Meet The Artists

Richard Jansen, watercolor Key West Art Gallery Jansen, from Milwaukee, was in Key West in 1934 working as an artist for the Florida Emergency Relief Administration and the Key West…

Stanley Wood, watercolor, Ginger Plant, Key West Stanley Wood was a member of the Key West Public Works Art Project 1934-1935. A graduate of the Philadelphia School of Architecture, in…

 Avery Johnson, Key West, watercolor, Deep Sea Fishing, Key West Born in Wheaton, Illinois, artist Avery Johnson worked on the Jackson, Mississippi diorama at the Chicago Century of Progress in…

      Williams, Robert J. Ruskin, Sarasota, Longboat Key. Storm Approaching Bird Key 1951, watercolor, 15 by 22 inches.   Ruskin Williams and his wife, Troy Morgan founded the Longboat…

    Riley F. Napier, St. Petersburg. Oil on canvas,18 by 24 inches, signed lower right and on back Thrill Hill Bridge, St. Petersburg, Fla. Stamped Frames Riley F. Napier…

      Frances Carlberg King, Stuart, Palm Beach, Pompano. Watercolor, 11 by 15 inches, signed lower right Frances Carlberg King.  KING, Frances Carlberg         Stuart, Palm Beach, Pompano Beach A…

      George W. Willis, Ocala, Williston. Oil on board,12 by 18 inches. On back, “Everglades, painted by Dr. Willis of Ocala.” WILLIS, George W.          Ocala, Williston Many years…

  Phineas E. Paist, Mermaids, oil on board, 48 by 60 inches. Signed lower right Phineas E. Paist 1932. In January of 1916, Paul Chalfin was in trouble, James Deering…

   Dottie Comfort, Sunday Afternoon Cedar Key, watercolor. Dottie Comfort lived and worked on Cedar Key in the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s. For many years a Michigan school teacher, Comfort…

Thompson, Walter Whitcomb, The Jungle, St. Petersburg, December 1925. Oil on board, 6 1/4 by 9 inches. Signed lower left. Walter Thompson grew up in Jacksonville; some of his first…

                        Russell Smiley, oil on canvas, 36 by 30 inches, signed lower left Russ Smiley. Artist Russell Smiley was…

William Teschner, Tampa. Oil on canvas, 21 by 28 inches, a portrait of two children at a Tampa homestead, circa 1915. Signed lower right W. Teschner. Painting needs cleaning and…