| Artists | | | Tom Corcoran
Black and White Photography
www.TomCorcoran.netTom Corcoran first moved to Florida in 1970. He has been a disc jockey, bartender, AAA travel counselor, U. S. Navy officer, screenwriter, freelance photographer, automotive magazine editor, computer graphic artist, and journalist. Corcoran’s photographs have appeared on seven Jimmy Buffett album covers. He co-wrote the Buffett hits, “Cuban Crime of Passion,” and “Fins.” His photos also have appeared on numerous book jackets, including those of Thomas McGuane (“An Outside Chance”), Winston Groom (“Forrest Gump”), and Florida novelists Les Standiford (“Black Mountain” and “Last Train to Paradise”) and James W. Hall (“Hot Damn”). Tom's black-and-white photographs of Key West were displayed at the Key West Art and Historical Society's Custom House Museum. in 2007. |
| | | | | Priscilla Derven
Oils
My new work represents the continuation of a subject of mine of the last several years (people on beaches). I am interested in, and impressed by, the presence of people at the beach. It represents play, rest, leisure and pleasure. It’s a wonderful thing to bear witness to, given all the grief, strife and hardship of the lives of so many people on earth. We are living in a time of great uncertainty. When I see people on the beach no matter who they are, their spirits seem lifted. They are playing or observing others playing.
But there is something else going on here as well: there is a capturing of the aloneness of people. I think the immensity of the sea brings out the isolation and insignificance of the individual. And from my view, the individual seems to sense this, however unconsciously. Time and again I find a certain melancholy and introspection in these moments of play.
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| | | | | Gabriella Fiabane
Acrylics, Oils & Watercolors
GabriellaFiabane.comTo me, painting is a way of recording meditation; like writing in a journal but with a more sophisticated language that enables me to reach others beyond the barriers of linguistics, culture and beliefs.
I mainly work with watercolors on paper and acrylics on canvas. At times I supplement my acrylic work with pastels, charcoal and pencils. My watercolor paintings could be defined as atmospheric and minimalist. My aim is to capture the feeling of the moment and the space, with sparse detail and frugal brush work, the end result being a meditation in water and color. My acrylic paintings are larger in format and mostly abstract or abstracted personal reality. I work on different series at the same time, exploring various subjects and techniques threaded together by spirituality, thoughts and emotions.
Painting is a way of extracting my truth, putting it out there, and hopefully developing a dialogue with the viewer.
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| | | | | Susan Johnson
Sculpture
"Susan Johnson's sculptures are immediately arresting and after the initial humor one knows she is seeing into the heart of things"
-The Key West Citizen- |
| | | | | Jill Caldwell
Abstract Painting
The abstract paintings of Jill Caldwell draw upon her East Coast experiences spanning from Massachusetts, where she grew up and attended the Massachusetts College of Art, to Key West, Florida, where she absorbed the tropical atmosphere for eight years, to Mid-Coast Maine, her current home. She mixes her sense of place -those influences coming through her eyes in the form of light, shape, color, line, shadow and composition- with her interior landscape. "When painting", she explains, "I tap into this non-verbal chasm. The process of building a painting engages me. The layering of material, the texture, the revealing and editing, it is the history, it is the journey that becomes the painting." |
| | | | | David Laughlin
Acrylics
Key West locals are familiar with David Laughlin’s distinctive work, and his paintings are valued because they transport us to places in the back country where many residents and visitors first fell in love with nature in the Keys. His skillful acrylic paintings immerse one in the natural world of water, mangroves and wildlife, giving a new appreciation of this special place to the viewer.
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| | | | | Elio Hinds
Oils ElioHinds.com
The vigor and intensity of Elio's work is striking, as is the personal nature of her subject matter. Hinds’ paintings convey a dreamlike reality with sweeping movement and enigmatic visions. |
| | | | | Jim Johnson
Watercolors
James Johnson, a noted watercolorist from Michigan, has been painting in Key West for many years during the winter. “American Artist Magazine” featured Johnson last October in an article by Colin Fry, “Three Proven Ways to Start Watercolors Outdoors.” The detail and clarity of his paintings reflect the artistic confidence and skill acquired during his years as an award-winning illustrator. |
| | | | | David Gray
The oil paintings by David Gray convey a sense of refined dignity with attention to architectural detail, employing a muted northern palette. Gray’s studio is in Penobscot, Maine, and while his work has been exhibited and collected both in this country and internationally, this is his first show in Key West. |
| | | | | Edward S. Mullins
This collection of paintings includes Mullins' work displaying the diversity of his talent and some of the different styles of painting that he explored during his lifetime.
His skill is demonstrated in the various techniqes he employed, using oil paint, pen and ink, and watercolor to offer his unique artistic vision.
Viewing the diversity of these beautiful paintings provides one with an appreciation of the wide range and scope of Mullins' talent and an enjoyable artistic experience that offers a glimpse into the life of a talented man who devoted his life to art.
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