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| Nike' Parton is a nationally renowned artist has been listed in the "Personalities of the South", "Who's Who in the East" and "Who's Who in Art". Her artwork has been included in permanent collections at the University of Florida, Stetson University and the Encyclopedia Brittannica Educational Corporation. She has been widely renowned in Sarasota for her numerous exhibits and frequent invitations to select group shows. At one time, she was a popular art teacher who taught classes at the Manatee Art League, as well as private group lessons that were frequently held around the Sarasota area. A New York native, Parton came to Sarasota in the 1950's and found her niche largely in landscape paintings and portraits, along with some glass-work and sculpture. Nature, particularly in the Southwest Florida region, is a common theme in her artwork. |
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| Peter Paul, a native of Germany, has over 20 years of international experience as a designer and fine artist. Since 1983, Paul has resided in Florida, building a reputation as designer, printmaker, photographer and conceptual artist. In 1995, he launched his innovative 3-D parallax series, crafted with images applied to folded materials. Paul is constantly reinventing his conceptual approach. Through his always shifting, sometimes cynical focus, he remains an original, a provocateur, and an agent of change. He received his education in architecture, design and fine art in Germany and the United States. Peter Paul’s works are found in museums, galleries and private collections in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada and Western Europe. |
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| Joel Seiden, like most contemporary sculptors, traces his primary influences to the works of David Smith and Julio Gonzales in welded steel, and to Constantin Brancusi and Isamo Noguchi in Stone Carving. But Seiden works are reverential without being referential. Unlike those giants, Seiden often introduces metaphorical inferences into his stylized sculptures, expressing ideas about which he feels strongly. These passionately crafted works explore injustices in politics , indifference in medicine and man's inhumanity to man. Seiden's oil paintings are equally personal, if less intense. Vivid with Fauvist color and Expressionist imagery, his paintings range from enigmatic landscapes to poignant portraits. Influences aside, Seiden's art remains authentically and unmistakably his own. |
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| Wendy Surkis uses the power of digital photography in combination with the transforming capacity of technology to create unique works of art. The magic of Photoshop provides her with the tools to go beyond the obvious and stretch her imagination. Utilizing her spatial imagination, a practiced eye for detail and experienced sense of design, images are manipulated and embellished from what has been captured in the camera lens. From camera to computer she makes an innovative image come alive. Wendy's work is offered in small limited editions. Her background includes 25 years in the highly competitive field of advertising. She ran an international advertising agency with 18 branches and several hundred employees. She holds a degree in graphic arts, a Bachelor's from the University of Maryland and a Master's Degree from the University of Louisville. Wendy's work has been shown at the Art Center Sarasota, the Venice Art Center, John Karl Spa, City Hall and on the "Creators and Collectors" Art Tour, 2005. |
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| Ranger Smyth studied painting and design at the Rhode Island School of Design, Columbia University, and the San Francisco School of Fine Arts. He is a winner of many painting awards. His clients include the Shah of Iran, the Saudi Arabian Royal Family and billionairess Doris Duke. Smyth's studios are located in Sarasota, Florida, and Montreal, Canada. |
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