Sanibel Art Colony’s inaugural exhibition, “There’s Calm In Your Eye” aims to foster an inclusive, healing, and thought-provoking conversation. It broadly captures some of the distinct and historically significant moments we’ve been living through in post-Hurricane Ian SWFL and reflects the creative response of artists (working in all mediums and across all experience levels) to their personal storm-related encounters.

“There’s Calm In Your Eye” is a digital-only exhibition comprised of 86 pieces of art from 47 exhibiting artists, including: David Acevedo, Victoria Anthony, Angela Auclair, Laura Ball, Mara Balodis, Austin Bell, Kendra Conard, Phil Costello, Tamara Culp, Allison Davis, Juan Diaz, Steve Dozier, Dana Enders, Julie Griffin, Natalie Guerra, Tim Hall, Keri Hendry, Dana Herman, Peter Horan, Steve Hughart, Janie Kayser, Carol Kilgore, Mary Klunk, Pam Lowe, Barbara Marti, Wils Murphy, Tracy Owen Cullimore, Rachel Pierce, Nanci Polomski, Myra Roberts, Sharon Rodgers, Myriah Rohl, Judy Runge-Scharite, Rebecca Salas, Dan Schuman, Donna DC Shoap, Karen Shulman, Vannessa Skarski, Dale Smith, Dawn Stephenson, Martha Stevenson, Charlene M. Taubert, Eric J. Taubert, Vicky Tesmer, Christopher Tuscan, John Warminski, and Lorraine Weiss.

For this initial exhibition, accepted artworks were selected from submissions to our open call for art by Sanibel Art Colony founder Eric J. Taubert, an artist, contemporary fine art photographer, writer, and artist curator who lives in Southwest Florida. Taubert has worked internationally, with an emphasis on his native-region of coastal New England (including a deep connection to the Ogunquit Art Colony + Ogunquit Art Association – Maine’s Original Artists’ Group, etc 1928), Southwest Florida, and Europe. His work has been exhibited in a variety of fine art galleries across the United States, featured in magazines, and is held in many private collections. Taubert has been a contributing writer, art critic, and photographer for Artscope Magazine since 2014. Taubert has curated a variety of art exhibitions, organized digital art juries and digital exhibitions, and has served as a volunteer organizer, PR consultant, and judge for high profile art organizations and events, including the inaugural Perkins Cove Plein Air Painting Event in Ogunquit, Maine, which has quickly become the largest and one of the most well-received art world events in all of New England.

Some of this art is available for sale. If you are interested in purchasing any of the art from Sanibel Art Colony’s “There’s Calm In Your Eye” exhibition, email eric@sanibelartcolony.com and we will put you in contact with the artist.

Availability status of individual artworks below are not updated in real time.