Two New Blues Shows will be held this year, one following the other. New Blues Annual Show 1 features new to the Blue Morning Gallery Artists, Joe Diaco – Watercolor Painter, Joy Emmanuel – Mixed Media Artist, Lyn Gentry – Glass Artist, Melody Hamilton – Oil Painter, Tammy Caspersen - Pottery, and Valerie Aune – Oil Painter, and begins January 8, 2012 through Saturday February 11, 2012. The New Blues 1 Reception will be held on January 13, 2012 from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
New Blue Featured Artist Show and Event - New Blues I
Valerie Aune - Oil
''I have been painting in my heart and head all my life and on canvas and paper for about 25 years. I enjoy working and playing
in all mediums but OIL paint is my favorite. I have been honored to win both national and international awards for my paintings." Awards for above painting, "Wishing for Wings.": International Animals in Art – Honorable Mention Pensacola Interstate Fair - Award of Distinction Oil on Canvas 9"x12"-- Valerie Aune www.Valerieaune.com www.Valerieauneart.com www.Valerie-aune.artistwebsites.com |
Joy Emmanuel - Mixed Media
Joy Emmanuel – Mixed Media
Born in Pensacola and a hands on photographic artist (before Photoshop) for 20 years. Now I'm a multi media artist-I use just about anything to make art. Each one of my works has a story or a surprise hidden in the painting for the viewer. My art is my passion-it comes from my heart and soul. I try to step out of the way and let it happen.... My desire is to be open to express the wonder of being alive and awake! |
Tammy Caspersen – Pottery
Tammy Caspersen was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma and currently resides in Pensacola, Florida with her husband Neal and their companion Chief. She has always done some sort of art since she was a child and feels like she has finally found her passion in pottery. She considers herself a whimsical potter making all realms of pottery including functional pieces, Raku, woodfired pottery, and sculpture work. She has studied under two master potters for the past 6 years Larry Manning and Bill Clover to include Master of Arts instructor Karen Zimmerman.
Tammy shows her pottery in the local art shows and has won awards locally and currently exhibits her artwork at Gulf Island Gallery, Orange Beach, AL, Blue Morning Gallery and has exhibited artwork at Quayside Gallery in Pensacola and at the Navarre Healing Arts Center, Navarre, FL. From raw clay to finished product she follows the steps that have been established over the centuries by potters on every continent. She feels like she has gone back to her roots, Oklahoma, the land where the sky meets the earth, the land of dry clay and dirt that cracks in the heat of the summer. Her family were farmers and tilled the raw soil and that’s where she feels she got her love of playing in the dirt, and she now enjoys expressing it by molding the clay. Tammy is also a volunteer at the local Pensacola State College in the Arts Department loading kilns for the college students and helping to promote the arts in Pensacola. |
Joe Diaco - Water Color
Joe Diaco works in full pigment watercolor creating images in rich color along side strong contrasts in black. He exhibits a variety of themes, ranging from abstracts and figures to florals.
Joe is a well known artist in North West Florida and has won awards from the many shows he has entered and he has been an outstanding party of the University of Florida's Festival on the Green. A native of New York, Joe has lived in Pensacola since his teens and studied under artist, Rich Willows. Melody Hamilton - Oil
Melody Hamilton is a Florida based artist who specializes in oil and acrylic paintings and has lived on the Gulf Coast for over 20 years. She is currently working on a series of boat and sea life inspired paintings, most of which are developed using multiple layers of rich thick hues and transparent glazes on surfaces such as reclaimed wood
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Lyn Gentry - Glass Artist
Hot Sands Glass offers unique designs in contemporary kiln formed glass. Artists, Lyn Markley-Gentry and Ka Moore, create their designs by fusing and shaping hot glass. This artistically transformed glass comes in a line of decorative and functional glassware, which includes bowls, vases, platters and wall pieces. Hot Sands developed a unique process of suspending sand from the local beaches in glass. In addition, glass switch plate cover and "Fired Ice" pendants are innovations from the studio, located in Perdido Key, Florida. Hot Sands Glass custom designed architectural glass has been installed in private residences and businesses throughout the United States. Come and see the entry ways at "Doc of the Bay" Dentistry in Orange Beach Alabama or "The Point" Restaurant on Innerarity Point in Pensacola Florida. Hot Sands Glass latest exhibits include Central Park South Fine Art Show in Manhattan, NY; Fairhope, Alabama Fine Art Show and the Peter Anderson Art Festival in Ocean Springs, MS. |
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