CHERYL HARDIN
In combining unexpected combinations of color, shapes, and ideas, Cheryl Hardin’s paintings are captured on canvas in a fluid and impressionistic style. She creates original works in oils, using both palette knife and brush. Soft brush strokes and often muted colors provide mood, balance, and emotion in her work. Imagery spills on the canvas as she paints.

No matter what form it takes, Cheryl believes art should unite artist and audience. Her goal is that the audience of her works will experience some of the same emotions driving her creativity.

“The paintings I create that are deemed to have a certain mystique are the ones where the painting itself takes over. I am merely extending the brush or palette knife, each of which has its own vision. When the painting develops with the least interference on my part, the work truly becomes what it was meant to be.”  

Cheryl is represented by the Savannah Gallery of Art, Savannah, GA.  

Website:  CherylHardin.com
Email:     Cheryl@cherylhardin.com

- Being an artist is not so much a vocation as it is a way of life.
VALERIE DUMAS 
Seeking to infuse a tropical style into her abstract art, Valerie draws inspiration from her Floridian roots, as well as her time spent living abroad near the beaches of Antigua, Philippines, Jamaica and the South of France. Island colors.. bright and bold are her signature look that can be incorporated into any room of the house. Valerie also paints with hot wax making encaustic monotypes of beautiful coastal landscapes and colorful mermaid faces. 




Website: https://valeriedumas.ecwid.com/
​Instagram : @vkdumasart
RICKY FOSTER
Ricky is originally from Wichita, Kansas where he recently retired from the aircraft industry. He began his venture into the art world by studying sketching and painting at the Wichita Center for the Arts for five years.  He recently moved to Savannah to be closer to his family.
He has been oil painting for sixteen years and has won many awards both regionally and nationally. He describes his style as semi-impressionistic boardering on realism; therefore, seeing himself as a traditional artist.
His main inspiration is from his own reference photos to set the composition.  His main objective through the act of painting allows his thoughts, along with his emotions and the colors to converge from within to create an original one-of-a-kind piece of art.  Ultimately, the result will emotionally and conceptually also move others from within.

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KEN TIGHE
Ken Tighe lives in Savannah and has been working with clay since 1985. A Massachusetts native, his work has appeared in numerous shops and galleries in the New England area.
A Georgia resident since 2005, he has shown his sculpture in many Low Country venues.
​His interest in human figure studies has developed into a successful line of mermaids along with numerous other figurative pieces. Decorated with ceramic glazes or acrylic paint, the work continues to evolve.

The Savannah Gallery of Art has become the exclusive home for his work.



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GEORGE LITTLE
Beautiful functional everyday pottery.  

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​DENISE LIOTTA DEMARZO
 
Denise Liotta DeMarzo is a lifelong New Yorker who recently moved to Hilton Head Island, SC.  After careers as a nurse and a lawyer, she pursued drawing and painting, with a focus on representational still life oil painting.  Denise paints from life, not photographs. 
 
She continues to study with Jon de Martin, a NY-based classically trained artist and renowned teacher as well as Todd M. Casey, a well-known author and still life painter.  Her latest work includes a series of cocktail paintings. 
 
Denise’s work was recently featured at the Biennale National Juried Exhibition on HHI, and may be seen at the Savannah Gallery of Art, SOBA Gallery in Bluffton, the Art League of Hilton Head and the Artists of Sea Pines monthly art show.
 
Website: www.deniseliottaart.com  
Email: dliotta8@gmail.com          
Instagram: @dldemarzo

 
CATHLEEN CAMPBELL

Cathleen Campbell was born in Colorado but grew up in West Virginia where she decided at 5 she would be an artist. She majored in Fine Arts at West Virginia University and was responsible for the Read- Aloud West Virginia and the A for Arts which incorporated art into the curriculum the schools.
​She has studied in both France and Italy, and has won several awards including 3 first place, 2 second and 3 honorable mentions from the Savannah Arts Association.
Last year she had a one women show that was titled “From the Mountains to the Ocean, my Journey in Art “ at the Taylor Arts Council in West Virginia. Tybee Island has been her home for the last 12 years and she is influenced by her surroundings .
You can see her work at the Savannah Gallery of Art and the Tybee Cottage Art Gallery.
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Instagram: @tybeeartist 
Facebook @lovellshackstudios
CORA ENNIS MORRIS

Making art has always been an innate desire for Cora throughout her life as much as her connection to nature and exploring the world.
Over the years, she has worked in various mediums as seen in her portfolio. After painting with acrylics for many years, Cora was in search of another medium to develop a new style. This occurred in 2012 while attending an opening for the encaustic artist Martin Kline. That night the seeds were planted as she was immediately drawn to the texture, translucency, and light that can only be achieved with the encaustic medium. Encaustic is the fusing of bees wax and damar resin that has been in use since Ancient times. After seeing the exhibit she registered for a workshop offered at the New Britain Museum of American Art to learn the process and was completely captivated. Her vision developed over time as she worked with the medium to incorporate encaustic with photography, painting, and printmaking. While not a classically trained photographer, over the years Cora has subconsciously embraced photography in her travels across the globe; as a way to capture her experiences. Cora best describes her style as modern/traditional that quietly takes the viewer into a time and place experienced by the artist with each piece created.
Since moving to Savannah with her husband in 2017 from Connecticut, she is finding endless inspiration among the live oaks and beautiful coastline. Cora has lived on the East coast her entire life. The ocean naturally creates a sense of peace for Cora, and a responsibility to raise awareness for preservation through her artwork.
Cora has a BFA in Painting & Printmaking from Central Connecticut State University. Over the years she’s had numerous one-woman shows and has participated in juried exhibits, and group shows. Cora’s work can be found in the homes of private collectors in Georgia and California. She is currently being represented by the Grand Bohemian Gallery Plant Riverside in Savannah, Georgia as well as a contributing artists in the Savannah Gallery of Art.
website: coraennismorris.com 
​Instagram: @coraennismorris
GINNY TOGRYE
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Ginny divides time and inspiration between her Nashville and Savannah studios. She enjoys promoting the arts in her communities and has captained an arts organization and mural projects supporting emerging artists. She enjoys the variety  in sculpture, painting, portraits and murals, but is best known for her sculptural painting style. The method is reminiscent of a frieze, which is a relief sculpture, usually an  architectural element or impasto or thick application of paint, She uses modeling paste or other clay-like materials applied to a canvas or board and the effect is visually dynamic and textural...it is meant to be touched. This painting technique was developed from influences as a sculpture minor and a love for painting and color. 

“I have had a lifelong passion for art and it’s creation is a euphoric transporting experience. My hope is to convey this passion and joy to my audience. I am thankful for the opportunity and time to experiment and play and consider myself a lifelong student allowing time consistently to study and learn new techniques. My inspiration comes from life and travel. I try to view the world in unique ways, then contain this vision within my canvas distinctly.” The tools for sculptural painting are modeling paste, acrylic paint, palate knives, cake decorating tools, clay and dental tools.

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BOBBIE FERTIG

​An oil painter specializing in contemporary  portrait painting  and figurative art.
Bobbie currently  lives full time with her husband on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
She founded BO ART in 2018,  a non profit working artists studio/gallery on Hilton Head, SC.

She attended Martin College, University of Tennessee and Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies majoring in education and art.
“Oil painting is my passion . I paint daily in the quiet  hours of the early morning .  
Making Art fulfills me, consumes me and compels me to create the  beauty and  emotion of my subject”.
“I constantly challenge myself and strive to improve my skills and grow”.

Memberships
Savannah Gallery of Art, Savannah GA
Art League of Hilton Head, SC
BO ART, Inc.,  Founder/Director,  Hilton Head Island, 
SC *Oil Painters of America 
Georgia Society of Artists