Isabel Squires, Gayle Smock and 14 Co-op Member Artists

Join Arts for ACT Gallery, located at 2265 First Street in downtown Fort Myers on Friday, August 5, 2016 from 6 to 10 pm for the opening reception and art walk for August, 2016.  This month, ACT Gallery will feature Isabel Squires, 14 of the ACT Co-Op Artists and Gayle Smock. 

Isabel Squires

A native of Costa Rica, Isabel Arias-Squires’ Naive Art has been a strong influence to her own style, applying a vivid palette of colors to timeless and innocent themes of her own experiences.  Isabel began painting art in 2008.  She attributes her formation in technique to her studies in the United States at The Art Center of Williamson County in Round Rock, TX with artists Michael Hammons and John Howell at the Cordovan School of Arts.  Isabel’s work includes still life, landscapes and portraits. Her subjects have exaggerated eyes, applications of vibrant colors, and her use of trees, flowers and plants from Central America define Isabel’s unique passion and style.  Isabel has utilized art to inspire others, especially children with special needs to express themselves.   She has called Fort Myers home since 1995.     

Gayle Smock

Gayle Smock is a full time professional artist who has lived in Fort Myers since 1971, enjoying a long involvement with music, art and photography.  She is from the Chicago area, where she received her education at the American Academy of Art, the Art Institute and the Illinois Institute of Technology and Design.  Gayle won many awards for her work while in the Chicago area.  She retired from the News-Press as an advertising artist after twenty-nine years and currently hosts the Art Social Group at the Share Club, Wa-kahatchee in South Fort Myers. 

Susan Mills

Group Exhibit of 14 ACT Co-Op Artists.  Artists Linda Benson, Scott Guelcher, Kim Kraft-Beckler, Kyra Belan, Michelle Rothacker, Susan Mills, Kate O’Connell, Michael Pohlman, Marie Cahill, Becky Sandbek, Lynne Van Sciver, Cavin Guenther, Vic Delnore and Claudia will be exhibiting new works.   Expect to see realism, mixed media, painted gourds and furniture, colored pencils drawing, mixed media collage, handmade paper art, recycled and restyled and photography in this group exhibit.  This group of artists support and volunteer their time to the ACT Gallery and ACT Shelter.  This exhibit is a must-see for art lovers and collectors.