Contemporary Art from the Coast

Contemporary Art from the Coast features features cutting edge work by artists living and working along Florida’s Forgotten Coast, the region stretching along the Gulf of Mexico from St. Marks to Port St. Joe – Jaime Llewelyn, Joyce Estes, Joe Kotzman and Leslie Wentzell. Sculptor Jaime Llewelyn allows the earthiness of clay to guide the organic and natural forms she creates; Joyce Estes, a silk master designer, uses vibrant French dyes on silk allow for free-flowing and elegant designs; award-winning watercolorist Joe Kotzman creates imaginative and subconsciously fanciful imagery derives from childhood folk tales; and sculptural ceramicist Leslie Wentzell, uses the textures, colors, patterns, and linear movement found in nature to create hand-built clay sculptures. The exhibition will examine the ways in which a shared environment can inspire artists working within different mediums and how each personally connects with nature to capture the region’s beauty.