Music provided by Joseph Martens
As always, our delicious beer is graciously provided by City Beverages

About the Artists

Doug Bloodworth
Lady Lake, FL

I have always been an artist, even from my earliest childhood memories.  After receiving a degree in Commercial Art and Advertising, my first job was designing Outdoor Bulletins. After a stint of drawing caricatures at amusement parks, I went back to Outdoor. This time I actually painted the giant pictorial displays. I learned a lot about oil painting working at this huge scale.

I am currently working in oils. I’ve been painting still life objects on comic books and newspaper funnies. The objects seem to be pop culture products. So, some of my work is reminiscent of the billboards I used to paint. I also have a series of paintings on wood and metal that my wife Karen actually shoots with a gun.

All my life I have enjoyed spending hours at museums looking at paintings. A lot of times I am drawn to still life paintings. Maybe an old newspaper with a pipe lying there with a burnt match or even a dead rabbit painted perfectly. I like to think I approach my painting with the same seriousness that these artists did, even though I‘m painting a peanut butter sandwich on a Batman comic. I think that is why people have to smile when they see my work, because I take common subject matter and paint it in oils as though it is of the utmost importance.

I like to think of my works as snapshots in time. I paint the things I remember growing up and the products that surround us now. I hope to provide current and future generations a glimpse of my ordinary everyday life.

Tom O'Hara
Orlando, FL

Because visual art is a non-verbal form of expression, it is very difficult to explain in words...if not impossible. Viewing my art should be a subjective experience, like listening to music. In this way I let the work of art speak for itself. Don't try to over-analyze or read too much into my work. This will only make you draw false conclusions. Observe quietly and let the work talk to you, not you to it.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at 39 S. Magnolia Ave., in downtown Orlando at the corner of Magnolia and Pine. Convenient parking is available in the library parking garage, adjacent to our gallery. Hours of operation are Thursday through Saturday from 12:00 – 6:30 pm and by appointment. Contact gallery director Jeffrey W. Shonkwiler at 407-312-0708 or by email at Jeff@GalleryatAvalonIsland.com. www.GalleryatAvalonIsland.com

Gallery Hours
12:00 – 6:30PM Thurs. – Sat.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at

39 S. Magnolia Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: 407-312-0708
Jeff@GalleryatAvalonIsland.com