Jake Fernandez graduated from the University of Florida and received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of South Florida. He is known for creating complex pictorial structures through the observation of light and space. His works are in numerous public and private collections. He is represented by ACA Galleries in New York City. [...]
Everything I have ever smelled, seen, heard, tasted or felt plays into my work, as well as anything I have ever read.
Kymia Nawabi will be in Sarasota to speak at New College of Florida. She was gracious enough to provide us with an interview. We are lucky to have such great talent come to our beautiful community, and we are very happy to share this awesome conversation with our readers.
Claudia Ryan is one of the major female abstracts artists in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. A 2006 graduate of USF’s MFA program and Ringling College Graduate, Ryan has shown with Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, the Clayton Galleries, Bleu Acier Gallery, and currently lives and works in Bradenton, Florida.
Mathisen bases all of what he does in paint on the idea of beauty, perfect in all of its imperfections. He likes to think he is not reinventing the wheel, but stepping on the shoulders of past masters and transcending the art form to something that is his own.
