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Our Artist Directory highlights hundreds of local artists who are 18 years of age or older and reside in Tallahassee and/or the Big Bend Region (within a 100 mile radius of Tallahassee) working in visual arts, music, theatre, literature, filmmaking and more. Contact information is included so that visitors can not only see the wide variety of talent in our community, they can also purchase artwork or hire professional services from artists and performers of all disciplines. Check back often as listings are added regularly.

Laura E A Powers

Multi Arts; Performing Arts; Teaching Artist/Instructor; Visual Arts: Painting

I am an independent aerial artist, oil painter, and trainer. I am available for gigs and commissions, as well as training in Tallahassee, FL. I am certified by the American Council on Exercise as personal trainer, and I teach both functional fitness and circus arts. I am currently working toward an MS in Special Education and Pilates certification, with the goal of offering accessible, healing, and enjoyable activity for people with and without disabilities. As a circus instructor, I seek to support my students not only as athletes, but also as artists. Ultimately, I would like to develop or help facilitate a social circus program for youth with special needs. Artist’s Statement: Laura Powers (born 1997 in Orlando, Florida) is an independant aerial artist, oil painter, and trainer. Her work is driven by a desire to bring beauty and healing to the margins. Laura’s art is primarily figurative. It presents an existential memoir through gesture, symbolism, and affect. Drawn to the sublime, her work depicts human subjects amidst overwhelm. In her oil paintings, she develops movement and luminosity through both classically inspired methods and loose elaborations. As an aerial circus artist, her artistic practice shapes her state of being in a visceral way; she has found that the act of pushing past fear, the embrace of vulnerability, and a certain saltus fidei leads to wonder and freedom. Deeply interested in synthesis, she explores the visual and performing arts both separately and together in video art. Her approach to figurative painting is also informed by her work with the human body in circus arts and as a personal trainer, which offers a unique perspective on human movement. She has been inspired by ancient civilization, contemporary dance, and her Catholic faith. She still believes that meaning exists. Her life has always been characterized by this tension and longing which keeps movement alive.

AJ Abellera

Visual Arts: Photography

Ramona Abernathy-Paine

Visual Arts: Textiles

I am a handweaver, using harness looms to combine glorious colors, pushing the boundaries of traditional structures to create functional items, sculptural pieces and art to wear. Weaving draws together my love of textiles, my passion for color and my fasc

Mickey Adair

Visual Arts: Photography

Available for hire for over 30 years in Tallahassee. I shoot portraits, architecture, aerials, commercial, publicity, public relations…most subjects really. Law firms, associations, real estate, and other such firms have been my main subjects of late. T

Rex Adams

Visual Arts: Photography

I love the suddenness of photography – the immediate relationship between the eye and the shutter, the serendipity of being outside in nature searching for glorious moments and trying to get them inside my camera. The stillness and solitude of the Florida landscape is where I explore, and I hope you can share in those moments as you experience my art.

Danny Aguiar

Visual Arts: Painting

Born in 1987, Danny Aguiar was told that he could have a great future in the art world. This encouragement motivated him as a student at School of Art Instructors in his native Cuba. Because his artwork expressed the reality of Cuban society and the diffi

Erin Albertson

Visual Arts: Photography

Beauty is in the eye of the viewfinder.

Michael Alfano Jr.

Visual Arts

Susan Allen

Visual Arts: Painting

Watercolors are mystical magic for me. I delight in the clarity of the individual colors and the transformation that happens when they meet each other on the paper or the palette. I do believe that the spirits of the universe often lend a hand and I’m jus

Sherry Allen

Visual Arts: Painting

I have always been drawn to wildlife painting and drawing. I received my Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University in 1978. After graduating, I worked 38 years for the State of Florida in the technology field and did not pick up a paintbrush until I retired. Since my retirement, I am enjoying painting again and choose the watercolor medium because of the luminosity of its colors. I like to paint creatures that have interesting shapes, colors, patterns and textures. I use color to bring attention to the focus of the painting and to establish an emotional connection with the animal. I hope my paintings will allow viewers to see wild animals from a different perspective.

Nina Allen Freeman

Visual Arts: Painting

Sephanie Ancetia Barber

Visual Arts: Painting

Stephanie Barber is a Master of Architecture graduate from Florida A&M University. She is employed as an Office Administrator and Engineering Assistant at a local structural engineering firm. Stephanie is also a small business owner of the ThreadShredder

Kate Andersen

Animation

Kate is a third year Bachelor of Fine Arts student at Florida State University with an interest in digital art and illustration. She is fluent in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro and uses these tools to create animations, gifs, professional graphics, and more! She is currently seeking a digital marketing internship to set off her prospective career.

Penny G. Anderson

Visual Arts: Painting

A lifelong resident of Florida (native of Tallahassee) and having spent most of my life in Tallahassee, I have been a serious water media artist since 2004 when I was residing in South Florida. I have served as Vice President and President of the Tallahas

Terri Anderson

Visual Arts: Textiles

Working in my home studio among the rolling hills and canopy roads of Tallahassee, Florida, I design and create unique baskets and artwork out of pine needles. Using southern long leaf pine needles gathered in the Florida panhandle and countless hours of

Ian Anderson

Visual Arts: Photography

Ian Anderson is a nature and wildlife photographer based in Tallahassee who specializes in photographing Florida’s birds, animals, and reptiles in their natural surroundings. He also captures the distinctive and captivating flowers, trees, and landscapes

Penny L. Anderson

Visual Arts: Painting

My watercolor paintings have been described as “loose” and “vibrant.” I enjoy plein air painting as well as combining it all – memories, imagination, things I see…I am painting in my mind everywhere I go.

Brittany Anderson

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Illustration

visual artist.

Joshua Andrae

Visual Arts: Photography

Natalia Andreeva

Graphic Arts; Teaching Artist/Instructor: Guest Speaker for Schools/Classrooms, Multi-Day Artist Residency for Schools/Classrooms, Private Lessons for Adults, Private Lessons for Kids, Workshop Presenter for Schools/Classrooms; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Natalia Andreeva emerged as an artist from the rich and fertile artistic climate of Novosibirsk, in Siberia after graduating from it’s most prestigious art college. During her classical education in the canons of European art she was greatly influenced by eastern philosophy. Consequentially, Natalia’s work is a harmonious marriage between spontaneous expressions and classical realism. Among Natalia’s favorite themes are exquisite landscapes, depicting the subtlety of nature, still life, where vibrant shapes and internal dynamics are shown in contrast to the commonplace subjects, and finally, figures and portraits brimming with humanity, and giving testament to the beauty and harmony of the human condition.

Steve Andrews

Visual Arts: Painting

Cassie Andrews

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Printmaking, Works on paper; book arts and bookbinding

Cassie is recent graduate from Florida State University in Tallahassee. She earned her BA in Studio Art with a focus in printmaking and book arts. She has also enjoyed courses in drawing, painting, and art history. Her practice currently focuses on combining illustration and various print processes with book arts and embroidery. Many of her works include human figures and incorporate a combination of mediums. Outside of her personal practice, she has enjoyed working to assist in the production of professional artist books at Small Craft Advisory Press. She also served as a board member for Print Club FSU, running both public and private workshops and collaborating with local groups like 621 Gallery, Cat Family Records, and The Plant to disseminate print and connect with the Tallahassee community through art.

Mary Apple

Visual Arts: Painting

All over the place. Love to experiment with different mediums, supports and styles. Render faces in oils, inks, and pastels and most everything else in acrylics.

Beth Appleton

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting, Works on paper; Watercolor/Cut Paper Assemblages, Micrography, Digital Assemblages, Videos and Books

Artist Statement: Beth Appleton I was born in California but spent most of my childhood right in the middle of what my family calls “Old Florida”. My first appreciation for art was self taught, found in the rows of kitsch for sale at my aunt’s roadside fruit stand. Silver Springs was my playground; I practiced underwater ballet and dreamed one day I would become a Weekie Wachee mermaid. Today, while lost in art, I can still float. The work I create holds this history while it invents where to go next. Personal experience adds layers that can be seen. Early works celebrated Highwaymen sunsets while life in New Mexico saturated palettes. Years spent on a Quincy farm cultivated dragon’s blood red and travels to Belize brought the bright yellows. A life full of stories weaves through my work. For the past 26 years, I have worked from my studio home on the Gulf coast of Florida, a place of boundless inspiration. Here, I delight in tiny marine life and stand in awe of infinite sky. Art is intuitive and exhilarating; it is good for the soul. Artist Biography 1971: Graduated Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1971 – 1976: Taught art to all ages in public schools and community centers while continuing fine art graduate course studies at FSU. 1979 – 1988: Employed as a layout and design artist; drawing and figure studies continued. Volunteered in Gadsden County Florida schools, developed community outreach art programs. 1989: Teamed with husband, David Harbaugh, founded “Art in Gadsden, A Regional Exhibition of Fine Art”, a precursor to the current Gadsden Arts Center and Museum, Quincy, Florida. The watercolor and cut paper works began. 1991 – present: Cut paper and mixed media works continue as digital assemblages emerge. Artworks collected internationally enable a lifelong commitment to community and education through the arts. Inspired by a drop of water and a microscope, portfolio expands to include photomicrographs, books and video productions. 2018: Art career continues supported by local and regional art communities as well as national art centers and museums. New works and exhibitions are ongoing, promoting environmental awareness through art and science collaborations at National Estuarine Research Reserves and other science related venues. Working with Apalachicola artist, Jenny Odom, a new gallery collaboration begins. Please visit online to view latest works and a list of public collections and selected exhibitions: bethappleton.net

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