Artist Recognition

​Our featured Artist for the month of July is watermedia artist Barbara Albin.  Barb has been an artist since childhood and has done it all - public school art teacher, adult art instructor, art workshop conductor, art show juror, author, lecturer, and active member of many community arts organizations both in the Chicago area and in Southwest Florida.  She has entered over 300 juried shows and has won many awards. Barb is inspired by her love of color, resulting in bright, vibrant, energetic paintings. Click here to see the artist's work.

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.