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 craft stores.  Her focus now is creating whimsical hand built clay art pieces of sea life and birds.  Her pieces range from ornaments to sculptures, totems, wall hangings, and plant stakes.  ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2021Fine Art Medium:  Mixed MediaBrenda 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 and textiles using watercolors, watercolor pencils, and acrylics.  Eventually, her interest turned toward 3-D work where she began creating one-of-a-kind jewelry, working in techniques such as Champlevé, Kumboo, brass etching, and other enameling applications.   Brenda ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2021Fine Art Medium:  Oil PaintingDonna 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 worked in the graphic arts field and and taught oil painting in the Chicago area.  Since moving to Florida, Donna has found new inspiration in the beauty of nature and the ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2001Fine Art Medium:  Watercolor and Acrylic Barbara Albin has loved art since the tender age of four. By age seventeen, she had sold her first two watercolors to Northern Illinois University where she was a freshman and won a first place ribbon. Since then Barbara has been in over 300 juried and invitational shows with many awards to her credit. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of Northern Illinois ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2007 Fine Art Medium:  Watercolor and Acrylic I studied at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, the School of Visual Arts in New York, and Sheridan College, in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. My background is primarily advertising design and commercial art, but I am now at a point where the majority of my time is spent working as an artist. I began the adventure of handling watercolors in 1957, studying ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2004Fine Art Medium:  Wheel Thrown PotteryExpressions In Clay Originally from Minnesota, Bonnie began studying the art of wheel thrown pottery in 1978 while living in North Carolina.   After moving to New Jersey, she continued her clay studies at a local college.   However, the demands of her business career limited the time she had to pursue this artistic endeavor.   Upon settling in Punta Gorda in 2001, Bonnie again resumed her ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2006 Fine Art Medium: Water Media I was born and raised in Hawaii and I was a registered nurse specializing in Operating Room nursing for most of my adult life. Twenty-six of those years were spent in the Panama Canal Zone/Republic of Panama. Spending most of my life in tropical climates gave me an appreciation of bright, vivid colors, and the undulating movements of nature. With my career demands ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2019Fine Art Medium: Fused Glass My obsession with glass began in the early 90’s when we settled in Southwest Florida. At the time I was designing jewelry and wanted to add glass components to my artwork so I took a few classes at a local studio. I quickly realized that I needed to fully explore the medium. I love things ordered and symmetrical, and strive for perfection in every ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2015 Fine Art Medium:  Nantucket and Shaker Style Basketry Creating Authentic Works Inspired by American History! Nancy Giffin has been creating art for over 60 years in one form or another. Having lived in Massachusetts, she was inspired by American history and loved its traditions and culture. When moving to Florida in the early 90s, she brought with her knowledge of the Nantucket and Shaker culture and focused her ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2014Previous Membership: 1992-2005Fine Art Medium: Watercolor"For most of my life, art has been my passion and my profession.  Nature has been my inspiration.  I believe that both are extremely important for my spirit and the community in which I live." Vicki Glynn has been painting the beauty of Southwest Florida since she and her husband moved to Charlotte Harbor in 1980.  They immediately became avid flats fishermen, spending their ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2022Fine Art Medium: Pine Needle ArtistryBeth's roots were established among musicians, writers, and artists.  Her own journey began with cello lessons taught by her father. It soon became apparent to her after trying drawing classes that art would be "IT."  Beth graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and a Masters in Counseling.  An excitement transpired when combining these two areas through her work with developmentally disabled adults.  She ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2021 Fine Art Medium: Oil PaintingKitt Moran is an American painter and celebrated singer.  Her paintings are highly respected for her bold and confident brushstrokes as well as her use of the palette knife.  Even though Kitt paints a variety of subjects, her main love is portraiture.  “Art is a solitary self exploration.  When I paint, I not only get to know my subject but I get to know ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2024Fine Art Medium: Oil PaintPerry Thompson’s paintings dreamily reflect the beauty of the area which he chooses as the inspiration for his works.  Mr. Thompson has inaugurated his particular style of painting as “Abstract Realism,” defining it as an attempt at capturing the beauty of all things interacting with each other, and the resulting colors, vibrancy, richness, and texture which exists as a result of these interactions.  His technique ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2005Fine Art Medium:  Oil, Acrylic, and Mixed Media Artist Statement Susan's paintings are meant to communicate a unique sense of place through the bold use of color and light Her travels, both in the United States and abroad, provide the subject matter for most of her paintings. This allows Susan to mentally re-visit each location and express its special qualities. Techniques Susan's oil paintings are primarily done with palette ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2019Fine Art Medium: Silver Jewelry My journey to the world of jewelry design evolved accidentally. I spent many years in the paper art world, creating altered books and rubber stamping. One day in 2003, after stamping a polymer clay pendant, I decided I needed to bead a chain on which to hang my newly created pendant. Jewelry designing took over my world 21 years ago. My husband and I ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2008 Fine Art Medium:  Photography Cheryl was born and raised in Chicago, and moved to Colorado in 1979 with her family. Cheryl's husband Larry always said that he would like to retire where palm trees could grow, so in 1993 they moved to Florida and traded their ski equipment for scuba gear. She immediately became fascinated by the wondrous creatures inhabiting the oceans, which cover an amazing 70% of ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2015Fine Art Medium:  Handcrafted Stained Glass KaleidoscopesBob Rioux has been working with glass since 1976.  Using his skill and creativity, he designs and creates glass kaleidoscopes that are beautiful works of art.  Inspired by the natural beauty surrounding his studios in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Punta Gorda, Florida, he creates unique and original stained and blown glass kaleidoscopes for both the first time buyer as well as the experienced collector ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2014Fine Art Medium:  Water Media Joanne's love for art was always a part of her life while growing up in Pennsylvania.  Family and business didn't give her much time to pursue her interest in it, but now in retirement years she can devote full time to creating artwork.  Joanne studied art at Kutztown University and Wyomissing Institute, and with many local and national art instructors.  Art trips to California, ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2005Fine Art Medium:  Colored Pencil, Graphite, and Silverpoint Anne's primary interest is drawing, and in the early 90's, she became part of a small group of artists who were exploring the emerging medium of colored pencil.  She quickly came to appreciate its simplicity and versatility, and has found satisfaction in watching colored pencil grow in popularity and become an accepted medium in art shows and galleries.  Anne strives for ... Read More

Sea Grape Gallery Artist Member since 2013Fine Art Medium:  Oil and Mixed Media Bev Yankwitt moved to Charlotte County in 1985, and spent many years working in the medical field at two local hospitals.  Upon leaving the medical industry, Bev obtained a license as a Financial Advisor and joined her husband working in the financial sector.  After Bev retired, she decided it was time to pursue her true love, art. She works in oils and ... Read More