As part of our featured artist series, The JOBA Gallery at High Cotton proudly presents "The Nature of Apalachicola: Works on Exhibit by Author, Photographer, and Naturalist John Spohrer". The art reception is set for 5pm, Friday, January 10th, and the exhibition will continue through Jan. 25, 2020, during regular gallery hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10:00 am - 5 pm.

It is a privilege to feature works by this outstanding local artist; please join us! Come meet the artist at the opening or during his exhibition by appointment. More of his stunning works can be viewed on his website: https://www.johnspohrer.com.

Works by gallery owner artists Jenny Odom and Beth Appleton will also be on exhibition.

Meet John B. Spohrer, Jr.

The distinct talents of John B. Spohrer, Jr. are displayed in his four books including two incomparable collections of photographs, an intriguing mystery suspense novel and a book on fishing.

John is a graduate of Louisiana State University, class of 1969, in Journalism. He was honorably discharged from the United States Army. John had a successful career in advertising before moving to St. George Island in 1980 and beginning his work as an outdoor writer and photographer.

His awards include special recognition from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for “fostering an appreciation of Florida’s fish and wildlife.” He has exhibited his photography in the Southeast including the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, Ga.; The Tallahassee Museum, St. George Island Plantation; the History, Culture and Arts Center and On the Waterfront Gallery both in Apalachicola.

John is well-known for his entertaining and informative presentations on photography, wildlife and conservation topics.

He is married to the former Helen Diane Townsend of The Plains, Louisiana. The couple and their dogs live in Apalachicola, Florida, where he pursues his work as an outdoor conservation writer and photographer specializing in the Apalachicola Bay system. He is also a writer of fiction and a Florida Master Naturalist.