manifest the potential I see in the world, I started my career as an educator in Miami, and then as a civil rights advocate in Washington, DC. In late 2018, I moved back to Central Florida and my creativity bloomed in a new direction—as an artist. With my life in transition, I found joy in creating, and quickly amassed a collection of over 200 pieces in a few months. At first, I enjoyed making smaller pieces with watercolor. Now, I work with larger canvases and acrylic. I released my first cohesive collection of paintings in June 2021. My muses include the female figure, nature, architecture and color—especially metallics and neons. Art Deco, Impressionism, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Georgia O'Keeffe, and other artists also serve as inspirations for me. I completed my Bachelor of Science in Communications in Motion Pictures and Political Science at the University of Miami in 2005 and my Master of Public Administration from American University in 2010."

Exhibit Piece: "Opal"

Tim Carter

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Tim is an award-winning, self-taught wood artist, who turned a passion and hobby into a business. Using a lathe, which spins the wood, and a variety of sharp hand tools, he creates sculptural forms and functional pieces from stumps, logs and burls. He uses woods that are native to Florida and other areas of the U.S. as well as exotic woods from around the world. Tim never uses stains but rather various oil finishes or layered dyes to bring out the natural beauty of the wood or to give the piece a glass-like appearance. Many of his pieces will have some form of inlay such as slices of burl wood, aluminum or semi-precious stones (lapis lazuli, malachite, or turquoise). Another process he uses involves casting the wood in an epoxy resin that has color pigment added to it. This is done prior to turning the piece. Many of Tim's hollow forms have tops created with polished agate, petrified coral or turned wood. Tim's work is in private collections across the U.S. and has served as an official gift by the City of Delray Beach, Florida delegations to their Sister Cities in Miyazu, Japan and Moshe, Tanzania.

"The unique properties of all types of wood intrigue me, and the more I learn, the more intrigued I become. The natural grain of the wood tells a story about the tree’s original structure and hardness. The grain and knot patterns emerge as the wood is turned, and very often, surprising colors are also revealed. The greatest challenge is creating a piece with the right combination of wood(s), shape, texture, inlay and finish. No two pieces will ever be the same."

Exhibit Piece: "Chameleon"

Tracy Lupanow

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"I discovered at the young age of ten, that I had a talent for realistically drawing and painting the fascinating things in my world. As an adult, I developed my artistic skill by taking college art classes and studying watercolor painting with well-respected California watercolor artists. I enjoyed painting florals and landscapes in watercolor for many years but decided I wanted to grow as an artist and try something totally new. Really wanting to step out of my comfort zone I chose to take my work in an abstract direction. My journey into abstraction began as I took workshops and classes from highly regarded and nationally known artists. I began learning a tremendous amount about acrylic paint, collage, monoprints, and numerous abstract techniques. I discovered at a workshop in Sedona that painting intuitively and abstractly gave me the opportunity to paint what I was feeling with no image in mind. That made my heart happy! My abstract journey began about seven years ago and I know will continue for many years to come! My artwork is held in many private collections throughout the United States."

Exhibit Piece: "Awakening Glow"

Walter Osteen

Wally is a mostly self-taught oil painter. His work is inspired by 35 years of living on and observing the timeless old Florida beauty of the Tomoka River and 55 years of surfing along the beaches and inlets of Florida’s east coast. Wally’s process for studio painting is time consuming. It consists of applying multiple layers of thick and thin oil paint to the canvas over a period of several months. This slower pace allows the painting to develop and evolve beyond his initial concept into something that is hopefully deeper and more meaningful; thus, becoming a sort of collaboration between the painting and the painter. The final goal is the creation of an image which the viewer will find both interesting and compelling. Wally’s paintings and prints are highly prized by surfers and non-surfers alike and may be found in many private and public collections, including his painting on permanent display at Daytona Beach International Airport.

Exhibit Pieces: "Ride the Wild" and "Cowabunga"

Weldon Ryan

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Born in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, home of Carnival and the Steel Drum; Weldon Ryan came to the United States at the age of six. He grew up in the Bronx where he spent most of his childhood. With his mother’s encouragement he pursued an art education, attending The High School of Art and Design in 1977, the State University of New York at New Paltz, and then Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. He had a short stay at The Art Students League of New York as well. When paste-up and mechanical and marker comps jobs slowed in 1987 he worked as an Urban Park Ranger for the NYC Parks Department, where he created murals for the Pelham Bay Environmental Nature Center. Two years later he joined the NYPD. The first African American to be appointed to the New York City Police Department’s Composite Artist Unit. At the same time he served as one of NYC finest, he painted vigorously in his studio in the D.U.M.B.O art district in Brooklyn. Several of his commercial illustrations graced the cover and pages of magazines. After 18 years of service and solving numerous crimes with his drawing skills he retired from the NYPD on December 1, 2004 and relocated with his family to Palm Coast, Florida. The Caribbean art of Weldon Ryan has found a home in Palm Coast at the SECCA Studio where he has a studio and exhibits at the Hollingsworth Gallery. In 2010 he served as the president of the Flagler County Art League. In 2011 he earned the honor of the Gargiulo Art Foundation Flagler County Artist of the Year. Weldon Ryan’s art is an “interfuse” of many styles and techniques. He uses texture, color, and realistic rendering of the subject to create a unique interpretation of the world around him. He has the ability to master any medium he chooses; be it oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastels, digital illustration, photography, or chavant clay. He uses the old masters’ techniques to create contemporary masterpieces..

Exhibit Piece: "Shiny Glam Gyal"

William (Bill) Chapin

Louis William Chapin II, FAIA, was born in Rochester, NY. He attended The Lawrenceville School, a preparatory school in New Jersey, graduating in 1960. He then entered the University of Virginia, obtaining his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1966 with a year of study at the School of Architecture in Oxford, England. During the summer of 1965 he spent time in Florence and Venice, Italy, studying Michaelangelo. After graduation, Chapin entered the U.S. Army and attended officer candidate school. He received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers and was assigned to Thailand where he served as Commander of the 589th construction detachment for 18 months. He was then assigned to duty in Washington, DC where he served as Officer of Construction in charge of several large building projects at Walter Reed hospital, and was awarded the AFIP Distinguished Service award. In 1970 he was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of Captain. Since 1980 Chapin has practiced architecture in Rochester, N.Y. and Daytona Beach, FL During that era, Chapin received five Rochester AIA design awards, two New York State design awards. Two projects were awarded listing on the National Register of Historic Places. He was elected National President of the American Institute of Architects, which frequently took him to Asia, Europe, and many of the U.S states. Following his presidency, he was Chairman, and then CEO of the American Architectural Foundation, and in that position was responsible for the Octagon Museum, the nation’s oldest museum of architecture. Throughout his career, Chapin has written articles on architecture and related subjects, including several for the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and a series of thirty articles for the Rochester Business Journal. He has just completed a historical novel that takes place in post-revolutionary America and is working on two more – one of which is about the great New Orleans fire of the late 1700’s and the other takes place in Manhattan (New Amsterdam) in the late 1600’s. He recently began devoting the majority of his time to metal sculpture, which has been a passion since architecture school, and has three large works in production.

Exhibit Piece: "Liberty Bell"