I’m honoring all moms on this Mother’s day, including my own Margherita. My Margherita left this earth in October of 2021 but it feels like yesterday. I still talk to her everyday, think-share funny stories with her and miss her beautiful smile and easy laugh. I walk daily by the memory of our time together. I am reminded of the fun we had each time the music moves me to dance in front of the Gallery. Margherita was shy, but she always got up to dance and damn, she could move! Mom lived her older years the way she probably wanted to live in her younger ones. She had friends, socialized and always needed to be on the go. When...
I wrote previously about finding a blossoming, creative energy field in Gulfport, Florida when I decided to make it my home and base for my creative career. Traveling the country from art show to art show for over 20 years, I’d often hear artists using similar words about places they’d found – places that emit an undeniable and refreshing air of imagination and possibility. I remember feeling like Gulfport was calling me to create here and I was happy to accept the invitation, so I opened up my ceramic art studio! Our town is filled with art – from the wonderful and innovative sculptures at the entrance to town at Clymer Park, to the dozens of artists’ studios sprinkled throughout...
How does a New York artist open a gallery in Tampa Bay? Long before I’d fired my first kiln or showed in my first art show, I began my professional career in public radio. I was hired as a producer and on-air reporter at WAMC in Albany, NY. This public radio station was not far from where I earned a Master of Arts at The State University of New York (SUNY) Albany. What began as a professional exploration on my part turned into a decade of journalistic work. I worked in radio for two years and network television for eight years. My love of the written word propelled my journalism career forward from there, leading to positions at the NBC...
...there’s a creative energy field in Gulfport unlike any I’ve found, the kind that artists find without ever knowing they’re looking for it. I had found mine!
Ceramic Artist and gallery owner, Brenda McMahon is most known for her custom tile art. Clients share their ideas and together, Brenda and her clients collaborate on a custom piece designed just for that home.
Here, Brenda worked with a couple in Bellaire, Florida on a 6' x 6' mural for their Great Room. Brenda begins with a conversation, then a proposal. Once the nuts and bolts are established, she creates a drawing and when approved, begins her work in clay.
This project took 7 months to complete, but here, you can see the entire process, in under a minute!
Enjoy!
See more of Brenda's completed commissions here.
