I think of myself as a green artist. Green art is using found items, things that most of us think of as disposable, abandoned materials and items salvaged from nature. I look at them and I ask, "What if???  What would it want to be in a second life?"  We live in a throw-away world. I am doing my part, one piece at a time.

 

Toni is an experimental mixed media artist. Her work is intuitive, charged with rhythm and movement that adds freshness and excitement to each piece. Color contributes strongly to the mood of each piece, and she intends for each work to have a visual richness and character that takes it beyond design.

 

Articles EBook and DVD: "A Walk into Abstracts- How Did They Do That" -2010 Cover of Northlight Magazine 1986 Imago 2006 Cover Watercolor Magic 2004   Judging Suntan Art Center Spring Show 2010 Springhill art Show A Taste of Oviedo, Oviedo, FL St. Petersburg Leisure Department Art Show Indian Rock Beach Art Center Show Beauty and the Beach - 3 years Festival of the Arts, Inverness, FL Artistic Experience  Pinellas Park Art Society: President Vice President Newsletter Editor  Suntan Art Center: Show Chairman Education Committee  Pinellas County Arts Council: Art educator of the year nominee: 1992 1993  National League of American Pen Women State Art Chairmen State Historian Galleries  Studio 1212, Clearwater, FL Imago Trailside, Dunedin, FL Tampa Artist Emporium, Tampa, FL Del Seno, Costa Rica Villa Del Sol, Costa Rica Toad Hall Gallery, Costa Rica  Toni's work is also in the Tate Museum archives (England) Various Teaching Experiences Sarasota Art Center City of St Petersburg Adult Education Museum of Fine Arts St Petersburg Pinellas Park Art Society The Arts center of St Petersburg Suntan Art Center Upham Art Gallery Signature Memberships ISEA (International Society Experimental Artists ISAP (International Society of Acrylic Painters) Awards Winner of YUPO 1st Wally Awards Grumbacher Award ISAP- International Exhibition  Highly Commended Award Williamson Art Gallery & Musuem Shows Toni's work has been seen in several One Woman, Group and Museum shows including: Prestigious Temple Beth-El Art Festival - 2010 Studio 620 - 2009 A one woman show January of 2005 at Progress Energy Main Street Gallery Imago Trailside "3 Women on the Go" May 2004