Artist of the Month

Charlotte Arts, your local Arts & Humanities Council, promotes the Art in Public Places program, the work of local artists with art receptions and the Artist of the Month award.

Charlotte Arts first began recognizing Artist of the Month at Charlotte County Board of County Commission meetings in August 1997. Charlotte Arts is proud to have recognized artists since August 1997.

• Howard Spielman: February 2019 Artist of the Month "As a Digital Artist I employ a digital tablet and a digital brush so I am literally painting with pixels."
• Mary Lundeberg: January 2019 Artist of the Month "Almost every morning I get up early and go to my studio to paint. I enjoy painting a wide range of subjects, also abstracts. In these I enjoy experimenting with movement and colors to create a vibrant energy."
• Toni McNulty: December 2018 Artist of the Month "Almost every morning I get up early and go to my studio to paint. I enjoy painting a wide range of subjects, also abstracts. In these I enjoy experimenting with movement and colors to create a vibrant energy."
• Sharon Eng: November 2018 Artist of the Month Sharon Eng is a self-taught artist who creates mixed media acrylic paintings, as well as abstract macro photographic art. She enjoys finding elements of peeling paint, rust, or anything where she can capture an extreme closeup. She then works with the image in Photoshop to end up with a new vision, whether it is a seascape, figure study or landscape.
• Laura Pommier: October 2018 Artist of the Month "As a long time studio artist just completing my first full year in Florida, I am happy to have been able to continue my career without skipping a beat. I have gained so much including a new outlook on life which I am excited to play out in my paintings of people including their trappings and environments."
• Samantha Stone: September 2018 Artist of the Month Samantha’s inspiration comes from her imagining life as seen from above. When she paints she is flying across the mountains, oceans and the open terrains.
• Sofia Rivas: July 2018 Artist of the Month
• Dolores Petrin: May 2018 Artist of the Month Dolores is a multi-talented local artist who works in ceramics, porcelain dolls, oil painting, pen and ink and most recently, watercolors. During the months of May and June, her works are on display at Bayfront Health, 809 E. Marion Avenue, Punta Gorda.
• Mark Davern: April 2018 Artist of the Month Mark Davern is a complete artist, not just a tattooist. He is a sculptor and a painter, working with oils on canvas, large scale murals, and airbrushing custom vehicles. Many a motorcycle or custom car cruising the southwest FL roads carries Mark’s art work.
• Janie Duke: March 2018 Artist of the Month Janie Duke thrives on her unique Florida surroundings for her inspiration. She considers her work representative of Earth, Sky, and Oceans. The effects she strives for is a serenity and calming effect on the viewer.
• Jill Lindsay: February 2018 Artist of the Month Jill Lindsay has won multiple awards for her work at Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda FL, Englewood Art Center, FL, Sarasota Art Center and the International Society of Experimental Artists.
• Tina Weida: January 2018 Artist of the Month Tina Weida is a fine-art photographer from Punta Gorda, FL.

Artists who are members of Charlotte Arts may submit their art for exhibition consideration at Art in Public Places and, for a nominal fee, at the Charlotte Arts Gallery. For more details, contact Leigha Murray, Program Coordinator for AIPP and Charlotte Arts Gallery. leigha.murray@charlottearts.org, 941-764-8100 (office), 813-360-5500 (cell)

Archive from August 1997 to February 2019

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