2008-2009 EXHIBITING VISUAL ARTISTS
Educational Outreach | Photo Gallery
TereseMarie Miller :: Exhibiting Sunday, September 14, 2008
As an artist I am constantly striving for peace and harmony through my art. This goes hand in hand with my spiritual goals. I seek a balance in values and color that is as pleasing as nature itself. My medium is acrylic, inks, charcoal, collage and found objects on wood, paper and canvas from landscapes to figures in a realistic to non-objective style.
TereseMarie Miller's work (click to view) :
Beth Haizlip :: Exhibiting Sunday, October 5, 2008
A native of Charleston, South Carolina, Beth Haizlip is a versatile and multi-talented artist. She has been painting for many years graduating from Florida Southern College in l980 with a Bachelor of Art Degree. Working in a variety of media, Beth approaches her work with enthusiasm, skill, and vibrant colors. Having her art work chosen for the Jacksonville Jazz poster for 2007 has been very exciting and a turning point for her career. She maintains her studio in her Orange Park home and works for the clay county art enrichment program. Her work is at the First Street Gallery in Neptune Beach, the Village Gallery, Orange Park Town Hall and Stephanie’s Custom and Art Framing in Orange Park.
Beth Miller's Haizlip's work (click to view) :
Ligel Lambert :: Exhibiting Friday, November 14, 2008
Recently the visual artist for the 27th annual,2006 Jacksonville Jazz Festival, The visual artist for the 15th annual, 2007 Capital Jazz Festival and currently the official visual artist in residence with the Savannah Jazz Festival, Ligel Lambert paints his interpretations of musical imagery. You can almost hear the melodic tones of the brass instruments as they float with the musical notes on a backdrop of vibrant abstracted musical imagery. Ligel's use of color and movement is in harmony with his chosen subject of Music. His first instrument of choice was the pencil, followed closely by the trombone. His love for music and visual art was born. For high school, he attended the Savannah Arts Academy . After high school, he attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, and Armstrong Atlantic State University. During those years he created his signature style of art depicting music. In December of 2000 he joined the United States Marine Corps as a Marine Musician/ Trombonist, where he still found time to create his art. Ligel has maintained his signature style of "visual music" and is now a professional working artist based in Savannah, Georgia. His Art is in the collections of many well known professionals such as Evan Greene, Recording Academy Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Alliances, Linebacker, Kendrell Bellof the Kanses City Chiefs; Wycleffe Gordon, jazz trombonist extraordinaire and educator. Kasseen Dean (Swizz beatz) owner and producer of Full Surface Records in New York city, Dinah and Fred Gretsch of the Gretsch Enterprises and all collectors of the 27th annual, 2006 Jacksonville Jazz Festival Poster and other collectables. Ligels' work has been hung in Studio 900, Beaufort, SC; Gallery 2, Columbia SC; Kenny's Lounge, Savannah, GA, as part of a Red Carpet Business Social Event; The Red Piano Too Art Gallery, St. Helena Island, SC; ATHUN Art Gallery, Savannah, GA; Art Galleries big Fall 2004 show; The Savannah music folk Festival; the Savannah Art Association Art Gallery; Jacksonville, Florida's Town Hall in 2006; The Jacksonville International Airport in 2006; and Lola-Art .
Visit Ligel Lambert's website.
Ligel Lambert's work (click to view) :
Tim Bullard :: Exhibiting Sunday, December 14, 2008
Being an artist was never a choice for Tim Bullard. From a very early age he began drawing obsessively and creating in many media. At 15 years of age his parents allowed him to create a photographic darkroom in their family home. This led to working as a photographer for local studios in his late teens/early 20's. In the mid 1970's while studying printmaking with Mark Howard, Tim began working in clay and as a teaching assistant for Ron Wetherell. Clay became his main medium, experimenting with diverse techniques in porcelain, stoneware and Raku. This led to working with Mandarin potter Charlie Brown who became both a mentor and a great inspiration for Tim.
Arrowmont School of Crafts in the Tennessee Mountains provided the next step in his studies with teachers such as Tom Turner and Victor Spensky. In 1979 upon returning to Jacksonville he opened Tim Bullard's Pottery/Art Gallery/Teaching Studio in the Five Points area (and later at Park and King in Riverside).
In 1985 Tim was commissioned be the city of Jacksonville to create and reproduce Architectural Ornamental Sculpture for the Prime Osborn Convention Center. This was a huge job and somewhat of a career change for Tim who took on several other Architectural projects in the Jacksonville area. At this point Tim refocused back to his own work, utilizing many of the sculpture techniques he had perfected. Creating larger mixed media sculpture and pottery, Tim began incorporating his drawing and printmaking ideas into this new work. Concentrating on Art Shows and Gallery Exhibitions, his new work began to win numerous awards, both regional and nationally. Tim Bullard-a mixed media one man show at FCCJ Kent Campus Gallery featured new Raku, illustrated porcelain and assemblages. Tim's work is included in collections throughout the US, Mexico and England.
Most recently Tim's work was featured in First Coast Portfolio :A Juried Art Educator's Exhibition at MOCA/JAX, won Best in Show at the Mandarin Art Festival and First Place Pottery at the St Augustine Spring Art Festival. Tim teaches pottery and drawing at the JCA (8505 San Jose Blvd) and for Artlife Productions Inc.
Joanelle Mulrain:: Exhibiting Sunday, January 18, 2009
Joanelle Mulrain grew up on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Graduating with a BFA with a minor in ceramics, she followed a penchant for archaeology and ancient history with further study of the Mayan culture in-depth throughout Mexico. Recently her love of art and nature’s seasons flourished while living for nearly three years in Washington, DC.
Her digital photo of “Big Blue,” a wild great blue heron sitting on a cypress tree limb surrounded by a million cattails at Lake Beluthahatchee sparked a new career. These dual images – the heron and cattails – inspired her and, subsequently, became her logo and signature image for Great Blue Heron Studios. Frequently, she paddles her blue kayak deep into the St. Johns’ swamps and tributaries amid the tall, fluid and elegant cattail stalks as they move in unison with the wind, their rhizome roots connected underwater in a whirlwind of tangles.
Light, air and water are central themes in her work. Water-level portraits in acrylic as well as digital photography feature birds and nature, raw and alive. Frequently. Her cattail paintings secretly envelope hidden archaic images and symbols mystically surprising the eye when found within a fold of the long, thin leaves and jutting cattail flowers. These peaceful vistas are embellished with a broad palette of brilliant colors offering a whimsical presentation of bold brushstrokes. A radiance of color bursts forth in a spiritual, calming manner. Her commune with nature is evident as she asks the viewer to participate with her in this journey through nature on canvas and paper as she shares her deep understanding of the importance of sustaining our ecosystems and protecting and preserving our natural environment for generations to come.
In 2007, a new cultural focus spotlights a photography suite on the little monks of the Kingdom of Bhutan. She authored her first signed and limited edition book in a series of 12, “Re-Rooting: Life’s Journey,” which is now part of Private Collections, Carpenter Library, University of North Florida. Subsequently, she has begun community seminars on “Re-Rooting,” and is available for ARTtalks as well as community presentations.
Visit Joanelle Mulrain's website.
Ted Head :: Exhibiting Friday, February 13, 2009
Ted Head’s realistic watercolors recently won “Best In Show” and “1st Place” awards in local exhibitions. He was featured in the May 2006 American Artist magazine and the 2007 Best of America Watercolor Artists publication. Represented by the Butterfield Garage Art Gallery in St. Augustine, FL., his paintings can be viewed at www.TedHeadWatercolors.com.
Joanelle Mulrain :: Exhibiting March 8, 2009
See above.