A bold, multifaceted artist from Jacksonville, FL, whose work blends illustration, caricature, photography, and storytelling. Rooted in transformation and the mantra “You Can BMOR,” Metamorphvic creates vibrant characters, powerful portraits, and community-driven projects that celebrate history, culture, and resilience. Their art reflects a commitment to positivity, growth, and revolution—bridging personal expression with collective empowerment.

Jarett walker Born and raised in Jacksonville Flawda. I’m a mixed media artist whose goal is to tell stories and master color.

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Selah is a visual artist specializing in acrylic textured paintings that capture the beauty, movement, and serenity of the ocean. Drawing inspiration from the sunlit shores and rolling waves of Florida’s beaches, her work blends vibrant color with layered textures to evoke both the power and peace of the sea. Through her paintings, Selah invites viewers to step into a moment of stillness and reflection, experiencing the shoreline as a place of renewal and visual relaxation. Each piece is created with intentional detail, using textures to mirror the rhythm of the waves and bright colors to create the ever-changing moods of the sea. Selah’s art celebrates the timeless connection between nature and the human spirit offering collectors and admirers a piece of the ocean to carry with them.

I am a Jax based photographer and multimedia artist. I'm submitting 3 framed photographs from my Florida portrait series "Don't Say Gay". The largest framed piece is 24x36in. The other two framed pieces are 20x30in.

I'm Jaron(Juh Ron) and I've been documenting black southern culture adornment of gold and that relationship with cultural relativity. Every culture has some heritage and identity with gold. Through my lens in GLDN, Vol. 1, I show how Florida Man wears gold. Shot on 35mm cinestill 50d with an 1985 Olympus XA2, Bold & gleaming details of car culture - Gold wheels, Cutlass chrome, red leather interior aren't surface reflections but extensions of pride and community.

John Hawkins is a painter based in Jacksonville, Florida, originally from Bakersfield, California. He is a self-taught artist who has been creating art since 2023. His work spans various mediums, including canvas and repurposed furniture, and often features themes that are abstract, geometric, and reflective of childhood memories. John has been recognized by the City of Jacksonville for donating over 280 upcycled art pieces as part of the "Upcycled Art Drop" project in the Riverside area. This initiative required more than 2,200 hours of work to complete. He has shown his art in multiple exhibitions, including solo shows such as "World of Color" at Purple Mangrove and another exhibition at Super Food and Brew. Additionally, his paintings have been featured in Bespoke House Jax, and he participated in the group exhibit **CHAMPLOO** in 2025, which included well-known artists like Jarret Walker, Khiry Hines, and Victor Ali. John has many private collectors in other parts of Florida, as well as states such as Utah, Arizona, New Hampshire, and California. His work can also be currently found in local public establishments, including Birdies and the Limited Gallery.

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Connor Poovey is an Atlanta-born artist whose work bridges the grit of urban culture with a deep reverence for the natural world. Growing up surrounded by street art, skateboarding, and basketball, he found early inspiration in artists like Banksy as well as local Atlanta talent. At the same time, he was drawn to zoos, parks, and nature trails, where sketching animals nurtured a lifelong fascination with wildlife. This duality continues to define his practice, blending bold urban aesthetics with themes of connection, resilience, and the environment.

In 2020, Connor earned his BFA in Fine Art from the University of North Florida and soon after founded C. Poovey Art LLC, a creative studio dedicated to murals, fine artworks, and products that transform spaces and spark meaningful dialogue. His murals are especially recognized for enlivening environments while telling layered visual stories about our relationship with nature.

One of his most meaningful projects was a collaboration with the Seaside Seabird Sanctuary in St. Petersburg, Florida, where his murals not only beautified the sanctuary’s grounds but also amplified its mission of bird rehabilitation and wildlife conservation.

Whether creating expansive public murals, intimate works on canvas, or accessible products, Connor remains committed to art’s power to inspire, educate, and connect. His work invites viewers to see both the city and the natural world through a lens of beauty, care, and imagination.

Herman Williams is a wandering creative spirit with a camera always in hand. Blending curiosity with craft, he explores photography, storytelling, and everyday artistry, turning small moments into timeless keepsakes.

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Jason Tetlak is a full time mural artist based in Jacksonville, Florida. He has worked on over 70 murals in 18 states, including being a featured artist for a number of mural festivals as well as painting for private commissions, municipalities, and non-profits. He also started the Murray Hill Mural Project, which has lead to more than 20 murals being painted in graffiti prone areas. He founded the Jacksonville Mural Festival, and is the executive director of the National Mural Awards. He has had murals voted “Best Public Art” in Jacksonville on three occasions, has worked with comedian Josh Blue, winner of NBC’s Last Comic Standing, was featured on ESPN for his mural with NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield, and one of his murals even set a Guinness World Record for largest 3D painting.

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Animus is a watercolor and ink wash illustrator whose work blends raw emotion with fluid precision. His pieces often carry the rhythm of music and the grit of rap culture, channeling influences that pulse with honesty and power. Humankind has a central place in his art, presented with an expression of calmness, while every soul he paints is symbolized as a diamond; unbreakable, luminous, eternal. Drawing inspiration from the world around him and the sounds that move him, Animus creates visuals that feel alive, layered, and deeply human. His work isn’t just illustration, it’s a reflection of energy, memory, and culture translated through brush, ink, and imagination.

Emily Tillman (B. 1996) is an artist from Ormond Beach, Florida. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in 2019. She is currently residing in Jacksonville, Florida. Emily is an abstract realism artist who explores the realms of death and heaven in her paintings. Influenced by the passing of her father, she shapes her vision around the portrayal of heaven as a sanctuary. Through her artwork, Emily invites viewers to contemplate the infinite possibilities of heaven, a dreamscape where the soul discovers solace and serenity beyond mortal comprehension.

Kim Hurt is a multifaceted artist, curator, and art consultant based in Jacksonville,

Florida. A third-generation photographer with roots in Texas, Kim's artistic journey

began with studies in sculpture and photography at Abilene Christian University.

Kim's work primarily focuses on surreal depictions of the human form, inviting viewers

to introspect on themes of purity, nature, isolation, and the human desire for

connection. Since relocating to Florida from West Texas, she has been captivated by the

region's diverse flora, incorporating local plant specimens into her mixed media

cyanotypes.

Specializing in cyanotype, one of the oldest photographic printing processes, Kim

creates unique pieces using both photographic negatives and found objects. Her

innovative approach combines traditional techniques with contemporary vision,

resulting in striking blue-toned images that blur the lines between photography and fine

art.

Kim's extensive experience includes roles as a photography instructor at Texas State

Technical College in Brownwood and gallery director of ARTSee & Shop. Currently, she

maintains a professional photography studio in Jacksonville while serving as the

Executive Director of FemArt Gallery in Riverside, further cementing her influence in

the local art scene.

Through her multifaceted career, Kim Hurt continues to push the boundaries of

photographic art, creating works that are both visually striking and deeply

thought-provoking.

Trinity is an artist who explores the boundaries between reality and imagination, using her work as a way to process thoughts and perspectives. She is drawn to the beauty found in people and the world around her, capturing it through vibrant colors and expressive compositions. 

Her paintings serve as a visual exploration of ideas, blending different mediums to represent fleeting moments, hidden meanings, and the unseen connections between people and their surroundings. With each piece, she invites viewers to step beyond the ordinary and see beauty in new and unexpected ways.  

KRSArt (Russell) is an artist in Jacksonville, Florida. His work is primarily figure focused with pop-culture influences. These various interests inform our personalities, the implicit message being that our totality is greater than what is on the surface.

T.C is a HSP (highly sensitive person). She taps into her empathetic heart and connects with every reader where they are in the Now! T.C leaves evidence of her passion for people on every page. This author is a self proclaimed Radical Self Love Activist. She has a dream to help her community and the world around her live an unstoppable heart driven soft life. Allowing, time for the shadow and the light she embraces change and alchemy.

Hello, my name is Angela and I'm a self-taught artist. I create acrylic paintings, digital art, and traditional art. Through pencils and paintbrushes, I transfer realistic colorful fun comic-like Illustrations to canvas, paper, and other objects as well. Using my emotions, I produce what I feel to incorporate my feelings into my work. A beautiful and captivating view of the St. John's River located at Reddie Point preserve. This acrylic painted piece has a realistic style to it, indicate that natural feel and realism.

Jasmine Dukes is a visual artist, art therapist (ATR), educator, and mother with a home base in Jacksonville, FL. Dukes’ art-making process within her in-home studio and campervan has allowed for honesty and acceptance of self to flourish, both personally and creatively. Mother Nature and the dynamic between nature and nurture have been prevalent themes throughout her body of work. Vibrant motifs and ethereal details in her imagery served as early indications of her own intuitive, maternal spirit. Layered through her choice of media and expression of visceral emotions, Dukes’ current work focuses on her experiences through new motherhood and its unwavering connection to both her younger and future self.

My love for Jacksonville, my hometown, is the central theme of this “Florida” exhibition. Born and raised here for the past 39 years, these places hold significant memories of my childhood with my parents, which I’ve shared with my son. Though some are gone, they remain an integral part of me.

My inspiration for creating conspired from my love for nature. The beauty in the connections all life forms share has always called out to me. My art portrays the tranquility that nurturing the environment can provide us with, especially as Black, Cultural people. ⚠️ ALL ARTWORK IS FOR SALE

Martin Holloway is a Filipino American artist, graphic designer, and muralist based in JAX Florida. Three words to describe his art style are bold, imaginative, and colorful. His inspiration comes from people, their stories, nature and the power of connection through creativity.

Justine, aka JusTheArtist is a self-taught Freelance Artist whose work is deeply inspired by her Puerto Rican culture, her life as a mother, and the often unrepresented stories within her community. Through her art, she seeks to spark connection, amplify authentic voices, and embody the change she wishes to see in the world. With a practice rooted in both personal and cultural narrative, her pieces reflect resilience, identity, and collective healing experience. Fresh from curating her first local exhibition, featuring 10+ other artists, she is dedicated to creating spaces for meaningful dialogue and shared expression within her community.

Alicia Baldwin is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Jacksonville Florida; Baldwin uses watercolor and color pencil paired with collage, paint, and type to craft images that explore daydreams, the culture of black women, and dogs.

I’m an artist & art teacher, so this painting is an ode to all of my students & their limitless creativity & big dreams. I once was a little kid with a big imagination. This is for all those that share my artistic language. I will always love Florida, because this is where my dreams really took flight. 

Maryna Kovalchuk. Visual artist. I was born and raised in Crimea, Ukraine, by the sea, surrounded by stunning nature that has been my source of inspiration since childhood. My artistic journey began in a creative family: my father was an architect, and my grandfather was a painter and sculptor. They taught me how to see beauty in everyday life. I still remember walks with my father, when we would stop to observe the beauty around us — a habit I now pass on to my own children. In my work, I turn to themes of femininity, the beauty of nature, and my Ukrainian roots and culture, which are deeply important to me. Currently, I am developing a series of paintings inspired by Crimean Tatar ornament — the culture of the indigenous people of my homeland, who are now facing oppression and persecution. Florida has become a new oasis of peace and beauty for me. Here, among birds and plants, I find strength to cope with longing for my home and the sorrow brought by the war in Ukraine. Painting helps me transform these emotions into light and harmony. In my practice I work with different media — acrylics for expressive energy, watercolor for lightness and transparency, and pastels for vivid accents. Through this, I combine emotional intensity with delicacy, creating works that are both contemporary and deeply personal.

My experience working with critically ill children changed my perspective on how I created

art. In this body of work I used collage and different mediums – taking apart and

reconfiguring physical forms. I created layers of tulle fabric and collaged photo images to

create suggestions of figures. I began the process with mono printing black paint on canvas

then layered the tulle to create a fractured space. The mono print process was repeated

several times until I believed it created a sporadic tone for the subject. I wanted to create a

chaotic atmosphere.

These experiences with hospital patients have influenced the way I create and how to be

present as the observer, not always the subject. I started this series in my senior year of

college and I now plan to revisit this method and style of mixed media.

‘Disassociation’

- “the state of being disconnected” This is a reflection of my internal

conflict of being disconnected mentally; black and white with no color or clear image to

understand. I hope it resonates with viewers in some way.

Originally from Pensacola, Trenecia is a Jacksonville-based photographer whose work captures the quiet magic of everyday life. Rooted in portrait and wedding photography, her lens now focuses on what moves her—unplanned and full of feeling. Her images draw from daily moments with her family and the ball pythons of Golden Rule Reptiles, creating a visual archive shaped by artistry, love, and legacy.

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I’m Shaunice McFadden, the creative behind Smile Now Photography, based in Jacksonville, Florida. I capture life’s most meaningful moments by bringing people’s visions to life through images that embody peace, serenity, and joy. My work celebrates individuality, connection, and the freedom of simply being.

Donyelle J. is a multidisciplinary artist, digital creator, and graphic designer based in Jacksonville, Florida. Her work weaves non-traditional narratives of identity and lived experience, blending intuition, experimentation, and a wide spectrum of mediums. Inspired by music, personal experiences, and vivid visions, she creates immersive worlds, transforms powerful lyrics into visual stories, and turns fleeting moments into tangible scenery. Driven by curiosity and innovation, Donyelle explores the intersections of art, technology, and mixed media bringing physical elements into her digital work, infusing digital processes into her physical creations, and continually discovering new ways to expand the possibilities of visual storytelling. Her work balances polished craft with raw emotion, inviting viewers to step into new perspectives and fully inhabit the imaginative worlds she brings to life.

Born in Ukraine, Julia always saw the world through an artist’s lens. Though trained as an engineer, with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, her heart belonged to painting. Inspired by Crimea’s natural beauty, she created and sold her work to local residents and clients. A visit to the Van Gogh Museum led to her acclaimed series, If Van Gogh Lived in Crimea, and she later merged painting with performance, reenacting fairy tales in immersive visual narratives. But war changed everything. Forced to flee, Julia and her husband left behind not only their home but her entire body of work. Arriving in America with almost nothing, she took on any job she could find while refusing to let go of her artistic vision. A year later, she held her first solo exhibition in New York, followed by others in Florida. Her ongoing series “American Dream: Through the Eyes of an Immigrant” is a visual reflection of her lived experience in the U.S. In this series, Julia explores what it means to start over from the ground up — capturing the quiet resilience, unfamiliar beauty, and emotional contrasts of building a new life. In other works, she documents the emotional weight of leaving Ukraine: the uncertainty, grief, and strength it took to cross that threshold. Together, these projects form a personal archive of transformation — a way to process, preserve, and share what it means to live between worlds. Now based in Jacksonville, she balances her life as an artist with her work as a social media manager and videographer. After several years in the U.S., she became actively involved in Jacksonville’s creative community — participating in collaborative projects, exhibitions, and local storytelling initiatives. This thriving, supportive network of artists and creatives continues to be one of her main reasons for building a life in the city.

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