Riverside Fine Arts Visions Art Exhibit  -  2005-2006

S. Barre Barrett

Show opens: Oct. 21 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

Oct. 25-27 & Nov. 1-3, 2005, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

S. Barre Barrett joined the faculty of Jacksonville University in 1970. Barrett is an artist-teacher with many exhibitions and commissions to his credit, including six large murals on ceramic tiles for a Jacksonville shopping center, as well as 21 painted murals for the Alzheimer’s Unit at Cypress Village.  Retired from active teaching, Barrett’s continued activity as an exhibiting watercolor artist; board member of the Southern Academy for Letters, Arts & Sciences; consultant to the Duval County Public Schools; and leader of the First Christian Church visual arts ministry demonstrates his dedication and advocacy for the arts and the community. 

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Billie McCray

Show opens: Nov. 18 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

Nov. 22 & 23 (closed Thanksgiving) & Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2005, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

Creativity born of necessity marked the beginning of Billie McCray’s artistic journey.  As a child growing up poor in Tuskegee, Alabama, she would take her standard white gym shoes and recreate them into colorful, hand-painted sandals. The love of textiles, unique design details and found objects married with a curiosity of other cultures have given birth to an artist who mixes these elements to form works of art. Her creations range from handmade dolls with antique button eyes to teddy bears made from vintage chenille bedspreads, to eco-wallhangings that combine all of her favorite things.

Allison Watson

Show opens: Jan. 13 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

Jan. 17-19 & Jan. 24-26, 2006, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

Ms. Watson is a lifelong resident of North Florida.  She  began  her  profession  as  a  studio artist  in  her  early  twenties and has  worked as  an  animator,  illustrator,  textile  artist, licensed  interior  decorator, and art teacher on the staff of the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens.  Ms. Watson  paints  from  her  own  photographs of Florida as well as other remote places from her kayaking and hiking travels. An environmentalist, her creations manifest her love of nature. Her works are represented in over 350 public and private collections in the United States and abroad.

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Bunny Morgan 

Show opens: Feb. 11 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

Feb. 14-16 & Feb. 21-23, 2006, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.C

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

Bunny Morgan has been interested in painting since she began school in Michigan, where she received a B.A. degree from Michigan State University. Throughout her career, she has taught art in such diverse places as Micronesia, Guam, and then back in the states in Cambridge, Massachusetts and finally Jacksonville.  She was introduced to watercolors at the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota and has continued her work in this medium, studying with top practitioners of this fluid and expressive style. Morgan is a member of the Jacksonville Watercolor Society and has shown her work at the First Street Gallery in Neptune Beach and several juried shows.

Larry Jon Davis

Show opens: March 18 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

March 21-23 & March 28-30, 2006, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

Larry Jon Davis began his professional career as a painter and printmaker in the Midwest. Since accepting his current academic position at Florida Community College at Jacksonville in 1986, Davis has continued to broaden his artistic production and exhibition exposure as well as finishing Masters’ level study at Jacksonville University. Besides numerous local shows he has maintained an active role as a show juror, state art grants panelist, and as an officer in the Florida Printmakers Society. Whether in naturalistic life drawings and paintings or in more abstracted styles, an interest in organic forms has always permeated his work. A similar interest in landscape subjects has resulted from extensive travel within the United States, Canada, Japan and Western Europe.

Miguel Sanchez

Show opens: April 21 (concert attendees only)

Art in the Afternoon

April 25-27 & May 2-4, 2006, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Church Courtyard and Craig Hall, Church of the Good Shepherd

A native of California, Miguel Sanchez arrived in Jacksonville in 2001 after living in South America since 1976. He graduated in May 2004 with a B.F.A. in Painting from Jacksonville University. A major influence in the development of his artistic style has been the jungle environments of Suriname and the Brazilian Amazon region. Much of his early art depicts abstract landscapes with repetitive patterns and bold slashes or swaths of color as if looking down at the jungle. Both the color and design of the Native Amerindians and Bushnegroes of the region have had a major impact on his combinations of color and shape.  His feelings are expressed more through the use of color than design and his paintings are generally large in size.