by SeaGrape Gallery | Jun 24, 2022 | Events
Where’s Waldo? From July 1st to July 30th, the iconic children’s book character Waldo will be visiting Punta Gorda and hiding out in 25 local businesses, including Sea Grape Gallery, waiting for local scavenger hunters to find him. This is a great...
by SeaGrape Gallery | May 31, 2022 | Artist Recognition
Beverly Yankwitt’s painting, “Spring Foliage,” won First Place in the Visual Arts Center’s “Florida’s Best” show, May/June,...
by SeaGrape Gallery | May 31, 2022 | Artist Recognition
Kitt Moran’s oil painting, “Lido Key” won a Merit Award at the Visual Art Center’s “Water, Water, Everywhere” Exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, May/June,...
by SeaGrape Gallery | May 15, 2022 | Artist Recognition
Jim Beech will be giving a one-day workshop, “The Importance of Detail, ” on September 22, 2022 at the 51st Annual Exhibition of the Florida Watercolor Society. The exhibition will be held at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda from September...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Jan 16, 2022 | Artist Recognition
Congratulations to Kitt Moran. Her oil portrait, “Cal,” was accepted into the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society International Spring Online Exhibit, 2022. “Cal,” previously won First Place in Venice Art Center’s January,...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Dec 21, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Kitt Moran’s oil painting, “Für Elise,” won a Merit Award at the Venice Art Center’s December, 2021 Yin & Yang Exhibit at the Venice Art...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Nov 4, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Congratulations to Renee Farr, Glass Artist, and Bob Rioux, Glass Kaleidoscope Artist, for being voted Winners in the Glass Art category of the Charlotte Sun’s “Best of Charlotte” Readers’ Choice Awards Contest, October,...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Oct 31, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Kitt Moran’s oil painting, “Boy with Balloon,” won the Bowles Portrait Award in the October/November, 2021 “Falling for Art” Exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Oct 31, 2021 | Artist of the Month
May and June Artist of the Month Jim Beech Our 2D Artist of the Month for May and June is Watercolorist Jim Beech. Jim had a career in advertising, marketing, and graphic design, but also had a passion for watercolor painting, and has been creating art for over 50...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Sep 28, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Joanne Stramara’s painting, “Theoretical Permutation,” was awarded Third Place in the Venice Art Center’s September/October, 2021 “Big & Little”...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Sep 28, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Joanne Stramara’s mixed media painting, “Florida, Hot & Cool,” won a Merit Award in the Visual Arts Center’s September/October, 2021 “COLOR!”...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Sep 28, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Congratulations to Bev Yankwitt, whose abstract painting “August Storm” won First Place in the Visual Arts Center’s September/October 2021 “COLOR!” show. “August Storm” was also accepted into the 45th Annual...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Jun 12, 2021 | Artist Recognition
Bev Yankwitt’s painting “Rise Up” was recently published in Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine (January, 2022,) and was accepted into the National Watercolor Society’s 101st International Open Exhibition 2021....
by SeaGrape Gallery | Feb 29, 2020 | Artist of the Month
Our 3D Artist of the Month for May and June is Silver Jewelry Artist Nancy VanTassell. Nancy has been creating art jewelry for 18 years. Her designs have evolved through that time to her current obsession, wire weaving, and she has been weaving for...
by SeaGrape Gallery | Oct 22, 2019 | Artists
Jan Pronko Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2019 Fine Art Medium: Clay Jan Pronko has been interested in arts and crafts since childhood. She has a special love of sewing, has worked in several mediums, and had a career in retail management of fabric and...
by SeaGrape Gallery | May 8, 2018 | Artists
Brenda Berdnik Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2021Fine Art Medium: Mixed Media Brenda Berdnik has always been involved in the arts. She and her husband Bill moved to Florida from Vermont in the early 1980’s. Brenda worked mainly creating designs for apparel...
by SeaGrape Gallery | 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...
