Bev Yankwitt

Bev Yankwitt

by | Aug 31, 2025 | Artist Recognition

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....
New Children’s Book by Beth Lane Williams

New Children’s Book by Beth Lane Williams

by | Aug 9, 2025 | Events

New Children’s Book by Beth Lane Williams Our very own Beth Williams has taken a step into another art form, writing and illustrating her first children’s book!  The story follows a gopher tortoise and an indigo snake and their importance to our Southwest...
Bev Yankwitt

Bev Yankwitt

by | Aug 1, 2025 | Artist Recognition

  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,...
Halloween Wicked Window Wars

Halloween Wicked Window Wars

by | Jun 21, 2025 | Events

Halloween Wicked Window Wars The shops and businesses of downtown Punta Gorda are celebrating the spooky season with a Wicked Windows War contest.  Our artists did a great job decorating inside and out, and we would love for you to stop by to see the decorations in...
Barbara Albin

Barbara Albin

by | Jun 19, 2025 | Artist Recognition

  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...
Bev Yankwitt

Bev Yankwitt

by | Jan 21, 2025 | Artist Recognition

    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...
October Artist of the Month Renee Farr

October Artist of the Month Renee Farr

by | Nov 2, 2022 | Artist of the Month

October Artist of the Month Renee Farr     ​Our Artist of the Month for October is fused glass artist Renee Farr.  Renee originally became interested in glass as a component for her jewelry designs, but quickly decided to pursue it as her primary medium.  Her love of...
Donna Pape

Donna Pape

by | Mar 11, 2018 | Artists

Donna Pape Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2021Fine Art Medium:  Oil Painting Donna Pape first developed an interest in oil painting while in high school, and then went on to study at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and the Art Institute of Chicago.  She has...