As the winter months set in, many travelers make their way to warmer states in search of a break from snow and cooler temperatures. One of the places they flock to is Florida, which has a bounty of destinations that are recognized for their fine arts scene. These locales have annual fine art fairs where dealers from across the world showcase some of their best artwork; there are also a number of gallery exhibitions and events; and art festivals and plein air events where connoisseurs can mix and mingle with the artists.
A view of South Miami Beach. Courtesy Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Miami is one of the mecca’s for fine art in the state, especially during the first week of December when the art world turns their eyes to take in all that is happening in the city. Dubbed Miami Art Week, this decades-old tradition sees a number of modern and contemporary art fairs taking over the city for weeklong events that attract tens of thousands of visitors. Each one has its own special events and focus, allowing collectors to peruse all venues.
Among the standouts are Art Basel, Art Miami, SCOPE and CONTEXT Art Miami, which all happen December 3 through 8, while Aqua Art Miami, Red Dot Miami and Spectrum Miami start the following day and run through December 8. These events have talks, gallery spotlights, demonstrations, music and entertainment. The newest event in the city is the Art Now Fair, which will happen at the ELV Exhibit Hall from December 5 to 8 and is being called “a sophisticated boutique art fair.”
With its home base in Florida, Palm Beach Show Group produces fine art, antique and jewelry shows that feature contemporary and historic works of art. From February 13 to 18 at the Palm Beach Convention Center is the annual Palm Beach Show, while happening concurrently at the same venue is the Palm Beach Fine Craft Show, February 14 to 16. The company also produces the Naples Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, taking place at the Naples Exhibition Center February 21 through 25.
Arts abound in Sarasota. Courtesy Adam Cellini / Visit Sarasota County.Another event to look forward to in the state is Sarasota’s monthly Palm Avenue’s First Friday Art Walk, featuring members of the Palm Avenue Arts Alliance welcoming visitors to their storefronts from 6 to 9 p.m. The Towles Court Arts District in the same city hosts a Third Friday Art Walk, 5 to 9 p.m. each month. Sarasota is also home to the Light Chasers organization of artists that host yearly events for its members at the Edson Keith Mansion and Phillippi Estate Park.
In Naples is the famed Gallery Row, located at Broad Street South and Third Street South, that includes a number of the city’s more than 100 galleries, while others are located along Fifth Avenue South. They boast both historic and contemporary artwork and are walkable, which allows collectors to move from space to space.
Fifth Avenue South in Naples. ©Naples Marco Island Everglades CVB.The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens’ annual Winter Park Paint Out, April 9 through 25, is another draw, while the Lighthouse ArtCenter in Tequesta hosts its seventh Plein Air Festival March 7 to 15. The Bradenton Area has a number of organizations and schools dedicated to the arts including its Village of the Arts and Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island.
Some of the artists who call the state home are Arturo Samaniego, Carmelo Blandino, Hernan Miranda, Linda Apriletti, Mary Garrish, Roni Lynn Doppelt, Terry Arroyo Mulrooney and Weldon Ryan. Galleries located in the state include Cutter & Cutter Fine Art with showrooms in St. Augustine and Ponte Verde Beach; Palm Beach Gardens-based Onessimo Fine Art; and the artist-owned Woodfield Fine Art Gallery in St. Petersburg.
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Cutter & Cutter Fine Art
25 King Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084
333 Village Main Street #640,
Ponte Verda Beach, FL 32082
(904) 810-0460
gallery@cutterandcutter.com
www.cutterandcutter.com
Cutter & Cutter Fine Art is family-owned and -operated. After opening in 1998 as an eclectic gift shop, the gallery quickly evolved to become a dealer of fine arts. Today Cutter & Cutter has galleries in historic St. Augustine, and in Sawgrass Village in Ponte Verda Beach. Both service their local markets and with a newly designed website, the gallery has been able to reach clients across the globe.
Artwork on display at Cutter & Cutter Fine Art.Scott Dingfelder, of Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, adds, “We continue to enjoy interest from art collectors across the country and actually broker a good portion of the art we sell sight unseen. Sales in our local market remain strong. However, with the recent launch of our new website, we are attracting even more collectors from around the country, especially the younger demographic that tends to invest more of their time online.”
Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, Visión IX, oil on linen, 20 x 20", by Royo.
“We continue to enjoy interest from art collectors across the country and actually broker a good portion of the art we sell sight unseen. Sales in our local market remain strong.” — Scott Dingfelder, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art
The gallery features past and present artists that are both established and emerging including the work of Salvador Dalí, Dean Mitchell, Daud Akhriev, Paige Bradley, Josef Kote, Daniel Greene, Frederick Hart, Estella Fransbergen and more.
December 6 and 7 the gallery presents an exhibition for Matthew J. Cutter; January 24 and 25 is a show of Dalí’s works; February 12 and 22 marks a solo show for cityscape painter Dmitri Danish; while Spanish impressionist Royo will showcase his work March 20 and 21. April 24 and 25 is a show for Kote, and an exhibition for Ramon Vilanova happens May 15 to 16.
An installation view works by Matthew J. Cutter, Estella Fransbergen and Mark Wood.
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Light Chasers
www.lightchasersinc.com
With more than 700 members, Light Chasers fosters education, participation, appreciation and exhibition opportunities for each artist that belongs to the organization. Light Chasers teach the painting and business skills needed for any artist to thrive. Each year, eight Featured Artists from Light Chasers host free demos, with the 2020 artists being Joseph McGurl, Morgan Samuel Price, Dominic Avant, Susan J. Foster, Hodges Soileau, Terry Mason, Katie Dobson Cundiff and Joseph Melançon. 
Light Chasers, Sea Oats Illumination, oil, 30 x 40", by Morgan Samuel Price.Along with their demonstrations, the artists participate in the annual Featured Artist Show alongside other Light Chasers members who will exhibit in the ninth annual Member’s Show on Friday, January 24. The group also hosts the Paint Sarasota Paint Out on January 25. The events happen at the Edson Keith Mansion in Sarasota, Florida.
Light Chasers, Out to Sea, oil, 18 x 24", by Joseph McGurl.The group follows the exhibitions with one of the largest quick draw contests in Florida on February 12. More than 100 artists usually participate in the event by painting all over the 66 acres of Phillippi Estate Park during the Farmer’s Market.
More than 4,000 people attend the Light Chasers’ events every year, which also includes, for the eight Featured Artists, an exhibition at Palm Avenue Fine Arts in Sarasota the first week of April.
Light Chasers, Peonies, oil, 14 x 11", by Susan J. Foster.
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Lighthouse ArtCenter
373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, FL 33469
(561) 746-3101
www.lighthousearts.org
For 56 years, Lighthouse ArtCenter has provided northern Palm Beach and southern Martin counties continuous artistic and cultural programming. Located along Florida’s beautiful southeastern shore, the not-for-profit ArtCenter is an art and cultural mecca in the heart of Tequesta. With courage to mix traditional and classical artwork with the unusual and challenging, the ArtCenter aims to inspire, engage and connect visitors with unique exhibitions, a vibrant school of art and diverse special events. 
Lighthouse ArtCenter, This is My Kingdom, ceramic, 28 x 21 x 14", by Diane Lublinski.
“With a growing population, the need for quality artistic and cultural experiences is also increasing, and Lighthouse ArtCenter is here to meet those needs.” — Patricia DeAloia, president of the board of directors, Lighthouse ArtCenter
“Our region is blessed with outstanding talent and hardworking people devoted to cultural excellence,” says Patricia DeAloia, president of the Lighthouse ArtCenter board of directors. “The quality of our exhibitions and the extraordinary talent and devotion of the ArtCenter’s staff and faculty has never been greater than it is today. With a growing population, the need for quality artistic and cultural experiences is also increasing, and Lighthouse ArtCenter is here to meet those needs.”
Lighthouse ArtCenter, Angel of Overtown, mixed media, 24 x 48”, by Purvis Young.
Through January 4 is LUSH: A Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition presenting the work of 71 juried artists—with ceramicist Alex Zablocki serving as the judge—and a retrospective of Dodie Thayer’s lettuceware. H20 Trickle Down, January 16 to February 12, features photographers and filmmakers inspiring stewardship from the Everglades to the ocean’s deep. The group includes Clyde Butcher, Tom Fitz, Ruth Petzold, Mac Stone, Carlton Ward and Edie Widder. 
On view, at right, in the Lighthouse ArtCenter is artwork by Fernando Porras.
The highlight of the spring season is Lighthouse ArtCenter’s seventh annual Plein Air Festival, held March 7 to 15. With over $20,000 in cash and prizes for award winners, 35 juried artists come together to paint locations in Florida from Palm Beach to Stuart. Collectors follow, sales are brisk and the energy is high as some of the country’s leading plein air painters gather together amidst Florida’s tropical beauty, while much of the country begs for spring to begin.
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Mary Garrish
(321) 698-4431
marygarrish@aol.com
www.marygarrishfineart.com
Mary Garrish is a retired surgeon turned landscape painter. She focuses on representational studio and plein air work, with her plein air studies often being integral to her studio pieces. Recently she started a body of work she refers to as “plein air still lifes.” On the Vine and Abstracted Flowers are two of these, with a beautiful flower bougainvillea as the inspiration for the latter painting.
Mary Garrish, Abstracted Flowers, oil on canvas, 24 x 20"According to Garrish, Edgar Degas’ quote, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see,” summarizes what motivates her to be a landscape painter. “It is the ‘wow’ experience, such that when I see the right scene—I rush to my easel to translate the beauty to others in a unique way,” she adds.
In April 2020 she will have a solo exhibition at J.M. Stringer Gallery in Vero Beach, Florida, featuring some of her newest paintings. Garrish is also a teacher of fine art, with 2020 painting trips planned to Patagonia in the spring and Greece in the fall. 
Mary Garrish, On the Vine, oil on aluminum, 30 x 30"
Mary Garrish, Inspiration Sunrise, oil on canvas, 20 x 30"
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Winter Park Paint Out
633 Osceola Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789
(407) 647-6294
info@winterparkpaintout.org
www.winterparkpaintout.org
The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens will be free to the public during its annual Winter Park Paint Out, held next from April 19 through 25. During the event, 25 nationally acclaimed plein air artists will paint live at the museum and favorite Winter Park and Orlando locations. Art lovers are invited to watch the artists at work, view recently completed art at the museum and online, and attend free painting demos. 
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens hosts the Winter Park Paint Out. Photo by Charles LeRette.
“Collectors develop relationships with our artists throughout the week and can watch their painting take shape from start to finish…There’s a real connection to the location, the artists and the memory of the collector who participates fully in the weeklong festival.” — Rachel Frisby, curator, Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens
“Collectors develop relationships with our artists throughout the week and can watch their painting take shape from start to finish,” adds the museum’s curator Rachel Frisby. “This isn’t just impersonal fine art you can purchase at any auction house. There’s a real connection to the location, the artists and the memory of the collector who participates fully in the weeklong festival.”Artwork created during the Winter Park Paint Out will be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds supporting the preservation, maintenance and operations of the museum. Collectors anywhere can buy the show’s artwork, as it is posted on the event’s website in real time. This is a juried art festival with beloved Florida artists and exceptional out-of-state participants, including Morgan Samuel Price, Don Sondag and Matthew Cornell.
The festival closes with the Garden Party on Saturday, April 25, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the museum. At this ticketed party, guests can meet the artists, purchase their work and see the exhibition of more than 200 fresh paintings. 
Winter Park Paint Out, High Noon on Park, oil, by Morgan Samuel Price.
Winter Park Paint Out, Knowles Chapel at Rollins, oil, by Don Sondag.
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Arturo Samaniego
(239) 438-6768
artsamaniego@comcast.net
www.samaniegoabstract.com
Arturo Samaniego is a nationally recognized artist with work in different styles represented around the country. His contemporary abstract collection is a response to his interest in interior design and architecture. His paintings make extensive use of beautiful textural elements, and range from the minimalist, tonal neutrality to the exuberant and colorful.
Arturo Samaniego, Serenity 6, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48"
“My new series of big, bold, atmospheric abstracts have their inspiration and reference in the colors and light of the sea,” he says. “Using a variety of tools and techniques, I work with layers of transparent colors and textures, into organic color fields. The result is these pieces of jewel-like luminescence, which resemble landscapes and seascapes in their atmospheric mystery.”
Samaniego’s artwork has received several national awards and it has appeared in magazines including International Artist.
Arturo Samaniego, Emerald Depths, acrylic, sand and pigments on canvas, 48 x 36"
Arturo Samaniego, Serenity 4, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 36"
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The Bradenton Area
Bradenton, FL
Aimee Blenker, cultural marketing executive, (941) 742-4060
aimee.blenker@bacvb.com
www.bradentongulfislands.com
The Bradenton area may be known for its barrier island beaches, but it is also home to exceptionally talented artists and performers and numerous historical organizations and art schools of quality equal to any found along Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Village of the Arts in Bradenton, Florida.ArtCenter Manatee marks its 82nd year as one of the area’s premier visual arts centers. Featuring works from local, state and national artists, exhibitions change monthly in the three large galleries. February 11 through March 13, the exhibition 3 Modern Masters – Schaller, Salminen & Mitchell will be featured in the gallery. Visit www.artcentermanatee.org for more details and for information on future exhibits.
The Artists’ Guild of Anna Maria Island will celebrate the work of several of its artists in the months of January through April 2020, with a reception for them as part of the Holmes Beach Art District Art Walks, the second Friday of each month, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This event is open to the public, and each artist looks forward to talking about their work. Throughout each month, their work will be featured in the front window of the Gallery that is located at 5414 Marina Drive in Holmes Beach. More information can be found at amiartistsguildgallery.com.
The Bradenton Area, Moonlight Moss, oil, 12 x 9", by LuAnn Widergren.
The Bradenton Area, The Wave, bottle caps, by Jean G. Farmer. Photo by Mark Burrows.A vibrant neighborhood with new artists, studios, creative shopping and dining opportunities, it may be said that Village of the Arts is experiencing another renaissance. This eclectic live-work community features colorful, historic cottages filled with everything from award-winning restaurants to specialty shops, art studios where you can interact with the artists directly, healing arts studios offering yoga, acupuncture and meditation, bakeries and 26 of Bradenton’s art galleries along a walking tour. To learn more, visit www.villageofthearts.com.
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Carmelo Blandino
(239) 216-2526
carmelo@carmeloblandino.com
www.carmeloblandino.com
The flower is not an unusual subject, but Carmelo Blandino has been able to coax something deeper from his subjects and unite the raw and sensual with the transcendental and ineffable. 
Carmelo Blandino in his studio painting Ethos.“My work is a sort of continuance in the practice of Buddhist monks,” Blandino explains, “who would bring a single flower to their meditation session and ask the students there to stare at it in silence for a long period of time. Eventually the student comes to realize that he is gazing upon his own true form, a higher self within the form of the flower, and the flower and its identification properties disappear. Recognizing that all matter originates from one source, a sudden awareness is brought forward that elevates the mind to a more enlightened state. The student and the flower are one.”
Carmelo Blandino, No Thing Bouquet, acrylic and pastel on canvas, 60 x 60"
Carmelo Blandino, Garden of Delights, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 60 x 144"His most recent body of work, ETHOS—which came about because he wanted to examine and revisit an area of his own artistry that became lost to him—is an ongoing touring exhibition. The show started in September and will head to the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art in Wisconsin from January through late March. It will then travel back to Florida. “This exhibition is the first of an artistically manifested, ongoing inner dialogue,” he says. “And there will be more. I will be exploring man’s relationship with the animal kingdom, our relationships with our personal selves, with each other, with religion, and
I will explore motifs on artificial intelligence and concepts of extraterrestrial life.”
Blandino also will have a solo exhibition in September 2020 at Galerie de Bellefeuille in Toronto, Canada.
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Onessimo Fine Art
4530 PGA Boulevard, Suite 101
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
(561) 355-8061
contact@onessimofineart.com
www.onessimofineart.com
Onessimo Fine Art is a modern gallery with white walls, industrial ceilings and polished silver metallic floors. Located on a corner so light filters in from three sides, the windows are filled with paintings or glass shelves of sculpture, so collectors recognize the quality and diversity of the collection immediately. The scope and range of the art are unique and the quality in the various price points is consistent. 
Onessimo Fine Art has artwork in a wide array of style and price points.The gallery’s roster of artists have traveled the world to create and be honored for their art. Bruno Zupan can be found by a canal in Venice every September with his easel and brush. David Drebin will be flying over Jerusalem just to catch the precise moment the city lights up. Jurgen Gorg carries his sketchpad wherever he travels, capturing a dancer, a musician or lovers. Fredy Villamil is prone to flashes of inspiration and has been seen drawing on the tablecloth of a famous restaurant. Alan Wolton paints Monet’s Garden in Monet’s Garden.
Onessimo Fine Art, Here Comes the Sun, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48", by Josef Kote.Gallery events and shows are driven by the collection. “If one of our artists has a museum show or creates an exceptional body of work, a one-man show is scheduled,” the gallery explains. “If an extraordinary estate becomes available we will honor the collection with an exhibition. Most recently, Works on Paper 100 Years: Matisse to Hirst.”
Onessimo Fine Art, Menina Amarilla, oil on canvas, 60 x 48", by Alfredo Palmero.There will be five gallery events during the upcoming season including a December event featuring Samir Sammoun, Laura Lacambra Shubert and Daniel Lotton, followed by Josef Kote in January, Alexandra Nechita’s Reimagined in February and the release of Drebin’s new book honored with a collection of his new works in March. The gallery will also venture out, displaying at international fairs in Miami, Palm Beach and New York.
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Roni Lynn Doppelt
Roni Lynn D Gallery
329 Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
(561) 271-8775
ronilynndoppelt@gmail.com
www.ronilynndoppelt.com
“My artwork is all about what I value most,” Roni Lynn Doppelt says. “Love of family and friends, love of life itself, appreciation of the beauty of nature and love are all very important to me. That is the reason they are always prevalent in my work.” 
Roni Lynn Doppelt, Radiance #6, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40"With intense emotions and powerful colors lending to her work a diverse and eclectic range of themes and depths of sensitivity, Doppelt displays a dynamic visual symphony established by a seamless cohesion of grand design and artistic abilities. Wrapped around the cyclical nature of human emotions, her paintings and sculptures elicit the awe-inspiring colors, powers and beauty of our expansive universe.
Roni Lynn Doppelt, Bouquet, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48"As a skilled sculptor and canvas artist, Doppelt has exhibited internationally in Dubai, Paris, Venice, Greece, New York, Miami, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Palm Beach and Aspen. Doppelt has also contributed her artwork to various charities and significant fundraising events to foundations such as MorseLife and the Albert Einstein College.
Roni Lynn Doppelt, Radiance #15, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30"
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Woodfield Fine Art Gallery
2253 Central Avenue #105
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
(727) 254-6981
www.woodfieldfineart.com
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery is one of the premier Tampa Bay-area art galleries for discerning collectors of the works of emerging and nationally acclaimed regional artists. According to gallery owner and artist Jim Woodfield, St. Petersburg, Florida, is becoming an important place for the arts in the state, and the gallery “has seen a steady increase in business over the last three years as a result of increasing arts tourism to the area.”
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery features paintings, sculpture, photography and more by award-winning artists.The gallery represents award-winning painters such as John Bayalis, Margaret Bayalis, Shawn Dell Joyce, Charles Gray, Curtis Whitwam and renowned sculptors Sallie Hackett-Brown, Kyu Yamamoto and Jan Richardson, among others. The gallery has also served as an incubator of sorts for local emerging artists, such as Reid Jenkins, Jean-Michael Fait, Jonas Von Meyer, Paul Barrera, Carol Crumrine, Sylvia Shanahan and many more.
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery has been a strong supporter of the St. Petersburg art scene, collaborating with local nonprofit art, business and neighborhood associations to broaden the appeal and impact art has on the community. On the second Saturday of every month, the gallery participates in the St. Petersburg Art Walk hosted by the St. Petersburg Arts Alliance. 
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery, The Pink Chevy, watercolor, 13 x 21", by John Bayalis.At least four times a year the gallery hosts themed exhibitions of new works by more than 25 local artists. In December is the gallery’s seasonal exhibit, Beyond Paradise, featuring art depicting and/or interpreting the beauty of Florida’s west coast. The opening happens Saturday, December 14, from 5 to 9 p.m.
Woodfield Fine Art Gallery, Let’s Do Lunch, oil on canvas, 20 x 30", by Margaret Bayalis.
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Hernan Miranda
(561) 860-1626
hernanmiranda1@gmail.com
www.hernanmiranda.com
Paraguayan artist Hernan Miranda has been living in Hallandale Beach, Florida, for the past 14 years. His artwork has been exhibited around the world including in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Paraguay and Uruguay.
He says, “I like still lifes because with them you have the freedom to play with the composition, work the geometry, the emptiness, the form, but I consider that the protagonist in the work is the light.”
Hernan Miranda, Dancer, oil on fabric, 22 x 28"
The artist has currently been painting, drawing and sculpting the human figure. “I want to represent the natural beauty of the nude, but with a different proposal, leaving the studio and classic postures, more integrated to its environment and breaking the beauty stereotype physics to show the real natural beauty,” he says. “I believe that every work of an artist is like his self-portrait, because it shows the world around him and the artist feeds on his surroundings to create his imagery.”
Hernan Miranda, The Artist’s Table, oil on fabric, 38 x 57"In October, Miranda had a 50-piece exhibition at the North Campus Gallery of Miami Dade College that had strong feedback from the public. “This is the beginning of a new stage,” he says.
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Terry Arroyo Mulrooney
(305) 387-5351, studio; (305) 479-3448, cellphone
terry@terrymulrooney.com
www.terrymulrooneystudios.com
Venezuela-born Terry Arroyo Mulrooney is an accomplished watercolor artist who has called Miami, Florida, home since early childhood. Prior to her art career, Mulrooney was a successful business professional, wife and mother, which left her little time for her artwork. She began to feel that her life lacked a creative outlet, and decided to return to her passion and devote herself to developing her talents as an artist. She has been selling art since 2000.
“I express my art to focus on color, detail, contrast and light,” Mulrooney says. “I create art that captures natural beauty in architecture, portraits, landscapes or florals. Many of my subjects are threatened by climate change. I am determined to record my subjects as they are now and hoping for the future.”
Terry Arroyo Mulrooney, Family Outing, watercolor on paper, 19 x 30"
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Linda Apriletti
(786) 683-9306
linda@lindaapriletti.com
miamilin@aol.com
www.lindaapriletti.com
Miami Springs native Linda Apriletti is best known for her plein air oil landscapes of Florida, in particular those from South Florida and the Everglades. She says painting outside is critical to helping her observe and understand patterns in nature in her studio work and outside studies. Although Florida is Apriletti’s focus, she regularly paints in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Maine and Martha’s Vineyard, and enjoys an increasing public demand for that work as well. People find peace in her paintings and often remark how they feel they can just walk into one. Her paintings are true to the spirit of a place and reflect her sensitivity to nature. She has been devoting more time to painting birds and has been developing a following for her bird paintings, too. 
Linda Apriletti, A Golden Time, oil on linen, 24 x 30"Apriletti’s solo exhibits include Everglades National Park, Big Cypress National Park and Museum of the Everglades. She currently has a solo exhibit through January 12 at Biscayne Nature Center in Key Biscayne, Florida. Apriletti exhibits at select art festivals in Florida and is represented by Carlton Gallery in Banner Elk, North Carolina. She has been juried into several upcoming plein air events including at the seventh annual Plein air Festival at Lighthouse ArtCenter and the Winter Park Paint Out.
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Weldon Ryan
Palm Coast, FL, (718) 554-6180
weldonryan1989@gmail.com
www.weldonryan.com
Born in The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Weldon Ryan came to the USA at age 6. His family settled in the Bronx. He studied at the prestigious High School of Art and Design in NYC and The Fashion Institute of Technology. He’s influenced by artists like Max Ginsburg and Peter Cox who were also his instructors. One of NYC's finest, he worked as a forensic artist for the New York City Police and retired as a detective.
Weldon Ryan, All Yah See, oil on canvas, 48 x 38"During his time on the force he painted vigorously in his studio in the D.U.M.B.O art district in Brooklyn. Since his retirement he has found his passion painting “Mas” Caribbean Carnival celebrations from New York to Miami and in the Caribbean. “I’m inspired by Caribbean culture, food, music and the people,” he says. Weldon’s use of textures, vibrant colors and a contemporary realism style to illustrate beautiful figures of various sizes and hues in costumes brings to life the dynamic rhythm of the carnival. He participates in the annual Art of Carnival exhibition that tours the United States, concluding this year in Miami. —
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