Sarasota Pen Women Member Directory - 2020
Mary
Adcock-Ingram
Award winning artist – painting in Oil or Pastel.
She is inspired by the beauty and wonder of our world. Her creativity is used to share her love of nature and peaceful scenes.
Diana de
Avila
Diana de Avila is an award-winning artist who has acquired savant syndrome and synesthesia. Her artistic gift arrived suddenly and explosively after a relapse
of multiple sclerosis and worsening traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2017. She is the subject and co-author of "Soldier, Sister, Savant" and a founding director of the Savant Artist Collective.
Jane
Bartnett
Jane Bartnett began her career as a reporter and producer at ABC News in Washington, D.C., and went on to hold senior communications roles at top New York public relations firms. She later founded her own firm, representing major clients like Barnes & Noble, the USTA, and the Nature Conservancy, while also writing for outlets like the New York Daily News. Now based in Sarasota, she writes for AAA Northeast and local newspapers, and serves as president of the Fordham University Alumni Association's Sarasota chapter.
Miriam
Cassell
“Legendary artist and Art Activist Miriam Cassell is known for being ahead of her time - a forerunner and champion against injustice for over five decades. In so doing, she has made great strides for women artists who struggle to be heard and taken seriously.”-Venü Magazine/Contemporary Culture issue 41 2019
Jordyn
Chiodo
Jordyn has always been drawn to creative pursuits, but photography quickly became the medium that felt most like home. Whether she's photographing Florida wildlife, community events, or shelter animals, she's passionate about telling stories that help others see beauty in places they may have otherwise overlooked.
Chris
Connors
Chris Connors is primarily an oil painter. Her floral and still life paintings are in collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. “Turning a flat surface into a multi-dimensional object is the thrill of painting for me.”
Sue Lynn
Cotton
Florida artist Sue Lynn Cotton is a watercolor painter and former commercial illustrator whose work is inspired by coastal life, capturing beach scenes, homes, pets, and people with vibrant color and light. A full-time artist since 2002, she has illustrated more than 50 children's books, teaches popular watercolor classes, and her paintings are featured in galleries and private collections around the world.