The Gateway Art Gallery in historic downtown Lake City, an extension of the 40-year-old Art League of North Florida, will recognize and honor recent benefactors in a special exhibit during the months of March and April. The idea of this special exhibit began when the Lt. Col. Aloysius (Al) Harter Trust made a generous donation […]
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Gallery Board Member Featured at Public Library
Long-time (and award-winning) artist Laura Hunter-Null has a one-artist show up at the Columbia County Library West Branch through March. The show is comprised of twenty nature paintings and mixed media abstractions in the library’s main entrance way. Hunter-Null creates artworks in unique styled series using a wide variety of media such as watercolors, acrylic, […]
Featured Artist: Stephen Speck (Feb 2022)
From Steve’s wife, Barbara: “I met Steve in high school and married him shortly thereafter. He was a remarkable man, talented in so many areas, but his passion was for photography. The earliest photo I saw of him was when he was 2 1/2 years old with a Kodak camera in his hands taking pictures. […]
Artist Profile: Fran Thompson
Born and raised in Mystic, Connecticut, Frances (Fran) Thompson was born to create. While her creativity is expressed via multiple mediums such as sewing, quilting, carpentry, writing, etc., her true passion is painting. Fran feels her passion is on the inside and believes this passion must be expressed outward and it’s through her paintings that […]
Exhibit Tobacco Barns by Cindy Mantini (Jan 2022)
A collection of oil paintings of historic area tobacco barns is on exhibit at the Gateway Art Gallery in downtown Lake City. Completed by local award-winning artist Cynthia Mantini, these barns represent an industry and way of life of days gone by. Mantini says, ” Many of these barns have succumbed to the elements and […]
