Meet The Artists

FLORIDA PORTRAITURE–1840-1960

Joseph J. Hollenbeck, Palm Beach, Miss Democracy, Girl with Hibiscus, Miss Thelma Jean Miller, oil on canvas, 24 by 20 inches. From the beginning of the Enlightenment artists ranked the…

ZERBE, KARL–TALLAHASSEE

  Karl Zerbe, Study for Self Portrait,1960, acrylic 20 by 14 inches.   Zerbe, Karl, Girl from Miami, Fabric collage and acrylic on canvas, 50 by 36 inches. signed Zerbe,…

COMMONS, OLIVE WESLER–MIAMI

  Olive Commons, a cameona, hand painted on porcelain, 1 3/4 by 2 1/4 inches, signed OC.  Olive Wesler Commons grew up in Richmond, Indiana where she studied art in…

SAWYER, WELLS MOSES–SARASOTA

  Wells M. Sawyer, Mangrove Islands Near Marco, 1896, watercolor, 9 by 12 inches. Born in 1863, Wells Moses Sawyer, was the descendant of American pioneers, one of whom fought…

SAWYER, HELEN–SARASOTA

  Helen Sawyer, Sarasota, oil on canvas, 20 by 24, signed lower left Helen Sawyer. Helen Sawyer was one of Florida’s most gifted artists. Her father, artist Wells Sawyer, encouraged…

FARNSWORTH, JERRY–SARASOTA

  Jerry Farnsworth, Circus Lady, oil on canvas, 30 by 20 inches. Signed lower left, Farnsworth.  Jerry Farnsworth and his wife Helen Sawyer Farnsworth were both Florida artists with national…

McKEAN, HUGH—Winter Park, Orlando

    Hugh McKean, Where the Mockingbird Sings, oil on canvas 25 by 30 inches. The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park, FL. The Charles Hosmer Morse…

WATSON, AMELIA MONTAGUE–Orlando

  Amelia Watson, Pines and Palms, watercolor, 10 3/4 by 12 3/4 inches, signed lower left. Born in 1856 in Connecticut, Amelia Watson first studied with her mother, an amateur…