2025 JUDGES
DIANE L. BRADLEY
Diane L. Bradley is an award-winning artist who received her BS in Art Education from the State Univ. of N.Y. at New Paltz and Master's degree from Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. She taught Middle School and High School art, in ever medium, for 30 years. Upon retiring to St. Augustine, Diane joined the St. Augustine Art Assoc. exhibiting and selling her work, teaching children & adult art classes, serving as President of the Board of Directors for 17 years and managing the Association's Annual Festival of Art for ten years. She has extensive experience in jurying shows. She is a member of the Jacksonville Watercolor Society and served on the Flagler College Visual & Performing Arts Board for several years. In 2013, Diane received the ROWITA (Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts) Award, given by the St. Johns County Cultural Council.
Diane L. Bradley is an award-winning artist who received her BS in Art Education from the State Univ. of N.Y. at New Paltz and Master's degree from Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. She taught Middle School and High School art, in ever medium, for 30 years. Upon retiring to St. Augustine, Diane joined the St. Augustine Art Assoc. exhibiting and selling her work, teaching children & adult art classes, serving as President of the Board of Directors for 17 years and managing the Association's Annual Festival of Art for ten years. She has extensive experience in jurying shows. She is a member of the Jacksonville Watercolor Society and served on the Flagler College Visual & Performing Arts Board for several years. In 2013, Diane received the ROWITA (Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts) Award, given by the St. Johns County Cultural Council.
BRENDA M. COUNCILL
Brenda Mauney Councill is an internationally acclaimed artist specializing in large-scale murals, sculpture, and public art. With a 50-year, award-winning career, she has completed monumental projects worldwide, including The Largest Contemporary Painted Dome in the Southeast and the Ohio Women's Monument for the Ohio Statehouse.
Her work has been featured by Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, PBS/UNC-TV, and major network affiliates. Notable commissions include major installations at Appalachian State University, Presbyterian College, the Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), and the City of Roanoke, VA. Museums and institutions such as the Hickory Museum of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art have recognized her contributions, including the dedication of her life-size bronze sculpture of Elliott Daingerfield.
Councill's career began at age seven with a museum exhibition in Jacksonville, Florida, leading to national media attention and early public commissions in Jacksonville including award-winning drawings and paintings of Historic Mandarin. Her bronze sculpture of Harriet Beecher Stowe was recently installed at the Walter Jones Historical Park in Mandarin and a second bronze of Stowe will be installed at the Stowe Center in Hartford, Conn. This is the first life-size sculpture of the famous author in the U.S.A. Councill later opened a New York studio and exhibited widely, with work supported by institutions including The Smithsonian, the National Arts Club, and major corporate and private collectors worldwide. For more information, visit www.councill.net.
Brenda Mauney Councill is an internationally acclaimed artist specializing in large-scale murals, sculpture, and public art. With a 50-year, award-winning career, she has completed monumental projects worldwide, including The Largest Contemporary Painted Dome in the Southeast and the Ohio Women's Monument for the Ohio Statehouse.
Her work has been featured by Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, PBS/UNC-TV, and major network affiliates. Notable commissions include major installations at Appalachian State University, Presbyterian College, the Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai), and the City of Roanoke, VA. Museums and institutions such as the Hickory Museum of Art and the North Carolina Museum of Art have recognized her contributions, including the dedication of her life-size bronze sculpture of Elliott Daingerfield.
Councill's career began at age seven with a museum exhibition in Jacksonville, Florida, leading to national media attention and early public commissions in Jacksonville including award-winning drawings and paintings of Historic Mandarin. Her bronze sculpture of Harriet Beecher Stowe was recently installed at the Walter Jones Historical Park in Mandarin and a second bronze of Stowe will be installed at the Stowe Center in Hartford, Conn. This is the first life-size sculpture of the famous author in the U.S.A. Councill later opened a New York studio and exhibited widely, with work supported by institutions including The Smithsonian, the National Arts Club, and major corporate and private collectors worldwide. For more information, visit www.councill.net.
PABLO RIVERA
Our Children’s Art Show judge is renowned artist Pablo Rivera. Mr. Rivera is an accomplished photographer, drawer, watercolorist, and sculptor. He has exhibited in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, and Florida. In the greater Jacksonville area, he has exhibited with the St. Augustine Art Association, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Jacksonville, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, and The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach to name a few. He has been a guest judge for both the Children’s Art Show and the Mandarin Art Festival in years past, and now serving as the Children's Art Show primary judge.
Our Children’s Art Show judge is renowned artist Pablo Rivera. Mr. Rivera is an accomplished photographer, drawer, watercolorist, and sculptor. He has exhibited in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, and Florida. In the greater Jacksonville area, he has exhibited with the St. Augustine Art Association, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Jacksonville, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, and The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach to name a few. He has been a guest judge for both the Children’s Art Show and the Mandarin Art Festival in years past, and now serving as the Children's Art Show primary judge.
