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                    Tarpon Springs Paintout

TARPON SPRINGS PAINTOUT INVITATIONAL ARTISTS

PictureSTEVE ANDREWS
Steve Andrews                                             Tallahasee, FL
                                              Oil Painter

Stevea440@aol.com                                        www.SteveAndrewsArt.com

Galleries:  in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Mt. Dora FL, and Columbus GA



Recent Honors:
  Painting selected for poster for Winter Park Paint Out 2015; Invited to “Artists in Garden Weekend,” part of Flower & Garden Festival of Epcot 2011-2014; participant , Canaveral Paint Out 2010 – 2014; Winter Park Paint Out 2011 – 2014



“I try to keep my paintings simple in composition, content, and execution.  I aim for mood over information.  I am not going to give you every tree, and every leaf, and every blade of grass.  Those things are not as important to me as conveying a mood and trying to communicate to the viewer the reason I started a particular painting in the first place.”
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PictureTRISH BECKHAM
Trish Beckham                                               Gainesville, FL                        
                                                Oil Painter

tbeckhamoils@yahoo.com                                www.tbeckhamoils.com

Galleries:  Thornebrook Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Professional Affiliations:  Oil Painters of America; American Impressionist Society




Recent Honors:
  Oil Painters of America 2014 National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils;  Oil Painters of America, 2013 National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Landscape Honorable Mention; Salon international 2014

Upcoming Events:  One Person Show, Thornebrook Gallery, Gainesville, Sept. 2014

“I paint for the thrill of the process itself.  To capture the emotion a scene brings to me makes it all worth everything.”
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PictureTHOM BUTTNER
Thom Buttner                                   Jacksonville, FL                       
                                          
thompaints@hotmail.com                  www.cloudscapesbythom.com

Honors:
2007- Best of Show, Paint St. Louis plein air, St. Louis, MO
2004- First Place, Azalea Festival Paint Out, Valdosta, GA
2001- Best in Design, Tucson Plein Air Paint Out, Tucson, AZ




“Clouds embody the passion I strive to express through my paintings.  They evoke the notions of one’s dreams.  They are my touchstone for connecting the soul to something deeper than us all.”
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PictureJOHN CAGGIANO
John Caggiano                                               Rockport , MA                                              Oil Painter

info@JohnCaggiano.com                                  www.JohnCaggiano.com

Galleries:  Coco Vivo Fine Art, Charleston, SC and Boothbay Harbor, ME;  Galleria Fine Arte, Stowe, VT; John Caggiano Gallery, Rockport, MA; Sheldon Fine Art, Newport, RI & Naples, FL (See full listing at Tarapani Gallery, Tarpon Springs)

Professional Affiliations:  Academic Artists Association, Elected Artist Member, Springfield, MA; Allied Artists of America, Associate Member; Hudson Valley Art Association, Elected Artist Member; Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT, Elected Artist Member; Mid-Atlantic Plein air Painters Association; North Shore Art Association, Elected Artist Member, Gloucester, MA; Oil Painters of America, Associate Member; Rockport Art Association, Elected Artist Member, Rockport, MA; United  Scenic Artists Local 829

Recent Honors: 
2014
– Artist in Residence, Big Talbot Island Land Trust, Jacksonville FL; Grand Prize, Quick Draw Competition, Finger Lakes Plein Air, Canandaigua, NY.
2013 – Third Place Award, Paint Annapolis 2013, Annapolis MD; Oil Painters of America – Crooked Tree Arts Center Executive Director’s Benevolent Artist Award;
2012 –Poster & Calendar cover, award, Canaveral National Seashore Plein Air, New Smyrna Beach, FL; Connecticut Boater’s Guide Cover Painting Award, New London Plein Air, New London CT


Publications:
2013 – Cover, Fine Art Guide: A Guide to Charleston’s fine Art Scene, SC; Featured artist, “Recent Winners 2013 Photos” Plein Air Magazine/on line 7-2-13; Featured artist, The Frederick News-Post 6-28-13; Photo feature, “Plein Air Painting in Bucks County,” 5-15-13, Plein Air Today-On line Edition of Plein Air Magazine.

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PictureCRISTOPHE CARDOT
Christophe Cardot                                Edgewater FL/France
                                                  Oil Painter

christopheart@yahoo.fr                                    www.christopheart.com

Professional Affiliations:  International Plein Air Painters; World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists; American Impressionist Society; Artists Workshop; East Coast Plein Air, Florida

Recent Honors: 
Recently produced three posters for the Absente liquor and Rhum Barbancourt publicity campaigns at the request of Mr. Michel Roux;  2009 – Best of show, Art League Members’ Exhibition, Daytona Beach, FL
2008 – Best of Show, Artists’ Workshop, “Painting the Hours Exhibition,” New Smyrna Beach, FL


“He uses the French Impressionist palette and the Pointillist technique to interpret the inspiration he finds in nature, and the Golden Ratio to create his composition for his landscape paintings.”
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PictureJANE CHAPIN
Jane Chapin                                                 St. Petersburg, FL
                                             Oil Painter

jane@janechapin.com                                       www.janechapin.com

Professional Affiliations:   American Impressionist Society; American Women Artists; National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society; Oil Painters of America; Plein Air Painters of the Southeast; Women Painters of the Southeast



Recent Honors:
2014
– Best of Show, Women Painters of the Southeast National Exhibit, Greensboro, GA
2013 – Best of Show, Callaway Gardens Paint Out, Pine Mountain, GA; 1st Place – Paint the Town Plein Air Paint Out, Bradenton, FL
2012 – 2nd Place – Paint the Town Plein Air Paint Out, Bradenton, FL

 Publications:  Land of the Free – A Painter’s Chronicle of the 50 States and Their Heroes

Please see a more complete biography at Tarapani Gallery
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PictureKATIE DOBSON CUNDIFF
Katie Dobson Cundiff                            Sarasota, FL
                                                       Oil Painter

  Katie@katiedids.com           www.dobsonart.com                                           
 
  Galleries:  Coconut Grove Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL, Dovetail Antiques and Gallery, Cashiers, NC;  John Collette Fine Art, Cashiers, NC; Brazier Gallery, Richmond, VA;  Galerie on Broad, Charleston, SC; Gallery J, High Point, NC


Professional Affiliations
:  Oil Painters of America; signature member American Women Artists; signature member of Women Painters of the Southeast;  American Impressionist Society;  Plein Air Painters of the Southeast; signature member Plein Air Florida







Recent Honors
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2013 – Honorable Mention, Plein Air Richmond; 2nd place Quick Draw Plein Air Richmond;  Honorable Mention – Cumberland Society of Painters National Exhibition;  Best of Show – DeSoto Arts & Humanities Plein Air Event. 2012 -  Southwest magazine Award of  Distinction DJuried Exhibit;  Award of Excellence – Oil Painters of America 21st National Exhibition of Oils;  Honorable Mention Plein Air Richmond;  Award of Excellence – Plein Air Magazine

Publicatons:  featured in American Artist magazine
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PictureKATHY DETRANO
Kathy Detrano                                    New Port Richey, FL
                                            Pastels

Kathy@DetranoStudios.com                            www.KathyDetrano.com

Professional Affiliations:  Pastel Society of America, Juried Assoc. Member, New York Arts Club; Pastel Society of Tampa Bay, President & Signature Member; Women Painters of the Southeast, Juried Artist Member; Pastel Society of the West Coast, CA; Pastel Society of North Florida; Tarpon Springs Art Association, FL

Recent Honors:
2014 – Pastel Society of America Award, Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibition
2013 – Best of Show, Tarpon Springs Art Association Annual Exhibition;IAPS Juried into 23rd Exhibition earning Master’s Circle Points; American Artists Professional League, Juried into Grand National Juried Art Show, Salmagundi Club, NY

Publications:  Suncoast News, “Faces in a Crowd,” 3-16-2011; St. Petersburg Times, “Exhibit Relies on Fido, Fluffy,” 3-7 -2008
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PictureCHARLES DICKINSON
Charles Dickinson                           St. Augustine, FL
                                            Oil, Pen & Ink

artist@charlesdickinson.net                   www.charlesdickinson.net

Galleries:  Dow Museum, St. Augustine FL; The Peter O’Neill Gallery, St. Augustine, FL; The Ponte Vedra Inn & Golf Club, Ponte Vedra, FL; Gallery 30, Gettysburg, PA

Professional Affiliations:  American Impressionists Society; Plein Air Painters of St. Augustine; St. Augustine Art Association





Recent Honors
: 
2014 – Best of Show, St. Augustine
2013 – Best of Show, Tioga Winter Fine Arts Fair, Gainesville, FL
2012 – Second Place, Plein Air North Carolina, Cashiers, NC.

Upcoming Event:  featured artist at Peter O’Neill Gallery, St. Augustine, Fall of 2014
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PictureCYNTHIA EDMONDS
Cynthia Edmonds                            Winter Park, FL 
                                                Oil Painter

cegator@hotmail.com                              www.cynthiaedmonds.com

Galleries:  Verve, Columbia, SC; Florida Frame House Gallery, Winter Park, FL;  Grace Gallery, Winter Park, FL

Professional Affiliations:  signature member American Impressionist Society and Plein Air Florida






Recent Honors
: 
2011-Poster Artist for 48th Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival and for “Images”
2008-Festival of the Arts in New Smyrna Beach.  Award of Excellence at “Images”


Publications:
  paintings in “Florida’s American Heritage River:  Images from the St. Johns Region.” by Mallory O’Connor.
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PictureSALLY EVANS
Sally Evans                                                     Altamonte Springs, FL 
                                                   Pastels

Evanssc@hotmail.com                          www.SallyEvans.com

Galleries:  Sandpiper Gallery, Sullivan’s Island, SC;  Syd Entel Galleries, Safety Harbor, FL; Grand Bohemian Gallery, Taos, NM; Florida Frame House, Winter Park, FL; Artemis Gallery, Apalachicola, FL; 530 Burns Gallery, Sarasota, FL; Art on Main, Pleasanton, TX

Professional Affiliations:
  Signature memberships to the International Society of Acrylic Painters and the Degas Pastel Society





Recent Honors:
 
2008
– at Salmagundi Club, Pastel Society of America Juried Exhibition
2007 & 2005- two of the top 5 awards in International Society of Acrylic Painters Juried Exhibition. 
Currently US Airways features her paintings in the US Airways Club at Tampa International Airport and they are also on display in the American Embassy in Rome

Publications:  Llithographs are published and sold by Winn Devon, Inc. of Canada.  Featured artist in The New Barker magazine with her painting of “Bella and Bentley.” 
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PictureELAINE HAHN
Elaine Hahn                                                  Holiday, FL
                                            Oil Painter 

elaine@elainehahnart.com                           www.elainehahnart.com

Galleries:  Amandeline Gallery, Rehoboth Beach, DE; Bev’s Fine Art, Raleigh, NC; Squan Gallery, Manasquan, NY; Serendipity Gallery, Boca Grande, FL; Vermont Artisan Designs & gallery 2, Brattleboro, VT

Professional Affiliations:   Paint America Association Signature Society; the Florida Plein Air Society, member of the Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the International Guild of Realism, and is a Signature member of the American Watercolor and the National Watercolor Societies.








Recent Honors:
 
2014
– First in Marine Category, Florida Miniature Society’s 39th Annual International Miniature Art Show
2013 – People’s Choice Award at 13th Annual National Miniature Exhibition, Huntington WV;  First Place, Casper WY Artists’ Guild 19th Annual Miniature Show, Casper, WY; First place in Oils, Richeson 75 Landscape, Seascape, and Architectural Exhibit, Kimberly WI
2012 – Best in Show, the Elizabeth Specht Memorial Miniature show, Mariposa, CA;
Show posters for Miami Coconut Grove Arts Festival, the Naples Invitational Arts Festival, the ArtiGras Fest by the Sea, Jupiter, FL

Publications:  “Artists Magazine” – Finalist in 28th Annual Art Competition, Nov. 2011; International Artist magazine- Finalist in Landscape Challenge #49, Feb-Mar, 2009
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PictureSCOTT HIESTAND
Scott Hiestand                                                   Ormand Beach, FL
                                           Acrylics on Board

scotthiestand@aol.com                         www.scotthiestand.com

Galleries:  Thornbrook Gallery, Gainesville, FL; Paddiwhack Gallery, Gainesville, FL

Recent Honors:
Plein Air magazine over-all winner June-July,  Plein Air Salon. Canaveral National Seashore Paint Out, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Seaside Institute Paint Out, Seaside, FL

 A wildlife specialist, Scott’s work was selected for the Paint America National Gallery tour.



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PictureBRENDA HOFREITER
Brenda Hofreiter                                                  Winter Park, FL
                                                         Oil Painter

brendahofreiter@aol.com              www.BrendaHofreiter.com      

Professional Affiliations:   signature memberships in the American Impressionist Society, International Plein Air Painters and Plein air Florida




Honors:
  Brenda’s paintings have been selected by jury for Artists-In-Residence at State Parks in Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia and her artwork is included in their permanent collections.  Her oil paintings have been juried into numerous international, national and regional competitions and paint outs and are included in corporate and museum collections.

 “My paintings share with the viewer the peace and serenity that I find in the natural world.  It is my hope that they also inspire conservation of these vanishing places.”
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PictureMITCH KOLBE
Mitchell Lee Kolbe                                Palm Harbor, FL
                                                      Oil Painter

mitchkolbe@yahoo.com                                   www.mitchkolbe.com  


Galleries:
  The Kessler Collection, www.kesslercollection.com; Tarapani’s Antiques and Fine Art, Tarpon Springs, FL; Sponge Diver Supply Co., Tarpon Springs, FL



Recent Honors:
 
2014 -Artist Choice Award, Wekiva Invitational Paintout; May 2014 Interviewed live on Tampa’s CBS, WTPS, Channel 10’s Studio 10  discussing painting in Plein Air

Publications:
   May/June 2014 issue Tampa Bay Magazine-artwork featured in article “Citrus Greening”; May 2014 published in the online edition of Plein Air Magazine; Nov/Dec 2013 issue of Tampa Bay Magazine- Cover Artist with feature article.

Mitch was a National Merit Scholar at the Art Students League of NYC and attended classes at the Salmagundi Club, NYC.  He has worked in the fields of graphics, illustration, murals, sculpture, and fine art.
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PicturePAUL LADNIER
Paul Ladnier                                Jacksonville, FL
                                               Oil

p.ladnier@comcast.net                   www.paulladnierfineart.com

Galleries:  studio in the CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL

Honors:
  Paul Ladnier, Professor Emeritus, University of North Forida has had many one-artist exhibitions, participated in numerous group shows, conducted figure painting/drawing and plein air painting workshops in Italy and in the southeast.  He has numerous portrait commissions and received top awards in plein air and figure painting competitions.

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PictureCAROLE LOIACONO
Carole Loiacono             Tarpon Springs, FL/Gloucester, MA
                                   Watercolor, pastel
                                              Acrylic, oil

Galleries:  Artists’ Faire, Tarpon Springs, FL

Professional Affiliations:  Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA; North Shore Art Association, Gloucester, MA; Tarpon Springs Art Association, Tarpon Springs, FL; Creative Artists Guild, Dunedin, FL; Florida Miniature Art Association;  Florida Pastel Association

Recent Honors: 
2013 – Pastel Society of America Award
2012 – 1st place, Tarpon Springs Plein Air event
2010 – 1st & 2nd place Tarpon Springs Plein Air event; commissioned to do a 20 panel and a 15 panel acrylic series by the Rockland Psychiatric Center, Orangeburg, NY.
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PictureJOSEPH PALMERIO
Joseph Palmerio                                           Sarasota, FL
                                                     Oil Painter

jwpalmerio@gmail.com                       www.palmerioart.com

Galleries:  Celery Barn Gallery, Sarasota, FL; Cortille Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Professional Affiliations:
  Light Chasers, Sarasota, FL





Recent Honors: 
2013 -Honorable Mention – 2013 Quick Draw, Frederick, MD
2011 -Artist in Residence, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mosca CO, Sept. 2011; Top 100 National Parks Artists-exhibited in the Coutts Museum in Kansas
2009- 1st place & People’s Choice, Port Charlotte Arts & Humanities Plein Air; 1st place & People’s Choice, Port Charlotte Arts & Humanities Plein Air
2003 -Artist in Residence, Everglades National Park, Oct. 2003

Publications:
  Plein Air Magazine on line article dealing with his National Parks Artist in Residence programs;2011- May Issue – featured artist in Scene Magazine of  Sarasota.
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PictureBARBARA PERROTTI
Barbara Perrotti                                    Ormond Beach, FL
                                              Oil on Linen

perrottiart@gmail.com    www.barbaraperrottiatudios.com

Galleries:  Clay Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL; Be On Park, Winter Park, FL;  Amelia San Jon Gallery, Fernandina, FL

Professional Affiliations:  Art League of Daytona – Instructor; Volusia County Cultural Alliance – Board of Directors;  Deland Chamber of Commerce – complimentary member

Recent Honors:  Guest Artist at Mcrae Studios, Winter Park, FL (6 mos.); One woman show – Deland Chamber (6 mos.)



Publications:
  Who’s Who in American Art; “In Room Concierge” – Volusia County & St. Augustine;  Far and Near Horizons, World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists
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PictureRANDY PITTS
Randy Pitts                                                Jacksonville, FL
                                           Oil Painter

randypitts@comcast.net        www.randypittsfineart.com

Galleries:  Corse Gallery and Atelier, Jacksonville, FL

Professional Affiliations:  Associate member of Oil Painters of America




Recent Honors:
2013
- 1st Place-2013 – Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts Juried Show;  Winner of Quick Draw – 2013- Wekiva Paint Out;  Honorable Mention – 2013 – Tarpon Springs Paint & Photo Plein Air Event
2012 – Award of Excellence – Art of the Trees Juries Exhibition

Publications:  “Southwest Art” magazine- artwork selected to promote Art of the Trees;  artwork featured on the cover and inside “Arbus” magazine, Jacksonville’s Local Art publication
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PictureTOM SADLER
Tom Sadler                                     Altamonte Springs, FL
                             Oil on Linen/panel

twsadler2@gmail.com                          www.tomsadler.com

Galleries:  Grace Gallery, Winter Park, FL, Savannah, GA;  Artemis Gallery, Apalachicola, FL;  Grand Bohemian Galleries, Taos NM, Celebration FL, Orlando FL, and St. Augustine FL

Professional Affiliations:  Creade School of Art – oil painting instructor; Hollingsworth Fine Art Restoration – in-painting restorer

Recent Honors:  painting selected for US Embassy, Luxembourg; portrait of President of the Senate John McKay, Senate Chambers, Tallahassee, FL

Publications:  current Winter Park magazine cover; Winter Park Art Festival Poster Artist, Fall 2012, Spring 2013


Upcoming Events
:  Grand Bohemian Exhibition 2014 with Sally Evans – Downtown Orlando
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PictureDIANE SCOTT
Diane Scott                Chatham NH/Winnipeg, Manitoba
                             Oil Painter

dianescott@hotmail.com        www.dianescottartist.com

Galleries:  South Street Gallery, Hingham, MA; Harvest Gold, Lovell, ME; Camden Falls Gallery, Camden, ME; Blue Hill Bay Art Gallery, Blue Hill Bay, ME

Professional Affiliations:  North River Arts Society, Marshfield, MA; White Mountain Arts Association, North Conway, NH; High Street Painters, Brattleboro, VT

Publications:  featured in South Shore Living magazine, 2013







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PictureROBERT SIMONE
Robert J. Simone                                  St. Petersburg, FL 
                                                 Oil Painter

robertjsimone@gmail.com       www.robertjsimone.com

Galleries:  Articles Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL; Loretta Goodwyn Gallery, Birmingham, AL.

Professional Affiliations:  signature member, Plein Air Florida



Recent Honors: 

2010 -featured artist, American Society of Marine Artists, “Sea to shining Sea” traveling national show 2010
2014-2nd Prize in QuickDraw Event @ Easels in Frederick. 
Publications
:  Robert has been twice featured in Plein Air Magazine’s on-line newsletter this year

A highly skilled oil painter with an innate sense of color and composition, Simone has an artistic vision which is uniquely his own.  He responds to and paints the landscape in a way that makes it more accessible to the viewer.
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