Faculty Bios
Jody Abssy
Abssy is new to Naples and loving it. “My life spirals around my art. From Endicott to Evanston, Kincardine to Kuwait, Houston to San Francisco, Beirut to Boston, Toronto to San Diego, Jacksonville to Naples, I have made sense of life through art work. As long as I can remember, I have been creating, enjoying, thinking about, talking about and teaching art.” After completing her B.A. at Northwestern University and an M.A. at Brown University she was an art educator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for over twenty five years. Student murals brought the walls to life in high schools where she taught drawing, painting, sculpture, photography and art history. She has had a number of solo and group shows here and abroad. Her acrylic paintings, watercolors and soapstone sculptures are in private collections in New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Kuwait and Japan.“At various points in my life I have tried to put art aside and act normal. Impossible. Life has taught me that art can predict, art can heal, art can call us to social justice, art can stir our curiosity, art can amaze and lift us all.”
Greg Biolchini
From an early age, Greg has worked to hone his craft, learning from past masters and inventing his own techniques and styles. In the process, he has built a body of work and list of awards that any painter would be proud to call his own.
With 30 solo and many juried group exhibitions (see below) to his credit, Greg Biolchini's list of shows is testament to his solid local and growing national reputation. After winning his third national award at the National Arts Club in
Greg enjoys tremendous popularity as a teacher. His workshops and demonstrations are well attended and consistently rated by attendees as superb. biolchini.com
Lynda Braun
Lynda Braun lives and works in
Carol Brody
Carol Z. Brody is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. Her exciting works have been published in five books including "Splash 11", “The Best of Acrylic Painting,” and in “Watercolor Magazine,” and have appeared on CBS-TV’s “Central Park West.” They grace the corporate offices of Smith Kline Beecham, Price Waterhouse and Paine Webber, as well as banks, hospitals and numerous homes and offices around the country. They have been exhibited in eight major one-person shows in the New York Metropolitan area and one in
Brody is an elected member of nine professional, national art organizations, where she has served as Vice President, Chairman, Juror and member of the Board of Directors. Her biography is listed in “Who’s Who in
Brody’s paintings have been chosen for inclusion in over 95 national juried shows and have won over 50 awards, including First Place Awards from the Salmagundi Club, NYC, the National Association of Women Artists, FL, the Pen and Brush Club, NYC and the Palm Beach Watercolor Society. She has been acclaimed by art jurors, fellow artists and by the former deputy director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for her talent and the beauty of her work.
Brody has been teaching watercolor classes since 1987. She also gives workshops and demonstrations and serves as a show juror, both in
Carol Broman
Carol Broman is a graduate of the Water Street Atelier and
Philip C. Calabro
Calabro attended school in Rome, Italy at Accademia de Belle Arti and School of Medalions. Calabro taught for over 20 years at the University of Rhode Island. In addition to this he ran his own art studio from 1960 to 1990 and created numerous commissioned sculpture pieces. Calabro has won awards in Italy, Chile, and the U.S. for his art and is a member of many prestigious organizations including the Rome Art Association.
Camp is an accomplished graphic designer and mixed-media artist. She attended the University of Florida where she received her Bachelors of Science from the School of Advertising/Journalism. After thirteen years of working in graphic design and now a mother of two boys, she found a love for teaching art to children. Camp began teaching summer art class for kids two years ago and has now decided to join our team. She is teaching two different classes to our young artists, oil pastels and watercolor. “I get so much joy and satisfaction out of working with young artists. There is something special about a kids creativity and imagination. I think art is the perfect way for any child to truly express themselves.”
Tom Cardamone
Cardamone was born in Brooklyn, New York, but his family eventually moved to Long Island, NY. He studied privately at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then attended Brooklyn College before finally enrolling in the School of Visual Arts. After graduating from SVA as an illustrator, he returned to the school, where he taught for twenty years, during which time he developed a series of advertising production courses. He is also the author of five technical advertising production books. In 1980, he finally returned to his original pursuit as a serious painter. His objective is to share with the viewer the dimensional depth of his images before an awareness of technique. He has won a number of awards and his work has been in numerous galleries and shows throughout the country. He is a signature member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP), and some of his slides are in the archives at the Tate Museum in London. In July of 2004, he was juried into the prestigious International Guild of Realism.
Virginia Cascarilla
Casteel has been teaching art in Collier County for approximately 10 years and is currently a high school art teacher at Gulf Coast High School, specializing in photography (both traditional and digital) and Art 2D-3D. Casteel is a National Board Certified Teacher and holds a BA degree from Florida Gulf Coast University (and an AA from Edison Community College). Her major at both institutions was fine arts with a minor in environmental sciences. Casteel is a practicing artist working mainly in acrylics but continues to experiment other media. She has conducted many workshops for teachers and adults throughout Florida. The workshops have included technology in art, printmaking, jewelry making, and much more. “I love working with children and have taught art to all age levels. I consider myself blessed to be in such an honorable profession amongst so many distinguished colleagues.”
Jose M. Castillo
Castillo, international portrait artist, brings classy, prestigious and traditional art to us with his painterly and dazzling style. Portraiture is Castillo's life-long passion. He became "the society painter" in Puerto Rico. Among his achievements are two portraits of Senators which are now each hanging in their own room dedicated to them at the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Castillo studied at the National School of Fine Arts in Lima, Perú. During the 70's, he relocated to New York where he became very successful as fashion illustrator for exclusive boutiques and stores; during this time, he prepared himself as a portrait painter. Castillo studied at Parson's, School of Visual Arts, Society of Illustrators, Fashion Institute of Technology and Art Student's League in New York . At the League he studied and attended seminars with Robert Beverly Hale, an authority in anatomy; Anthony Palumbo, Fogarty, Sanden, Lefell, Shanks, Greene, Teply, and with Faragasso he learned the Reily system among others. There he became interested in the Great Master's which he studied for years from Tizianno, Velázquez and on through the 19th century. Castillo was also an art instructor at the Sacred Heart University in Puerto Rico, and has done demonstrations at several institutes and taught private classes.
Her passion for designing jewelry began by chance when she inherited some tools, books, and raw materials that once belonged to a jeweler from the roaring 20’s. The moment she picked up her first jeweler's tool, she discovered her niche. On her artistic journey, Sheri was mentored by award winning artists, Kathleen and Robert Dennison along with other supporters of her work who gave her generous amounts of advice, encouragement, and critiques.
Sheri is now immersed in art, using her previous teaching and management experience to help her give back to artists, working, teaching and volunteering at the
Sarah Coble
Coble earned her degree and started working in the field of architecture before moving to theater design in Chicago. Since then she has worked in theater and television in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida. After moving to Florida, Coble focused on sculpture and incorporated costume techniques, book binding, performance art, metalworking, printmaking, water color, and drawing to create her unique style. She now writes about the arts for various publications both regional and national.
Marilyn A. Crawford
Crawford was born in Northern Minnesota and lived in Iowa for over forty years. It was there that she studied at the Des Moines Art Center with various Midwest artists. Her work has been exhibited across Iowa and Naples, Florida. Crawford moved to Naples in 1992 where she continued to teach, jury shows, and exhibit artwork. Her work reflects the rich colors of the Minnesota Iron Range along with other formal landscape elements.
Loris Dallal
Dallal graduated from Oxford University in 1953 and after that she graduated with a diploma from Sogetsu in Ikebana. Ikebana is an ancient Japanese art form that arranges flowers, branches, rocks, and other natural elements to bring about a sense of life and harmony. Dallal is a top instructor of Ikebana and teaches it to groups or in private tutorship in Naples, Florida.
Harry Danos
Harry Danos is a retired and award winning,
Art association and an emeritus member of the Salmagundi Club of New York and American Institute of Architects.
Danos is also the past director of Aegean Workshops which has conducted many watercolor workshops to
The disciplined skills of an architect as well as the creative capabilities of the creative artist, result in exciting and meaningful watercolors.
Douglas David
Douglas David has painted his way across the country, capturing the beauty and spirit of the things he loves- tranquil country landscapes, sunrises and sunsets on his favorite beaches, a simple pitcher of spring lilacs or peonies, a lemon, lime or a slice of watermelon on a checked tablecloth. Paintings that reflect comfort, warmth meaning and simplicity: similar to everything important to him- his close knit family, life-long friendships, creatively fulfilling work and giving his best. A recipient of numerous regional and national awards and honors,
Sarah Davis
Davis attended American University where she received her BA in International Studies and Religion. She then attended Florida Gulf Coast University where she received her masters in Enviromental Science. Davis now teaches at FGCU and works with the university in various environmental restoration projects. She is bringing environmental interest to the Naples Art Association by teaching “Enviroart” which focuses on helping students become engaged in their surrounding environment through an artistic medium.
Ted deClercq
Ted de Clercq is a native of
He is widely known for his ability to paint photo-realistic works of notorious icons viewed in an historical context with references from the 20th century. He also produces sweeping landscapes, imaginative figurative paintings and nude or semi-nude sculptures and drawings.
Julieta de Palacios
Born in
Cheri Dunnigan
Dunnigan was born and raised outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She dreamed of being artist from an early age, and was fortunate to have the support and encouragement of her parents to pursue that dream. She was introduced to silversmithing in school at the age of 15. Designing and creating jewelry quickly became a passion. Cheri earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a major in Silversmithing and a minor in Enameling in 1978 from the Cleveland Institute of Art. She worked as an artist craftsman for many years, designing and creating both one of a kind and production jewelry in her studio showroom in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. She taught metalsmithing and design at Rhode Island College and the Worcester Craft Center. Her work received national recognition in both craft fairs and exhibitions.
In 1998, after being diagnosed with Lupus, Cheri began experiencing increasing difficulty with her hands. It soon became apparent that she would no longer be able to work as at the bench full time, so she began turning her talents towards painting. Painting was less taxing physically, yet equally stimulating creatively, and as she immersed herself in this new medium, she found her health improving. Before long, she was in a full remission. Working in pastel, she embarked on a second career as a landscape painter. She soon found herself exhibiting this work nationally. In 2006 she was designated a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America.
Dunnigan has been teaching for a number of years in Southwest Florida. She has also taught workshops in Maine and Florida, and has painted in a number of invitational plein air paint events. Cheri has exhibited her work extensively and won numerous awards, both locally and nationally. She is a charter member of the Southwest Florida Pastel Society. Her work has been featured in numerous Southwest Florida publications and she has most recently had a teaching article published in the Pastel Journal. Cheri’s work is represented by Artana Gallery in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Phil Evans
Evans is renowned for his skills in book binding. He established a studio in Bloomington, Indiana where he specialized in book binding and restoration. He is a member of the Guild of Book Workers and has served eight years at the Lily
Donald Gilmore
Gilmore graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was employed as an aerospace engineer for 20 years followed by a second career as a teacher of art for 38 years. Gilmore’s personal artistic interest lies in painting and sculpture that create highly textured canvases that trick the eye along with “combing up” a technique that utilizes combs to apply paint. Gilmore has been a featured artist in exhibititions across the U.S. and Europe.
Mary Goetz
Goetz has been teaching art for over 20 years in Collier County and Lee County. She was the 2002 Middle School Art Teacher of the Year for the State of Florida. Goetz is currently teaching Art 2D/3D at Barron Collier High School in the morning and Gulfview Middle School in the afternoon. Goetz has been teaching ARTScool for over five years. “I enjoy sharing my knowledge of butterflies and more to the younger students at the von Liebig.”
Natalie Guess
Born in 1957, in
After being introduced to the medium in high school and experimenting with it for about 6 years, she has been creating and teaching batik for over 30 years.
Her work has been featured in some local, national and international publications and included in books such as "Batik for Artists and Quilters" by Eloise Piper. Her work has been instrumental in getting batik recognized as a fine art media. natalieguess.com.
Ruth Hablutzel
Creating pottery for over 25 years…it still amazes me what can become from a lump of “dirt.” My pottery connects to the ground, reflecting both form and colors of earth, sky, water and nature. Every piece while unique is also functional with my own use in mind.
David Hammel
Hammel graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota and has been an art instructor for over twenty years. He has dedicated himself to working with various organizations including underserved and at-risk teens. Working as a studio artist since 1990, Hammel has gained recognition for his wildlife pottery and has been collected by Olga Hishorn of the Hirshorn Museum at the Smithsonian. As a direct descendant of William Wiggins of Wiggins Pass in Naples, Florida, Hammel has devoted himself to the communities of southwest Florida. davidhammel.com.
Kelly Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a double major in printmaking and photography. She began working as a merchandise specialist, sales, and public relations with such organizations as SteinMart, Pottery Barn, and Henri Bendel. She now teaches drawing techniques at ARTScool, The von Liebig Art Center’s summer art program for kids.
Patty Kane
Kane is an award winning artist, who studied painting and drawing at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park, Florida. She began her teaching career at Crealde upon reciveing a fellowship from the school. Kane specializes in watercolor, acrylics, and teaching artists of all ages. Kane's art has been featured in shows across Florida.
Genie Kell
Genie Kell’s Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from John Herron Art Institute and Master of Arts degree New York University are complemented by undergraduate study at Yale and Columbia Universities and training at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. While completing her Master of Arts degree at NYU, Genie lived in Venice, Italy, and earlier in her career, she lived for five years in Mykonos, Santorini and Athens, Greece. Three of Genie's largest and most elaborate glitter and mixed media painting works were part of The Longest Winter, an invitational exhibition at Florida Atlantic University, curated by Gean Moreno and including artists Weston Charles, Jon Coffelt, Vincent Fecteau, Sam Gordon, Anne Howard, Udomsak Krisanamis, Robert Melee and Dario Robleto. One of Genie’s assemblage mixed-media works, Primavera, won the MAD Travel Award at the 44th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition at The von Liebig Art Center in Naples, FL. Recently Genie was the featured artist in the Naples Illustrated Magazine. Genie’s most recent solo exhibition, Baubles, Junk, Bangles and Bright, Shinny Beads features 9 assemblage works from the last six years—each combining painting and found objects into large, richly layered works.Genie's teaching focuses on her students' potential to experience art as a journey of self discovery while they explore the most innovative means to express their unique gifts.
Carol Kinkead
Carol has been making photographs for 35 years, and is primarily self-taught. Over the past two years she has become a full time artist. She studied photography classes at UCLA as pat of her design curriculum and participated in workshops at the Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport. She continues to educate herself in the digital world. Her travels through
She is active in
Marti Hagaman Koehler
Koehler is a native of Naples, Florida, is married to a local sculptor, and is raising a son in Naples. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a Master’s degree in Art Education and Art Therapy from The Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Her continued art education includes studies at the New York Studio School in New York City and at The von Liebig Center in Naples, Florida with noted professional painters. She has worked as an art teacher, a fine artist and muralist, and an art therapist for 2 decades. Her students have been older adults, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s sufferers, survivors of head injuries, emotionally disturbed children, gifted children, juvenile offenders, adolescents and pre-schoolers. Marti’s art programs focus on skill building and self-esteem building, empowerment, problem-solving and personal evolution. She practices the belief that within us all lies the power to heal and grow through our own struggles and triumphs. Art becomes the medium in which to do so.
Jan Krasowski
Krasowski is an art instructor in the Collier County Public School System and enjoys teaching young artists during the summer at the Naples Art Association’s Artscool program. Prior to entering the art education field in 1999, Jan produced and displayed her work and illustrations in art fairs, locally in various publications (including Gulfshore Life Home Edition and Natural Awakenings), the Collier County Museum, Barnes and Noble Book Store, several local galleries and San Francisco’s Corey Galleries in their Union Square and Fisherman’s Wharf locations. Jan continues her art production and has concentrated on presenting the quest for spiritual enlightenment through her work for several years. Jan graduated from Southern Illinois University where she majored in studio art specializing in drawing and art history. She is certified in K-12 art and middle school general science. In teaching art, Jan aims to inspire creative and critical thinking, individual expression, positive character traits and an appreciation for the diversity of artists and their works in all of her students.
Michelle Lee
Lee graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Art Education with Arts and Crafts endorsement. Since then Lee has furthered her education with classes at Florida Internal University and the Teacher Education Institute in Naples Florida. She has worked in the Collier County Public School system since 1995. Lee worked with Dave Bell to help create the Southwest Florida Holocaust Museum in July 2000.
Christopher Leeper
Christopher Leeper graduated from
He is a member of the adjunct faculty in the Department of Art at
In 2002 he illustrated the children’s book, River Otter at Autumn Lane for the Smithsonian Institution. In 2004, Christopher completed three more children’s books, Ema the Rhino, Norman the Lion and Jeshi the Gorilla for the African Wildlife Foundation. He is also wrote the book Realism in Watermedia, North Light, which was released in 2005. His work is included in the books entitled How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint a Landscape and How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes (International Artist).
His paintings have been reproduced in several other books including Art From the Parks - 74 Artists Celebrate
He is also the winner of the 1997 and 2003 Pennsylvania Trout/Salmon Stamp competition.
Kathy Lindabury
Lindabury received her degree from Catawba College and worked in various master workshops with other professionals. She taught at the Norris Center in Naples and has worked as an instructor in other specialty classes. Her art focuses on found objects used to create cards, memory books, or fine art.
Lynn L. Loscutoff
Loscutoff graduated from Staley College, Boston with her BA and has furthered her education at The Art Institute of Boston and Montserrat School of Art at Beverly, Massachusetts. Since then she has been teaching plein air painting for six years at The von Liebig in addition to teaching at Monet’s Garden and on cruise ships once a year. Loscutoff has shown her art across the U.S. and in France.
Robert Mirek
A Senior Partner in Larson Mirek Design, Robert Mirek has produced print and web projects for national and international clients for over 25 years. He is also a fine artist with an exhibition history including
Jane Mjolsness
Mjolsness has a bachelors degree in Art from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She also studied art in Florence Italy her senior year. Mjolsness has a style that is highly recognizable. She takes a complex idea and turns it into something simple and visually stunning. Mjolsness has worked with such high power clients as Visa, American Airlines, AT&T, and American Express.
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Hedi Moran
Hedi Moran combines realism and impressionism in her rich and lively still life oil paintings. Bathed in a sunlit rush of light and vivid color, her florals resonate with a freshness and spontaneity that mask carefully cultivated composition and brushstrokes.
Born Åse Pedersen in a Norwegian coastal village, Hedi Moran immigrated to the
An award-winning artist, her paintings have appeared in numerous art exhibits throughout the country, including several juried shows sponsored by Oil Painters of America and Salon International. In addition, she is a three-time finalist in the “Flowers & Garden Competition” sponsored by International Artist magazine. One of her paintings, “Antique Roses,” was recently exhibited at the residence of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations in
Hedi also conducts oil painting workshops throughout the
Her paintings have been featured in Workshop Magazine, Art of the West, International Artist, and Kunst for Alle, a leading Scandinavian art magazine. Her work appears in “100 Ways to Paint Still Life & Florals” and “How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Flowers & Gardens,” published by International Artist magazine. Her paintings also have appeared in “The Best of Flower Painting” by North Light Books. She also has several DVDs produced and distributed by Liliedahl Video Productions, including videos entitled "Sunflowers,” “Lilies,” “Poppies and Cantaloupes,” and “Roses."
Currently Hedi Moran is represented by Willow Gallery,
Julie Olander
Platt has studied at the Pratt Institute, East Carolina University, and State University of New York. Since then, Platt has shown his art work across the country and been honored by several southwest Florida organizations including the creation of a scholarship in his name by the SW Florida Pastel Society. He has illustrated for such publications as Naples Illustrated and the Naples Daily News.
Jennifer Rankin
Jennifer Rankin- La Chapelle received her bachelor degree in Fine Arts from the
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Mary Parkman Rowe
Rowe is known for her vibrant landscapes painted in oils.
Her paintings have a freshness and spontaneity to them, exhibiting her passion for painting, as well as her facility and mastery of the medium. Collectors in Naples admire her painting style and bright color palette.
Having moved to Naples from New York, she says, “I love the light and air quality here in Naples, and it changes so much throughout the day! When painting landscapes, you really notice the difference.” Parkman also has a gift for painting portraits. She captures likenesses easily, in a realistic yet painterly manner. Rowe participates in local fundraisers including 3rd on Canvas, Zoobilee and one she organized herself for the Conservancy of SW Florida. Galleries show her work in New York, Atlanta, Cleveland, Naples and Italy. Many prominent art collectors in Naples are taking note and including her work in their collections. Rowe earned her BFA from Cornell University, continued development at The New York Studio School, the Art Students League and the International School of Art in Italy.
William Saladino
Saladino graduated from Indiana University with his bachelors degree and the University of Arizona with his masters of fine arts. Since then he has devoted his life to teaching in Florida and Indiana, most recently at Poinciana Elementary. He has also worked as an art conservator and traveled around the world studying art in different cultures. Saladino has received various awards for his teaching dedication.
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Glen Beitman and Ed Gifford are the scientists behind this unique combination of art and science.
Glen Beitman graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia with a degree in art. He moved to Florida to pursue a teaching degree after teaching at various schools up north and working in the video game field. With the help of the United Arts Council, Beitman created
Ed Gifford has always had a passion for the sciences and graduated from college with a degree in software engineering. He worked in Philadelphia in the software industry and taught classes to new hires and employees; he then fell in love with teaching. Gifford teamed up with Glen Beitman to help start
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Richard Segalman
Richard Segalman has been exhibiting his work in group and solo shows for over 55 years. His work can be found in private collections and major museums including the Arkansas Art Center, Bass Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and Polk Museum. Aside from being an accomplished artist, Segalman has been a sought after and highly respected teacher for over 30 years. A master of many medias, watercolor influenced his early artistic career and remains an important form of expression in his work. Segalman has a unique ability to convey both the emotional and aesthetic of the figure and moment being captured without the use of facial expression but rather through clothing and bodily expression.
Tammra Sigler
Sigler has painted and taught in the Baltimore/Washington area for the past 45 years. In 2001 she relocated her home and her studio to Naples, FL. Sigler received her education at Syracuse University, School of Fine Arts, and got her BFA, with honors in painting, from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland in 1965. Sigler has shown her work extensively and been awarded many prizes in the Baltimore/Washington area as well as Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Lexington, Palm Beach, and throughout South America. Sigler’s work has been acquired by The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and the Baltimore Museum of Art. It is included in many private collections both nationally and internationally. Her work has been selected twice (1994, 2000) to be represented in the national publication “New American Painting” by Open Studio Press. Some of her corporate collections include Chase Manhattan Bank of New York, Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Health Insurance Association of America, Federal Reserve Bank of Virginia, Ayres/Saint/Gross Inc., Equitable Trust Bank, Shelter Development Corporation, Murdock Development Corporation of Los Angeles, Deloitte and Touche, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Percontee Corporation, Commercial Credit Corporation, W. B. Doner Inc., Advertising Agency, United States Consulate, Spain, Health Insurance Association of America, Washington, Gordon Feinblatt Rothman Hoffberger and Hollander, Piper and Marbury, University of Maryland, Towson University and The Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work was featured in the13th Annual Naples Museum of Art Artists’ Studio Tour in 2008 and has shown at the von Liebig Art Center in their Founders and Encounter, other juried shows. In addition to her Shirley Street studio, her work can be found at The Sweet Art Gallery in Naples, and James L. Pierce in Baltimore, Maryland.
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David's oils and pastels are based on observation and memory of everyday subjects, often exploring the line between representation and abstraction. He draws inspiration from a wide variety of masters, including Cezanne, Diebenkorn, Wyeth, Degas, and Levitan. He has been featured in SouthwestArt, USArt, Indianapolis Monthly, and the Indianapolis Star. He is also an award-winning children's book author and illustrator. David's work hangs in private, corporate and museum collections nationally. He lives in central
Callie is certified through the International Porcelain Artists and Teachers Association as a Master Artist and Master Art Teacher. She has spent thirty years in the porcelain field where she has traveled and taught in such places as South and
Callie is married with two daughters, four grandsons and two granddaughters.
Urania Christy Tarbet
Urania attended the Otis Art Institute in
In 1994 she founded the International Association of Pastel Societies and currently serves as President Emeritus. Urania’s memberships and honors include Signature Life Member-Pastel Society of America; IAPS Master Circle; Artist Member-California Art Club; Artist Member-Salmagundi Club, NY; and holds Honorary Membership with the Degas Pastel Society and the Sierra Pastel Society among numerous other societies in the United States.
Urania is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, and her work has been published in the American Artist; The Artist’s Magazine; Art Review; The Pastel Journal; International Artist, and fifteen how-to-art books, including the “Artist’s Illustrated Encyclopedia” by Phil Metzer. Her work has been exhibited in
She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Pastel Journal, and is the former editor of the Pastel Artist International Magazine, and periodically contributes articles to various art magazines. She teaches pastel and oil workshops throughout the
Most recently she has been invited by the
Kim Marhoefer-Willis
Willis was born in 1962 in Chicago, IL. Her family moved to Naples, FL in 1969, where she would grow up. She majored in fine art at the University of Florida, Kalamazoo College and the University of Bonn, Germany. Her work has been exhibited in many galleries on a local and national level, and she has competed in numerous national and international fine art competitions. Willis’ preferred medium is printmaking. She feels challenged by the wide scope of the various printmaking processes. “I like working with a medium that takes away some of the control, and forces me to actively collaborate with the process.” Her work often reflects an observation or commentary on our society and culture. “I believe art is a reflection of our history, our psyche, and who we are as individuals and a society. “ Willis currently lives in Naples and divides her time between her art, teaching, and raising a family with her husband.
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