2024 JUDGES
ALLISON WATSON
Allison Watson is well known for her landscape paintings of Florida and the South East. She began her professional career as a studio artist in her early twenties. As a native Floridian, the inspiration for her paintings come from her love of the natural environment and her travels and explorations in the woodlands, lakes, spring, dunes and beaches of Florida. She paints from her own photography taken on location in Florida and internationally. She has had over twenty one solo exhibitions including shows at major Universities and Museums and many group shows. Some collectors include the First District Court of Appeals Tallahassee (2 works), Jacksonville Office of the Mayor, Baptist Medical Centers (3 works). Amazon Exhibitions, The U.S. Embassy in Panama, Bell South, The Jacksonville Libraries, Marriott Hotels, South Trust Bank, The Haskell and the Vickers collections as well as many others. Her work appears in many independent publications as well.
Ms. Watson has taught painting since her twenties and teaches private classes in her studio classroom and workshops state wide. Allison Watson’s work is represented in more than six hundred private, public and corporate collections nationally. She has also worked as an animator, illustrator, textile artist, and as a licensed interior designer. Her work is available at her studio and through affiliated galleries.
Allison Watson is well known for her landscape paintings of Florida and the South East. She began her professional career as a studio artist in her early twenties. As a native Floridian, the inspiration for her paintings come from her love of the natural environment and her travels and explorations in the woodlands, lakes, spring, dunes and beaches of Florida. She paints from her own photography taken on location in Florida and internationally. She has had over twenty one solo exhibitions including shows at major Universities and Museums and many group shows. Some collectors include the First District Court of Appeals Tallahassee (2 works), Jacksonville Office of the Mayor, Baptist Medical Centers (3 works). Amazon Exhibitions, The U.S. Embassy in Panama, Bell South, The Jacksonville Libraries, Marriott Hotels, South Trust Bank, The Haskell and the Vickers collections as well as many others. Her work appears in many independent publications as well.
Ms. Watson has taught painting since her twenties and teaches private classes in her studio classroom and workshops state wide. Allison Watson’s work is represented in more than six hundred private, public and corporate collections nationally. She has also worked as an animator, illustrator, textile artist, and as a licensed interior designer. Her work is available at her studio and through affiliated galleries.
LEIGH FOGLE
Leigh Fogle studied economics, art history, studio art and psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington. A year out of school, in 1994, Fogle combined those interests and launched Fogle Art Consulting and quickly grew it to become a premier art and framing source for corporate and healthcare clients nationwide. She is passionate about art, community, and technology and uses all three to encourage people to be actively engaged in their environments.
Leigh’s experience as an entrepreneur, art advisor and project manager have positioned her with a perspective to look for innovative solutions while maximizing financial value and an approach that has evolved with advancing technology and emerging mediums. Fogle advises not only on art curation, fabrication and installation but also is involved with environmental graphic design concept to creation. Further, her perspective has helped her long-time clients with improving patient experience, community relations and donor programming.
Leigh Fogle studied economics, art history, studio art and psychology at Indiana University, Bloomington. A year out of school, in 1994, Fogle combined those interests and launched Fogle Art Consulting and quickly grew it to become a premier art and framing source for corporate and healthcare clients nationwide. She is passionate about art, community, and technology and uses all three to encourage people to be actively engaged in their environments.
Leigh’s experience as an entrepreneur, art advisor and project manager have positioned her with a perspective to look for innovative solutions while maximizing financial value and an approach that has evolved with advancing technology and emerging mediums. Fogle advises not only on art curation, fabrication and installation but also is involved with environmental graphic design concept to creation. Further, her perspective has helped her long-time clients with improving patient experience, community relations and donor programming.
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.
