Deon Blackwell was born in Pensacola, Florida and studied music and art at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi. He received his MFA in studio art from the University of South Florida in 2007. His studio practice includes a wide variety of ceramic processes including Raku, soda fire, salt fire, underglaze techniques, and various decal […]
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Renee Bitinas
Renée is an oil painter and interior designer from the Pacific Northwest and now located out of Tampa Bay Area, Florida. Upon graduating from college in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design, she immediately started exploring fine arts while immersing herself in the interior design industry. After gaining experience in both fields, […]
Elisabeth Bezemer
I am interested in how body (matter) and mind (energy) are related. My work is to investigate this relationship in myself, my life and my art, based on the conviction/experience that these seemingly separated objects are in reality one. My vision has a strong relationship with Taoist philosophy. Years spent in the practice of Taoist […]
Samantha Bergamo
An artist that loves to make fantasies real, whether onstage, through words, or through renderings. I want to make it, and I want to make it great.
Ligia Bello Dallocchio
My passion is color. Color “per se” I don’t find any sense in life without color When I’m painting the color comes to me as a motion from the soul, like a dance. Color is my highway of exploration, which takes me to experiment every day on my canvases. Many times I feel that the […]
Cristina Denegri
Cristina Denegri is a contemporary artist living in Tampa since 2000 . She started exhibiting her art professionally 19 years ago. She has a Bachelor in Business Administration and Interior Design. She moved from Peru to Tampa, Florida, 20 years ago and on 2005 opened an art gallery where she worked as an artist and […]
Perri Neri
Perri Neri, Artist’s Statement, 2020 My art is the only hard currency I can offer up in exchange for the deeply gratifying and deeply grotesque aspects of humanity I observe. I try to slow down the visions in my head, miscellany of predicaments and perversions, and record snatches of my private mind’s conversation with oil […]
Lee Bell
I work with up cycled and recycled materials along with steel , compounded cement and exterior grade colorants and sealants to produce animals in an elegant and whimsical style. I am saddened by what is happening to our wildlife and our environment and hope my work brings wildlife to the attention of my viewer as […]
Patricia Beebe
My discovery of watercolors began in 1992 with a class at USF. The flow of color, the subtle shading and the unpredictable nature of the media allow me to express my artistic vision in a unique way. My inspiration is the natural world around us. I have been blessed with a lifetime of travel around […]
David Beebe
Artist Statement My discovery of photography began over 40 years ago when I joined a camera club in high school. It was the start of a long and exciting journey. I initially shot black & white film in 35mm SLRs and processed and printed them in a darkroom. Ansel Adam’s Zone V Metering System was […]