Artist Recognition

​Our featured Artist for the month of November is experimental abstract artist Beverly Yankwitt.  Bev works in acrylics and mixed media to produce her paintings and believes that abstract art is the most unique, original expression an artist can render.  She is very active in, as well as being a Signature Member of, many regional and national art organizations, and she also enjoys teaching abstract art at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda. Click here to see the artist's work.

Bev Yankwitt won First Place in the Visual Arts Center's "Melody of Art" show, September, 2025, with her painting, "What the Color Sang."

Bev Yankwitt's painting, "The Encounter," won the Society's Award at the Florida Watercolor Society's annual exhibition, September, 2025.  The painting will be on exhibit at the Orlando Museum of Art until January, 2026.

Congratulations to Bev Yankwitt whose acrylic and collage abstract piece "Buried Treasure" won the Judges' Award in the Visual Arts Center's Members' Showcase. Summer, 2025.

Congratulations to Barbara Albin, who received Third Place  for her watercolor collage "'The  Pier," in the Visual Art Center's June, 2025 Reimagine Show. Judge's comment: "This is my favorite true abstract.  What a beautiful balance of shape, color, and value.  I absolutely love the feeling."

Congratulations to Barbara Albin, who received a Merit Award for "Subtropical Terrain," in the Visual Art Center's May, 2025 Walk in Nature Show.

Congratulations to Beth Williams, whose pine needle sculpture, "Yellow Crown Heron," won First Place at the Englewood Art Center's Community Threads: Fiber Art show, March, 2025.

Congratulations to Bev Yankwitt,  who won First Place in the January, 2025 "Black & White" exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda with her abstract painting, "Where the Light Fades."

Congratulations to Barbara Albin whose abstract painting, "Moving Back," won Second Place in the Visual Arts Center's "Color" show, January, 2025.