Current Exhibit at Art Spotlight: Fins & Feathers (Open Call Juried Show)
Exhibit Dates: October 4 - 30
If you would like to purchase one of the pieces below, please email us with the name of the piece! We will work out the purchasing and shipping details.
Best in Show; Lisa Driscoll; The Healer; Acrylic; The medicine woman along with her trickster accomplice is at ease with what she knows. She invites you to wonder what is given and what is taken, and what is simply shared.; $900
1st Place Winner; Robyn Cowlan; The Winged Canopy; Photographic Fine Art ; Tricolored Herons hunt using "canopy feeding." Canopy feeding entails shading the water with their wings so fish will seek refuge from the sun & swim into the shade they provide.; $580
2nd Place Winner; Nancy McElroy; Free To Fly; Clay /Soda Fired and Feathers; This sculpture was fired in a soda-fire kiln. Sodium chloride deposits give it this rich color. The cage is empty...and the bird is free.; $900
3rd Place Winner; Janet Bernardini; Feathery Friends; Wet Cyanotype; This themed exhibit challenged me to be more playful with my cyanotype photography and I found myself finding the smiles in nature’s oceanic forms. Digitally enhanced.; $275
People's Choice; Jackie Kramer; Turquoise Majesty; Photography; Even though peacocks can be loud and possess quirky personalities, I have always loved painting and photographing them to bring out their regal and colorful qualities.; $875
Beth Carroll; Snap, Grackle & Pop!; Acrylic; Amazing colors glow on a group of silly grackles.; $425
Jackie Kramer; Iridescent Ascent; Photography ; Incorporated images of a solar rainbow flare with a photograph of the Sparkling Violtear Hummingbird in Colombia.; $495
Pam Davis; Birds in Flight; Oil ; This oil painting highlights birds in flight by the shore. By focusing on light and shadow, this painting invites the viewer to reflect on the beauty of coastal nature.; $295
Pam Davis; Solo Egret; Acrylic ; This painting highlights a solo egret on the New Smyrna Beach shore. With a focus on coastal colors and realistic details, this painting invites the viewer into a quiet moment.; $365
Jaymee Weinreich; Effervescence V; Oil; Through an interplay of light and symbolic form, we can consider the subtle harmony that exists between humans and animals, and where myth and reality meet beneath the waves.; $950
NC Hagood; Lipstick; Mixed Media; Once while snorkling met up with a Parrott Fish. He became my muse for this piece. He was so colorful and looked like he had lipstick on his lips, hence the title Lipstick.; $400
Donna Lovelace-Flora; Manatee Bliss; Photography; In the spring run away from the boats and pollution of the St. John’s River, this sea cow mom and calf seem to have the place to themselves at Blue Springs State Park.; $195
Virginia Stellitano; One Good Tern; Oil; I always enjoy watching the birds on our beach. This tern was looking away from the wind as it was blowing, causing its feathers to puff up.; $250
Sharon Rappaport; Quick Draw Macaw; Mixed Media; Macaws are smart, vibrant, noisy and mate for life. This one sports his plumage proudly, in search of one for himself.; $115
Conrad Grams; Waiting for the Sun; Glicee on Canvas; Photograph was taken in my Myakka River State Park. It was manually edited in Photoshop.; $750
Sally Dayney; Bubbles; Mixed Media / Acrylic, Watercolor; I find it captivating to watch manatees in their natural environment observing their behavior. This art piece was inspired by a visit to the springs on a blue bird day.; $545
Judi Jones; High Flight Together; Acrylic; This abstract painting symbolizes the strength birds flying in a flock achieve strength, and soar to greater heights. Just as people do when they unify.; $385
Judi Jones; Floral Sea; Acrylic; Deep in the Sea is an amazing garden of coral creating the perfect array of color. This painting captures this beauty using both brushes and pallet knives,; $345
Tana Burd; Early Bird; Photography; An Eastern Phoebe in the misty morning light, Orlando Wetlands, Florida.; $275
Nancy Wozniak; Power Lift; Oil; Gulls are fascinating birds. At once fearless of the elements, yet cautious around humans. They brave the wind, lifting at times from almost a complete standstill-amazing physics!; $450
Gabrielle McNeese; The Nest; Wood Intarsia & Epoxy Resin; The white wood depicting the Egrets is American White Holly, the lightest colored hardwood in the world, a domestic North American tree.; $445
Gabrielle McNeese; Thrill of the Catch; Wood Intarsia & Epoxy Resin; Intricately cut and fitted hardwoods such as Gaboon Ebony, Wenge, Cocobolo, Mahogany and resin create the movement and strength of this majestic raptor.; $475
Wendy Prescott; On My Own; Oil; An Oil painting of a duckling making its first solo journey without Mama and siblings.; $475
SOLD - Wendy Prescott; Journey; Oil; After the boil, the hatchling makes its journey down to the sea.; $400
Todd Wax; Rhythm in the Palms; Photography on Glass; Caught mid-rhythm, a woodpecker becomes a translucent dancer of motion against a palm. Florida light, brilliant blue sky and kinetic movement transform nature into abstraction.; $275
Todd Wax; Winter Sanctuary; Photography on Glass; Beneath Blue Spring’s crystalline waters, manatees gather for warmth as turquoise, emerald and dancing sunlight reveal a serene winter sanctuary.; $275
Laura Douglas; Fishing; Acrylic; Coasting on the ocean breeze, eyeing their next meal.; $950
Laura Douglas; Her Majesty; Acrylic; The master of her domain in the chaos that surrounds her. Balancing every decision with infinite arms, protector of all things innocent, encourager for growth and problem solving.; $950
Coco Bevan; Where Waters Dream; Acrylic / Mixed Media; Combining acrylics with handpainted collage papers, creating richly dimensional work through a mix of mediums. Evoking the wonders of under the sea.; $575
Debbie Donnelly; She Floats with Koi; Watercolor; This painting is about connecting with nature — letting go and floating free.; $450
Robert Erlichman; Hello There!; Embellished Archival Pigment Print; Being buzzed by hummingbirds, you know they're high-energy wonders of the natural world. Here, they say hello in the way only they can. Archival print with metallic embellishments.; $500
Robert Erlichman; With an Eye on Lunch; Embellished Archival Pigment Print; Finding a tasty snack, this Great Blue Heron tossed the fish & skillfully caught it midair. One moment, they were eye to eye. Then the fish went down whole. Embellished print.; $500
Caroline Crosby; Where I Learned to Fly; Mixed Media / Acrylic and Charcoal; The Crane calm and graceful stands to reinvent as I remember learning to walk again after being struck by a car when I was age of ten. Move forward walking, running, and flying!; $575
Michelle Delisle; Sunset Explorer; Acrylic; Sunset Explorer captures a shark moving through the ocean beneath a bold red sunset. Creating a peaceful moment between two very different worlds; $510
Jacqueline Salvesen; Silent Majesty; Acrylic; A solitary betta in deep blue and gold, fins unfurled like a royal cloak. Beauty and quiet strength held in the same still pose — the “beautiful warrior,” at rest.; $640
Scott Hiestand; Hammerhead; Mixed; I enjoy playing with the positive and negative space in my sculptures. I don’t make many, they hurt my hands to much!; $1,500
Caroline Crosby; A Place to Begin; Acrylic; My painting holds memory of anticipation of birth of my son as a young widow. Stands as a monument of love, legacy, and resilience. Where it began brought a beautiful gift.; $575
Sayre Berman; Love the One You’re With; Photography; So excited to have stumbled upon these two juvenile white pelicans, especially these two, as they fall in love; $295
Barbette Jensen; The Bird; 8"x8" Oil Sticks; Meditation on freedom -- sometimes the heart begins to fly long before the wings ever do.; $145
Debbie Nye; Golden Drift II; Acrylic; A meditation on trusting the flow, and discovering beauty in the places where we simply allow ourselve sto drift. ; $1,800
Debbie Nye; Golden Drift I; Acrylic; A solitary fish glides through an astmospheric underwater current, its golden scales illuminated by ribboms of color, exploring movement, stillness, and the quiet beauty of surrendering to the flow. ; $1,800