Artist Recognition

​Our featured Artist for the month of September is pine needle artist Beth Williams. Inspired by the history of the Seminole and Calusa Indians, and with an endless supply of pine needles in her own backyard, Beth creates imaginative sculptures of native plants and animals, with her love of color and whimsy as added surprises.  She incorporates old basketry techniques with innovative contemporary methods to create her unique art.  Beth has also written and illustrated a children's book titled "Unlikely Roommates," the story of an intriguing friendship between a gopher tortoise and an indigo snake. Click here to view the artist's page.

Bev Yankwitt's Self Portrait has been accepted into the International Society of Experimental Artists annual Innovations exhibition to be held at the Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona, from November 6th, 2026 to January 3rd, 2027.

Bev Yankwitt's painting, Burning Through Blue, has been accepted into the Florida Watercolor Society's 55th annual exhibition at the Herrig Center for the Arts in Bradenton, Florida, from September 1st through October 9th, 2026.

Jim Beech's watercolor painting, 44th St. & Broadway, has been accepted into the Florida Watercolor Society's 55th Annual Exhibition on view from September 1st through October 9th, 2026, at the Herrig Center for the Arts in Bradenton, Florida.

Congratulations to Bev Yankwitt, whose abstract painting, Silent Arrangement, one of Bev's interesting new series of abstract figure paintings, was juried into the American Watercolor Society's online show, with viewing available on their Youtube channel from June 25th through August 30th.