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Dot Vickers - metal dolphins on ocean background |
The Gallery of Art, located at 36 W. Beach Drive in Panama City, Florida,
exhibits art by local and regional artists of the Northwest Florida area, resales
of works by Emil Holzhauer, Pablo Picasso and Norman Rockwell, as well as
resales from local estates. Mary Ola Miller opened the Gallery of Art in 1966
because there was no place for the many talented artists of the region to show
their work.
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The Gallery originated on the grounds of an abandoned gas station and was the first art gallery in Bay County and surrounding counties. The Gallery moved to its present site on Beach Drive in 1971 where Mary Ola has been providing the opportunity to view and purchase quality original artwork in a larger space ever since. The Gallery of Art features artists known regionally, nationally and internationally.
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Currently featured artists are Dan Dunn, popular painter of boats and the sea; B. Hopkins, master pastelists in The Pastel Society of America; Jane Segrest, versatile painter in oils, watercolor and acrylic; Dot Vickers, specializing in embossed metals and subject matter relating to the sea; Ralph Hurst, figural and natural sculptor in
alabaster; Maggie Guinn, watercolorist of local scenes and wildlife; Betty Tenhundfeld-Johnson, portrait painter in oils and pastels; Mary McShane, watercolorist of floral and aquatic scene and still lifes; Kendall Bushnell, local photographer; Helga Bolheimer, painter on silks; and Robert Hodgell, nationally known Florida print maker using themes such as social and religious satire. |
 Ralph Hurst- Alabaster Sculpture |
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