Upcoming Events
La Lucha LIVE at DRV Gallery
January 23rd. Doors at 6pm. Show 7-9 PM.
La Lucha brings their exciting brand of Jazz to Gulfport! With repertoire ranging from Standards to Pop to Latin music, they seamlessly blend multiple genres with exciting original compositions. Experience the incredible chemistry, energy and virtuosity these 3 best friends from different parts of the world bring to their live shows. The intimacy of DRV Gallery provides a unique chance to enjoy their engaging performance surrounded by amazing art and music lovers.
BONUS: Our very own Deserie Valloreo will join the trio for a few tunes as guest vocalist!
Limited Seating Available. General Admission.
First Friday - Evening at the Gallery
Join us First Friday, February 7th 5:30-8:30 PM for an Evening at the Gallery and opening reception for Every Day Magic a solo exhibition featuring the artwork of Rebecca Skelton. This free community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest Scott Hunt!
Rebecca Skelton Artist Statement:
“The making and viewing of art is transformative. It is a spiritual experience even more than an intellectual one. I work in painting, drawing and sculpture. I begin my artwork as an experiment with a particular set of colors or elements. The goal is to see what sort of expression I can get from the various combinations and the handling of the colors and material itself. The basic result is that much of my work has been nonobjective although it contained suggested forms. I consider the goal of abstraction to be the most difficult and the pinnacle of the use of art as a visual language. Although much of my art contains figurative elements, I will always consider myself primarily an abstract artist. From the first searching mark placed on a surface and each component fabricated, the art begins to define itself more and more narrowly until there is no more to discuss. The image knows only itself as it struggles to emerge. Each is like a willful child growing into an independent image. Any element behaves only as its particular state of being allows it to behave. And each piece of art demands its own format. For this reason, my work is varied. Each new piece cries to be its own event.”
About Rebecca Skelton
Rebecca Skelton earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Auburn University. She has taught a wide variety of art classes as an adjunct professor for University of Tampa, St. Petersburg College, USF St. Petersburg, HCC Ybor, and Eckerd College as well as for the Morean Arts Center, Creative Clay, Youth Arts Corps, and the Dali Museum. She is the volunteer coordinator for models and monitors for Morean Art Center’s Saturday figure drawing open studio where she has been a participant for at least 30 years.
About Scott Hunt:
Scott is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist based in Tampa, FL. He received his first guitar at the age of 5, which began not only his lifelong love of music but also an interesting musical instrument collection. He has played extensively across the country and has opened or shared the stage with a wide variety of well known artists, but also some extremely talented lesser known artists. Since moving to the Tampa area, Hunt has played solo as well as with several area bands…Grindstone Syndicate (red dirt country), Cassie Jean and the Fireflies (original Americana band), Joel Hosler (original work), and a 90’s Country tribute band (Whiskey County).
Mastering Color Temperature with Shawn Dell Joyce
Saturday February 8th
Free Demo 11am-noon
Workshop 1-4 pm $60
Learn to see and use those subtle differences in color temperature to create the illusion of perspective and depth of field in a painting. Shawn Dell Joyce demonstrates warmer/cooler versions of colors and makes a painting of an all-white still life without using white! Watch the free demonstration from 11am-noon, the take the workshop from 1-4pm and try your hand at it. Work from one of the photos references provided or use the same still life from the demonstration, Great way to improve your painting and enrich your use and understanding of color. Open to any/all medium, Shawn demonstrates and uses pastel. Bring your favorite medium and 11x14-12x16 surface.
About Your Instructor:
Shawn Dell Joyce was born in Texas in 1965 and grew up on the border in Brownsville Tx. She worked in her family’s citrus orchards until an unseasonable frost killed the trees in 1982. This loss changed the trajectory of her career from farmer to artist. She went to art school at University of North Texas in Denton, and studied Semiotics with artist Vernon Fisher, then transferred to San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. Her real education happened as an artist’s apprentice in SoHo section of NY where she worked in several artist’s studios until leaving the city for the beautiful farmlands North of the city and began teaching plein air classes in 2000, and continues weekly to this day in Tampa Bay. She founded a plein air school with an Arts and Agricultural mission based on the historic Hudson River School, called the Wallkill River School of Art. It still exists today as a nonprofit arts organization with a mission of bringing cultural tourism to the Hudson Valley region through plein air painting workshops and events on local farms, historic sites and open spaces. Joyce has won many prestigious awards for plein air painting, and is a signature member of New York Plein Air Painters (NYPAP), and International Plein Air Painters (IPAP), and Pastel Society of Tampa Bay (PSTB). She has been featured in many national newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Plein Air Magazine, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Pastel Journal Magazine, Tampa Bay Magazine. She is represented by six galleries around the country including Wallkill River School in NY, Woodfield Fine Art in St. Pete, and Lakeside Inn Gallery in Mount Dora, FL. She teaches workshops in pastel and plein air techniques across the country in Staunton, VA, Olana in NY, Tampa Bay Florida, and is included in museum collections in the Georges Pompidou Museum in France and the Museum of Modern Art in NY. She recently won the Creative Pinellas grant for established artists in 2023, Best in Show for Central Florida Pastel Society Annual Exhibit, and Best in Show for 2024 Pastel Society of Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit.
LaRue Nickelson Trio at DRV Gallery
March 20th. Doors at 6pm. Show 7-9 PM.
LaRue Nickelson is a jazz guitarist and composer from the Tampa Bay area. He has had a varied and diverse music career with many different groups. LaRue has played in New York, Italy, South Africa, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Russia, Montreux, and California as well as staying very busy doing festivals and clubs in the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Orlando, and Sarasota, Florida areas. LaRue has performed and recorded with many well-known musicians. LaRue is also a composer with more than 100 compositions to his credit. He has released three solo projects, and recently completed recording projects with Tom Brantley, Chuck Owen's tribute to Michael Brecker, and 2 duo albums with Jeremy Powell. He also has written for two Mel Bay anthologies. He is the jazz guitar instructor at the University of South Florida and currently resides in Tampa, FL with his beautiful wife, Joy, and his slightly less attractive cats, Kilgore Trout and Hodor.
Joining LaRue for this concert:
Doug Matthews on bass
Ian Goodman on drums
Limited Seating Available. General Admission.
ABSTRACT PAINTING with a Palette Knife
Saturday March 22nd 1-4 PM
Palette knives add a freshness, an element of surprise, and vibrancy to a painting and offers a more spontaneous and loose approach to applying paint.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
ways to add texture to your paints with different mediums and paint.
different palette knife approaches for your current artistic style.
a new approach to unlock untapped creative potential.
MATERIALS/SUPPLIES:
Each participant will be provided a textured canvas to paint on and canvas paper to practice with.
WHAT TO BRING:
2 diamond shaped trowel palette knives
one 2”- 3”long, one 1” long, with rounded ends and wooden handles.
4-6 colors of a thick acrylic paint, such as Liquitex, Golden, or Windsor Newton.
an image you wish to work to try something abstract
Limited seats available.
CREATIVE AGING Workshop Series - Acrylic Painting Together
The Creative Aging Series of workshops is designed for senior parents and their adult children to enjoy a creative, nurturing experience together in a local art gallery setting. Each session is a blend of art-making, relaxation, and sensory stimulation, crafted to deepen connections and create cherished memories. With music, textures, fragrances, and visuals, these sessions will be accessible to all skill levels.
Session 1 of 3: March 29th 1:00-2:30 PM - Acrylic Painting Together
Description: An acrylic painting session where each participant can create complementary pieces. With simple, step-by-step instruction, attendees will work side-by-side on a theme, like “Seasons of Life” or “Reflections in Nature.” Soft background music will play, with optional essential oils in the room to enhance relaxation.
$45 per person.
Materials will be provided.
Subsequent sessions require their own registration. These sessions are as follows:
Session 2 of 3: April 26th 1:00-2:30 PM - Journaling for Connection
Session 3 of 3: May 10th 1:00-2:30 PM - Watercolor Painting for Relaxation
About the Instructor:
Michele Stone is an award-winning, internationally recognized artist with over 25 years of exhibition experience. She studied at the Columbus College of Art and Design and holds certifications as a Therapeutic Arts Life Coach and in Healing with Color and Arts. Michele has spent the last 16 years instructing art in diverse settings, including cultural centers, summer camps, private lessons, assisted living facilities, corporate events, birthday parties, online classes, private events, and homeschool groups. Her teaching spans both local and international venues, including collaborations in East Africa, where she taught therapeutic arts to non-profits, orphanages, and rehabilitation centers. In addition to her work in therapeutic arts, Michele has curated numerous art exhibitions, managed gallery spaces, and developed art programs that have significantly boosted participation and engagement. Her commitment to using art as a tool for healing and self-expression has made her a sought-after instructor and speaker in the Tampa Bay area and beyond. Michele’s top strengths, as revealed through the Clifton Strengths assessment, include Connector, Developer, Individualization, Empathy, and Positivity. These qualities empower her to foster meaningful connections, inspire personal growth, and tailor her teaching to the unique needs of each individual. Michele continues to advocate for the power of art to foster inclusion, emotional literacy, and personal transformation.
Tonal Drawing with Rebecca Skelton
Tonal Drawing uses the idea of drawing starting with mass rather than line. By looking for mass, space, light, and dark, rather than edges first, one can analyze visual information as easily understood shapes. It is a different thought process than starting with edges/lines. Using simple subject matter, we will explore “seeing” whole shapes and breaking them into pattern to translate 3d onto 2d paper. We will experiment with a variety of drawing materials to see how each one helps us filter different visual information and break out of drawing our "perceptions" instead of our "conceptions."
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
How to draw more accurately through an intuitive process as well as by analyzing shapes.
Gain the ability to transcribe 3-D visual information onto a flat surface.
Discover a valuable tool for expressiveness as well as visual accuracy.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
16 years old and up is preferred. It is not for children who are still using art to process their experiences through symbolic drawing. Beginning level artists will be as able to learn as experienced artists looking for new approaches to seeing.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Rebecca Skelton earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from Auburn University. She has taught a wide variety of art classes as an adjunct professor for University of Tampa, St. Petersburg College, USF St. Petersburg, HCC Ybor, and Eckerd College as well as for the Morean Arts Center, Creative Clay, Youth Arts Corps, and the Dali Museum. She is the volunteer coordinator for models and monitors for Morean Art Center’s Saturday figure drawing open studio where she has been a participant for at least 30 years.
Art for a Cause Exhibition
About Art for a Cause The 3rd Annual ‘Art for a Cause’ is a juried exhibition for artists to support a cause of their choice. The exhibition was curated and judged by Keith Matter, Editor and publisher of The Artisan Magazine. A portion of proceeds will be distributed to a cause selected by participating artists. This free community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest BanJoey!
Artwork pictured: Angel of the Night by Victoria Kudryavtseva, Water’s Edge by Robin Carroll, In Flight by Debra Campbell, Divine Love by Kari Anapol
Art for a Cause Exhibition
About Art for a Cause The 3rd Annual ‘Art for a Cause’ is a juried exhibition for artists to support a cause of their choice. The exhibition was curated and judged by Keith Matter, Editor and publisher of The Artisan Magazine. A portion of proceeds will be distributed to a cause selected by participating artists. This free community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest BanJoey!
Artwork pictured: Angel of the Night by Victoria Kudryavtseva, Water’s Edge by Robin Carroll, In Flight by Debra Campbell, Divine Love by Kari Anapol
First Friday - Evening at the Gallery
Join us First Friday, January 3rd 5:30-8:30 PM for an Evening at the Gallery and opening reception for the 3rd Annual Art for a Cause Exhibition. A juried exhibition for artists to choose the cause of their choice. This free community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest BanJoey!
About Art for a Cause
The 3rd Annual ‘Art for a Cause’ is a juried exhibition for artists to support a cause of their choice. The exhibition was judged by Keith Matter, Editor and publisher of The Artisan Magazine. A portion of proceeds will be distributed to a cause selected by participating artists. The exhibition runs Saturdays, Jan 4-18, 11AM-4PM.
About BanJoey (Joseph Interrante):
BanJoey is a lifelong (drummer/percussionist) who has lived, played, and recorded in New York, Los Angeles, Europe, Nashville, Austin, and now in the Tampa Bay area.
EXPERT SERIES - Plein Air Painting in the Wilderness of Canada
Award-winning artist Joyce Burkholder paints outdoors in all seasons, in both Gulfport, Florida and Ontario, Canada. In this lecture and demonstration, participants will learn about painting on location no matter where they are including:
what equipment is helpful
what approaches to take
what to expect while painting outdoors
Joyce will also discuss composition, color, values, and technique while participants are viewing relevant paintings.
8th Annual Gulfport Artist Studio Tour - Day 2
Join us for a two-day, self-guided tour of fine art & contemporary craft featuring the works of 22 artists across eight stops. The ArtJones Gulfport Artist Studio Tour's intimate look inside the working studios of some of the region’s most creative artists and live demonstrations by several artists keeps our tour fresh and lively for the art loving crowds that frequent it annually during the first weekend of December.
Eight of the 22 participating artists are either new or returning to the tour after a hiatus. Visit ArtJonesStudioTour.com to download a map and brochure of the Tour and to learn more about our artists.
8th Annual Gulfport Artist Studio Tour - Day 1
Join us for a two-day, self-guided tour of fine art & contemporary craft featuring the works of 22 artists across eight stops. The ArtJones Gulfport Artist Studio Tour's intimate look inside the working studios of some of the region’s most creative artists and live demonstrations by several artists keeps our tour fresh and lively for the art loving crowds that frequent it annually during the first weekend of December.
Eight of the 22 participating artists are either new or returning to the tour after a hiatus. Visit ArtJonesStudioTour.com to download a map and brochure of the Tour and to learn more about our artists.
First Friday - Evening at the Gallery
Join us First Friday, December 6th 5:30-8:30 PM for an Evening at the Gallery with the solo exhibition featuring the beautiful pottery art of our resident artist Patricia Burrows. This free community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest Patrick Bettison!
About Patricia Burrows:
Patricia Burrows is a studio potter in Gulfport, Florida. Her work is inspired by flowers and the outdoor environment. While working as an academic interventional radiologist, she was a passionate gardener and spent as much time with nature as possible. She applies botanical and whimsical effects to her work with inlaid slip drawings, flower pressing, sprigs (appliques) made with her handmade molds, and watercolor-like application of stains.
About Patrick Bettison:
At age eighteen, Patrick moved to Glasgow, Scotland (he’d grown up in Australia). He began playing jazz with multi-instrumentalist Bobby Wishart, who taught him pretty much everything he needed to know about music. After spending eighteen months in Glasgow, he moved to London, freelancing playing jazz with many different musicians including, Tim Whitehead, Jim Mullen, Django Bates, Gary Husband and Acoustic Alchemy. After spending eight years in London, Patrick moved to Tampa, Florida. While in Florida Patrick worked with Gumbi Ortiz, Manfredo Fest, Kenny Drew Jr. and Tom Carabasi, playing mostly Brazilian and Cuban influenced jazz. During this time Patrick began recording and gigging on chromatic harmonica and piano. Patrick returned to London for another five years and played with even more people, including Tim Garland, Nicolas Meier and Asaf Sirkis. He is currently living in St Petersburg, Florida and is playing with bossa nova artist Daniela Soledade.
Call for Artist Entries for the 3rd Annual Art for a Cause Exhibition
CALL FOR ARTIST ENTRIES NOVEMBER 1ST - DECEMBER 6TH
Artists are invited to apply to showcase their original artwork to raise awareness for the cause of their choice. This is a juried show. 20 artists will be selected from all applicants. Only 50 applications will be accepted. First come, first serve. The show will be juried and judged by Keith Matter, Editor & Publisher of The Artisan magazine, with awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place being announced at the opening reception on January 3, 2025.
Open to all 2D & 3D mediums of art by artists who can coordinate a local drop off & pick up of any unsold work. Size limits: No larger than 36 x 36 inches (1296 square inches.) *
Application fee is $25 per piece submitted. Limit 2 submissions per artist.
DRV Gallery will collect a 40% commission on work sold and donate 10% of the sales price of the artwork to the charity of the artist’s choice.
EXPERT SERIES - Painting: Impressionism the Easy Way
Jack Providenti will provide an in-depth demonstration on how to create a dramatic, light-filled impressionistic landscape or seascape painting, indoors or outdoors without having to draw. Learn theory & practice in 5 easy steps to create your painting and achieve beautiful results in a single painting session. Suitable for beginning or intermediate painters.
First Friday - Evening at the Gallery
Join us First Friday, November 1st 5:30-8:30 PM for an Evening at the Gallery with the solo exhibition “Face Value” featuring the fiber portraits of our resident artist Dawn Waters.
Proceeds from opening night of this solo exhibition will go to hurricane relief efforts, specifically Red Cross.
This uplifting community event will also feature live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest Rebecca Zapen!
This event is free and open to the public.
ABOUT DAWN WATERS:
Dawn came to create art relatively late in life, after an advertising career and working as communications director at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts. She is self taught, spent most of her life in Virginia, and now resides in Gulfport, Florida.
Since she began making fiber paintings in 2017, Dawn has been honored to receive the first place award in Florida CraftArt’s 2021 Members’ Show and in Fearless Fiber at Carrollwood Cultural Center, Tampa FL, as well as four awards of distinction. She served as juror for Felt: Fiber Transformed 2020, Fiber Art Network, and has had her work featured in Outsider Art Magazine and on the Summer 2019 cover of Fiber Art Now.
Dawn’s felted creations have been shown in Red Truck Gallery, New Orleans; MIZE Gallery St. Petersburg, FL; Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ; Brenda McMahon Gallery and DRV Gallery, Gulfport, FL; Florida CraftArt, St. Petersburg, FL; Art Center Sarasota and juried fine art shows including the American Craft Council show in Atlanta.
ABOUT REBECCA ZAPEN:
Rebecca Zapen is the third generation in her musical family tree, carrying on a tradition that has covered the spectrum from professional symphony musicians to performers of jazz and pop. She studied violin from the age of 3, is a Phi Beta Kappa alumna of Florida State University where she graduated magma cum laude with music and biology degrees, and has released four albums of original folk and jazz music.
While valuing her classical foundation, she has also played in diverse genres for the past 20 years. She served as a per service violinist in the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Illinois Symphony Orchestra, in chamber ensembles, and with groups of various genres from jazz to pop/rock to klezmer. She is frequently called upon for recording sessions and has appeared on dozens of albums.
Artist Applications Open for the 3rd Annual Art for a Cause Exhibition
CALL FOR ARTIST ENTRIES NOVEMBER 1ST - DECEMBER 6TH
Artists are invited to apply to showcase their original artwork to raise awareness for the cause of their choice. This is a juried show. 20 artists will be selected from all applicants. Only 50 applications will be accepted. First come, first serve. The show will be juried and judged by Keith Matter, Editor & Publisher of The Artisan magazine, with awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place being announced at the opening reception on January 3, 2025.
Open to all 2D & 3D mediums of art by artists who can coordinate a local drop off & pick up of any unsold work. Size limits: No larger than 36 x 36 inches (1296 square inches.) *
Application fee is $25 per piece submitted. Limit 2 submissions per artist.
DRV Gallery will collect a 40% commission on work sold and donate 10% of the sales price of the artwork to the charity of the artist’s choice.
Creative Visual Games
Art Games stimulate the imagination and nurtures creativity. The participants need only to possess the drawing skills of a child. The images we would use are symbols — simply creative visualizations from our mind’s eye.
Play contacts the subconscious by allowing us to go outside of our ordinary selves. Imagination and play are the core of creative art.
Each person takes home their work from the class, but the really valuable thing they take home is the expanded sense of possibility garnered from the experience of exercising their imaginations
What You Will Learn:
• Participants will learn ways of over coming creative blocks
• Participants will learn to make the process the first focus and the finished "product" the second focus as a way of growing their confidence levels
• Participants will learn to enhance individual expression and personal creative vision
• Participants will learn to explore self-editing, stylizing, expression when working from memory or imagination
Who Should Participate:
The participants need no drawing skills beyond those of a child. However, because of the images that usually come out, participants should be at least 18 years old
Maximum 10 participants
Plein Air Adventure Group Exhibition
Beautiful works of art depicting local scenes around Pinellas County, FL.
Plein Air Adventure Group Exhibition
Beautiful works of art depicting local scenes around Pinellas County, FL.
Evening at the Gallery
Featuring live music with Jim Gilmour and special guest L.A. Moore.
Plein Air Adventure Group Opening Reception
Beautiful works of art depicting local scenes around Pinellas County, FL.
Spring Fashion Show
Join us April 13th 1-3 PM for an unforgettable afternoon of fashion and art!
Entry is free with your advance reservation. Seating is limited. Reserve your seat today!
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The Spring Fashion Show at DRV Gallery will showcase silk and chiffon scarves and kimonos, leggings and lounge pants and custom handbags designed by Debra Campbell. In addition, the artist models will showcase their own works of art as they walk the runway. A unique experience indeed!
Benefits of attending:
Learn about wearable art – how it is made and what it is made of
Elevate your wardrobe with embellishments that create a polished look
Discover 3 chic ways to wear a silk scarf
Boost your gift-giving experience
Indulge in timeless textiles that are both practical and beautiful.
About Debra Campbell:
Florida artist and art educator, Debra Campbell, taught in both public and private schools for 18 years and was an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida School of Art. Debra began her studies at the Sam Fox College of Art at Washington University and continued on to get a Masters in Art Therapy at Goddard College.
Debra has always felt the importance of being active in her community. She worked with Creative Tampa Bay as it launched its’ economic development mission to foster a region of creatives. In 2004 she formed a non-profit, Forward Thinking Initiatives, that began with a mission to teach entrepreneurship to teens but worked its way into teaching “Artrepreneurship”.
Debra aims to create visual dialogues about our environment and the meditative qualities of nature. She uses her original mixed media pieces as surface design on wearables such as silk scarves, silk and chiffon kimonos and bags.
Introduction to 3D Decoupage
3D decoupage is a traditional papercraft technique which allows you to create paper-based designs by building up layers to create a 3D illusion. The results are eye-catching art that can be enjoyed from many angles.