Meeting My Mentor

The beginning of Goliath. It’s 36x48 like Denis suggested.

MEETING MY MENTOR The 2022 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Show featured exciting new, innovative, artwork, along with their mentors. My friend Denis Gaston work was on display along side of… Read More

Seeing Myself In the Art

In Tampa Bay between Pinellas and Hillsborough, I can count on one hand Black theater directors. There aren’t that many and I’ve worked or know all of them. As I… Read More

Finding Time

I’ve been consistently writing since my late teens, and during all that time, I’ve been a part of countless writing groups, classes, workshops, and readings. After all that time, at… Read More

About Me

Marie Cummings with award winning painting "Kings Ransom."

ABOUT ME The grand marble staircase, flanked by knights’ metal armor circa middle ages, led to the 2nd floor of the Detroit Institute of Art. I played on those stairs… Read More

HELLO FROM A WORKING ARTIST+ #1

Hi. I’m Dennis DeBon, glass artist,  boxing referee, and screenwriter.  Probably, the only one you’ll ever meet.  So, I’m wondering if there are any boxing fans reading this because I… Read More

Influences

Sometimes an artists influences may not be readily detectable in the art work. And arguably as seeing, hearing feeling humans isn’t it very possible everything is an influence and the… Read More

What to paint, what to say?

acrylic painting of man falling

Hello, my name is Jenipher Chandley, and I want to dive right into why I am a painter and what drives my artistic expression. Creating art has been a part… Read More

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