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Lorraine Cathey
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Art is in the genes in Lorraine’s family. When you grow up
with art it becomes a way of life. Her mother has been a
professional artist for over 60 years and both her sisters are
in art related fields. Lorraine has established her niche in the
fiber world. She has always worked with fiber in some
way, and in 1998 after retiring from the world of education
and a regular job, she began making mohair teddy bears,
winning several awards over the next few years. In 2002
she began working in wool fiber with wet felting and needle
felting. Lorraine now teaches her craft to other artists
sharing her personal experience, knowledge and extensive
schooling.
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Artistic Media
Mixed Media Fiber, Needle Felting
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Curtis Derby
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Mr. Derby paints in a representational style with a
wide variety of subject matter. Muted color and strong
composition identify his work along with a
controlled nostalgia.
His works have been exhibited in museums and
galleries in Ohio, West Virginia and Florida. His work was
selected to be shown in the 11th National Realism Exhibition
hosted by the Parkersburg Art Center in West Virginia. His
paintings are enjoyed by art collectors from Spain to Alaska.
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Watercolor
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Jan Dempsey
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Ms. Dempsey taught tole/decorative painting at local craft
shops and Santa Rosa Community Schools. While no longer
teaching classes, Jan continues to conduct workshops for
several civic groups. Painting, relief wood carving, and
wood burning remain her art expressions of choice. For the
past several years, Jan has been creating art by using
gourds. With her vivid imagination, she creates whimsical
animals, carved bowls and baskets, and other decorative
objects.
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Artistic Media
Gourds, Wood Carving,
Wood Burning, Chair Caning
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Becky Gibbs
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Becky was born and lived most of her life in Memphis, TN.
After meeting her husband, Wes, who is now retired Navy,
moved to Va. Beach. Then they transferred to Pace, Fl. She
has been a respiratory therapist for 3o years and now
works at Sacred Heart in Pensacola.
She has been a member of the Dragonfly Gallery since May
2005. Pottery has been a passion for 6 years. She works at
her studio located at her home and spends as much time as
possible making functional pottery.
She has exhibited for 3 years at the Festival on the Green
and at Art in the Park.
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Artistic Media
Pottery
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Linda Koehler
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Linda Koehler is a local artist originally from Pensacola Florida
and currently residing in Pace for over third years with her
husband Ed.
Working with many mediums has given her the ability to
approach new ideas and subject matter in exciting and
colorful works of art. Her most recent paintings on silk
display a vibrant use of liquid acrylic layering along with the
watercolor techniques using waterbased silk paints on
Crepe De Chine, China Silk or Flat Crepe. Teaching herself
this new art form has been challenging and very rewarding.
When acrylics call, she answers happily.
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Oil, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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Sandi Lang
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I’ve always done creative things with my hands: arranging,
decorating, crafting, potting. As I approached mid-life, I took
up tole painting as a challenging, color-filled art form, one
with many techniques and stules.
Recently, I’ve added polymer clay and fiber art to my
interests—again, the color-ixing and possibilities are endless.
That suits me just fine.
Using gourds as a surface has lead to a mixed-media
approach, which captures bits and pieces of all of the media
I enjoy.
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Artistic Media
Gourd Art, Fiber Art and
Polymer Clay Jewelry
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Angie Leckie
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Oil
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Janet Levin
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Janet lived in many new places both in the
United States and abroad, including, Japan, Belgium,
Switzerland, and Spain. Each tour brought new opportunities
to study art with a focus on people, portraits, and the study
of “Old Masters” techniques. Janet has studied with Retha
Sedell, Honey Carlen and other European artists. Locally, she
studied with Arion Jones and Elaine Woodward.
She has won several awards in local shows in various
states, and two National Art Exhibitions awards in the
Washington, D.C. area. Currently Janet paints in
watercolors or oils by commission.
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Oil, Watercolor
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Sally Miller
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Sally is a native Bostonian who has spent the last 17 years
living in Florida; the last 2 in Bagdad and the remainder in
South Florida. She and her husband Charlie have chosen
Bagdad to be their resting place. They love the weather and
love living here. I love to garden and use my garden and
uses nature as inspiration for her plein air watercolor
paintings.
By trade, Sally is an elementary school teacher. Majoring in
education Sally did not start serious painting until 8 years
ago. During those 8 years, Sally has studied with Lee
Benson, Jim Watson, Peter Spatero and Nina Fritz. She
continues to study with different teachers to learn more
about painting.
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Watercolor
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Jean Norris
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I worked at Monsanto for 34 years and always said I would
find somebody to teach me how to Paint with Oil when I
retired. Ladies would bring in paintings that were so pretty
and I just loved to look at them. It is a lot easier to paint then it
is to draw for me. Kate Rawls is the instructor that I found
and I told her she could not retire until she taught me all she
knows.
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Artistic Media
Oil
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Cindy Patterson
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Artistic Media
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Mike Patterson
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Metal Sculpture
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Ginger Pratt
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Ginger Lynch-Pratt is from Texas, but has lived in Wisconsin,
New York, Nevada, New Jersey and Chicago. She and her
husband, Earl have chosen Milton as their place of
retirement. Ginger has traveled the world…Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Central America. She
worked as a photographer’s assistant to Enricco Ferrorelli in
Manhatten, where she smoothed her photography skills. Her
love for stained glass has brought her to today’s work.
“Stained glass has a permanence about it and has taught me
the skill of patience. It takes a lot of time. Time that I enjoy”
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Artistic Media
Photography, Stained Glass
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Tom Ring
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Oil, Pastel
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Darlene Samuel
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Darlene learned to bead early when her grandmother handed
her a needle, leather and some seed beads in a vain attempt
to keep her quiet. It didn't work for keeping her quiet but it did
launch her on a life-long quest to fill in the spaces with the
pretty colored beads. As former President of Emerald Coast
Bead Society, Darlene has won several awards. Besides
local art shows, her work hangs in The Bud Shack in Pace,
Angel's Garden in Pensacola, and the Funky Bungalow in Flat
Rock North Carolina. Darlene is also a fiber artist working
with art dolls and needle felting. She teaches workshops on
beading, polymer clay and doll making. "Life is like beading,
you put it together one small piece at a time, stitching it
together with love and determination and laughter."
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Bead-work, Fiber,
Needle Felting, Polymer Clay,
Doll Making
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Della Scott
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Del is a member of the Santa Rosa Art Association and has
sold several of her paintings locally. She was a student of
the Famous Artist School and has studied under Fuller
Brown, Patricia Johnson and Dharbinder S. Bamrah at
Pensacola Junior College.
She has exhibited in the Blackwater Festival Fine Art Show,
Gulf Breeze Celebrates the Arts and the Santa Rosa Art
Association sponsored “Art Affair” and the annual member’s
show of the Pensacola Museum of Art. She has also
exhibited and won and award in the Riverwalk Fine Art
Show.
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Oil, Pastel
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Janie enjoys painting with oils en plein aire, in the open air.
She has painted local landmarks, homes, rivers, and beach
scenes. She also enjoys working on pet portraits.
Janie's work has been juried into the Pensacola Museum of
Art Member's Shows, Quayside Gallery's First City Shows,
along with many exhibits at Artel Gallery, where she is a
member. She belongs to Plein Air Painters of Pensacola,
Santa Rosa Art Assoc., & has placed in several Santa Rosa
County Art Educator Shows.
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Artistic Media
Oil, Clay, Mixed Media,
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Janet Shelby
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My introduction to art was in Virginia in the 1980s when Phil,
my husband gave me art lessons for a birthday present. It
has turned out to be the best present I’ve ever received. I
studied oil painting under Suzanne Luker for about 5 years.
Suzanne is an impressionist artist and I believe she has
greatly influenced my work.
When I retired, I began painting again only this time working in
pastel, and started taking art from Elaine Woodward in Pace. I
was also lucky enough to take a workshop with Albert
Handel, one of the leading Pastelists in the world. I am
enjoying pastels so much that I wonder if I’ll ever get back to
oils. If I may quote a friend, I paint because it makes me smile.
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Oil, Pastel
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Mark Schmitt
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Mark grew up the son of a carpenter and has always had a
love of working with wood. His unique art consisting of tile
and wood has been developed over several years. Each
original tile piece take between 10 to 15 hours over a period
of 7 to 10 days due to the various drying and setting times of
stain, polyurethane, adhesives, grout and sealant.
A native of Kent, Ohio Mark completed 33 years of service
and retired as a Commander in August of 2005. Mark and his
wife Anita have resided in pace, Florida since 1996. He has
a Masters degree in counseling and psychology from Troy
University and is employed part time as a Career and
Academic Advisor.
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Tile & Wood
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Michael Smith
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Michael's subjects are eclectic, whether in studio or on
location. Although he has considerable training in digital
technology and image manipulation, his minimalist
approach is to capture, reproduce, and convey the
image the way he experienced it at the time it was taken -
without staging, excessive enhancement, or distortion. He
processes and produces all his work using archival materials
and techniques.
Originally from Birmingham, with longstanding roots in north
and south Alabama, he has been a local resident since 1984.
Michael lives and works with his wife, Jan, in Gulf Breeze,
Florida, and travels frequently throughout the Florida
panhandle and southern Alabama and Georgia.
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Artistic Media
Photography
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Jeanie Vaughan
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Jeanie (Dempsey) Vaughan has been creating jewerly since
high school~began using sterling, gemstone, & vintage glass
about 6 years ago. Jeanie is self taught.Creating original
pieces for others to enjoy is Jeanie's forte.
Jeanie began working with gourds 12 years ago. Using her
flair for uniqueness she creates one of a kind gourd art, from
bowls to animals.
Jeanie's gourd creations can be seen at Greater Gulfcoast
Arts Festival, Milton's Riverwalk Art Festival, and Munson
Heritage Festival in the Heritage Arts section.
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Beadwork, gourds
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Wanda Veal
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Wanda Veal has been a stained glass artist for over fifteen
years. She is a resident of Holley, Florida, where she opened
Dockside Studio in 2002. She enjoys the challenge of
creating original custom designs in stained glass, glass
etching or mosaics. Her custom designs can be seen in
homes throughout the Southeast. Her art work can also be
found in local galleries and shops in Santa Rosa County and
on her website, docksideglass.com. As a member of the
Santa Rosa Arts and Cultural Foundation, she began to
exhibit her wook at the Dragonfly Gallery in 2006.
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Stained Glass
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Sally Wales
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Hi! My name is Sally Wales. I am a native of Milton, FL. During
the last 20 or so years I have been creating photographic
memories for family and friends. Several years ago I
expanded that to include the public and was encouraged to
exhibit my photos for others to enjoy. I was thrilled to find an
outlet for my art here at the Dragonfly Gallery. My husband
and I have 6 grandchildren. I hold a B.A. in Mathematics from
UWF and teach math at Milton High School.
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Photography
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Eleanor Williams
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Eleanor’s life has been immersed in education resulting in a
doctorate in a unique mix of science and art. Broad
background in graphic designs, painting, music performance,
creating her own native plant nursery to massage, Eleanor is
an accomplished woman.
At present, Eleanor has a geriatric massage business. She
now has time for her artwork and time to play music with a
group of local musicians. She hopes to write a book about
the process of restoring her land.
Eleanor fell in love the coastal scrub, sandhill and dune
systems of our area in her earlier years and loves the natural
beauty to the culture and history of this area. Her artwork is
a reflection of the local elements she values.
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Acrylic
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Elaine Woodward
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Elaine received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from
Bowling Green State University with a major in painting in
1978. She worked as a technical illustrator at the GE for 6
years after which she decided to stay home and raise her
three sons.
Since moving to Pace in 1994, Elaine has painted large murals
in acrylic at Dixon Intermediate, Pace HS, Parade Homes and
in private homes. She has contracted to illustrate a series of
children’s animal books and 2 other series totaling over 40
books. She uses pastels for the animal series of books,
watercolor and ink on the second, and will use colored pencil
for the third series.
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Artistic Media
Oil, Pastel, Watercolor
Pen & Ink, Pencil
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