Meet The Artists

Ralph Hillbom, one of 12 calendar plates done for the Florida Department of Agriculture, Tallahassee, 1934. Ralph Hillbom, the son of Henrik Hillbom, one of New England’s outstanding landscape artists,…

  Lloyd Loeffler, St. Petersburg, oil on canvas 20 by 24 inches. Signed lower right.  Born in Michigan, Lloyd Loeffler worked as a commercial artist for the Stuart A. Friedrich…

 J. W. Carty, Tampa, watercolor, 12 by 16 inches, signed lower left.    J. W. Carty was a skilled artist and the manager of Tampa’s Atlantic Tire service station. His…

George Bartlett, oil on artist board, 20 by 24 inches. Signed lower left. George Bartlett, a reporter and feature writer for the St. Petersburg Times from 1944 to his retirement…

Hildegarde Hamilton, Fort Lauderdale, oil on canvas,18 by 14 inches, signed and dated lower right.  Hildegarde Hamilton was born in Syracuse, New York the daughter of a professor at Syracuse…

Harrison Covington, The Aviator, an eight-foot bronze, Tampa International Airport Harrison Covington was born in Plant City in 1924. After service as a fighter pilot in the Pacific in World…

James Hutchinson, Alligator Catcher, oil on canvas, 24.5 by 35.5 inches, signed lower right, titled verso. James Hutchinson is one of Florida most creative living artists. As a young boy…

    Fred Messersmith, View of the Halifax, casein on artist board, 27.5 by 35.5 inches. Signed lower right. Fred Messersmith was chairman of the art department at West Virginia…

Craig Rubadoux, Bandonista Lunes Buenos Aires, watercolor, pencil on paper, 14 by 17 inches. Titled on upper right.                       Craig Rubadoux…

Nike Parton, Salute, oil on board, 14 by 20inches. Signed lower right and titled verso. Nike Parton served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corp (WAC). In 1950…

Norman Osborne, New Smyrna Street scene, oil Masonite, 17 by 13 3/4 inches.  One of the first artists in New Smyrna Beach, Norman Osborne was partners with illustrator George Varian…

P.R. McIntosh, oil on board, 17 by 23 inches. Signed lower right. P. R. (Pleasant Ray) McIntosh grew up on a farm in southern Indiana, where at the age of…