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ART BOCA / DELRAY

Shara Hughes: Inside Outside

NORTON MUSEUM OF ART

Shara Hughes: Inside Outside is both a retrospective and a forward-looking exhibition, showcasing the range of the artist's talent in her first mid-career survey at the Norton. Known for her large-scale, vibrant, surreal landscapes, Hughes blurs the line between representation and abstraction. Her bold use of color, dynamic compositions, and shifting perspective, Hughes’ work challenges traditional conventions of landscape painting. Shara Hughes: Inside Outside features a selection of her earlier works spanning the past two decades, recent paintings, and new ceramic pieces created during her residency at the Norton, in collaboration with the Armory Art Center. When viewed in unison, these works offer insight into Hughes’ ongoing exploration of material, form, and spatial experience.

Shara Hughes: Inside Outside reflects on themes of windows and portals—looking inward and outward—as it moves between the built world and nature, and ideas of containment and expansion. The artist translates the psychological complexity of her inner world onto the canvas, crafting kaleidoscopic visions of a constantly evolving environment. Ultimately, Hughes’ work unpacks the richness and complexity of the internal human experience, offering a space for audience contemplation and opportunities for respite within our current frenzied world.

Opens November 15

Shara Hughes, Florida Plant 4, 2025, ceramic and glaze.

Courtesy of Shara Hughes. Photo: Ashley Kerr

Eduardo Chacon: Postcards from Nowhere

BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART

Postcards from Nowhere presents an intimate installation of 55 photographs of people at work and play by South Florida humanist photographer Eduardo Chacon. This is a combined special exhibition that also features a selection of iconic street photographers from the Museum collection that inspire Chacon’s practice.

Eduardo Chacon shoots straight photography with no cropping, no auto-focus, and all manual settings. By maintaining the integrity of the original scene, Chacon captures his surroundings rife with that thing most fleeting: human emotion. As a counter to a society obsessed

with peering into our phones’ black mirrors, Chacon turns his camera’s eye ever outward and up and, in the blink of a lens, creates visual chronicles of human interaction, from a bartender mid-pour to a family fishing trip, to an embrace while gazing at the stars.

Postcards from Nowhere, using only Chacon’s masterful control of timing, contrast, and composition in black-and-white, transports the viewer on a trip to their own personal realm. As the exhibition reveals, this could be anywhere worldwide, as long as it avoids modern technology in favor of a simpler time.

Eduardo Chacon, Hangover Bros [detail], 2022 (printed 2023), archival print. Courtesy of the artist.

Holly Addi ADDISON GALLERY DELRAY BEACH

Holly Addi, Petite Formes des Saints No II, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 10" x 8"

Holly Addi’s November collection invites viewers into a quiet study of presence and restraint. Rooted in neutral tones and softened forms, the work reflects her exploration of clarity found within imperfection. Each piece holds space for stillness, offering a refined, understated balance that feels both raw and deeply intentional.

Opens November 25

“A study in ‘certainty’ found within imperfection — Quiet forms, softened lines, and the subtle lumière that appears when we choose to let things simply be. Raw, neutral, and refined, the collection reflects the inner clarity that comes when we meet life with presence, trust, and intention.” - Holly Addi

Holly Addi, Labos, acrylic on canvas, 60" x 60"

Lust For Wildlife: Art with a Mission

With brush, ink, watercolors, and a vision, Christina Louise Hewson proves art can be both exquisite and purposeful.

On the cover is a portrait of Sassy, a Florida Panther who lives at “Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society”. Born in the wild and orphaned, Sassy was brought to Palm Beach Zoo and has become a celebrated ambassador of the species.

With fewer than 250 remaining, Sassy helps educate the public about the urgent need to protect these rare cats and the fragile ecosystems they depend on.

Charleston-born artist, Christina Louise Hewson, chose Sassy as the inspiration for her first Lust for Wildlife Collection. After creating the original painting and limited-edition prints, she goes on to create her Lust for Wildlife Collection (lustforwildlife.com), which includes prints on paper, canvas, metal, clothing and accessories. Christina shares Sassy’s story and gives back. Fifteen percent of every purchase is donated to help support Sassy’s care at Palm Beach Zoo, with hopes of contributing to broader Florida panther conservation.

The Artist Behind the Brand

Christina’s journey as an artist is rooted in her South Carolina upbringing. Born in Charleston and raised just north of the city in Awendaw, Christina grew up in a family home that overlooked Bulls Bay and nearby Cape Romain Wildlife Refuge. The waterways and marshes outside her door were alive with ospreys diving for fish, herons landing on the dock, and alligators slipping silently through the marsh. Across the Intracoastal Waterway, Bull Island was a favorite family destination, teaming with wildlife. Christina’s father, a bird enthusiast and early volunteer at Awendaw’s Center for Birds of Prey, instilled in her a lifelong respect for South Carolina’s wildlife.

Their home was a small menagerie: full of dogs, cats, and the occasional litter of kittens, Christina’s favorite. These experiences became both classroom and inspiration for her many childhood paintings. Homeschooling, before it was mainstream, allowed Christina to balance academics with piano, art, and nature. Her mother, a teacher and decorative artist, realized Christina’s talent at a young age and even sold Christina’s portraits along with her own work. A college piano scholarship steered Christina away from art for a year. But, her love of wildlife portraiture ultimately won out.

At the College of Charleston in 2011, Christina earned a degree in Studio Art. Alongside her natural gift for visual expression, she also excelled in science and math, fields she studied “just in case the naysayers were right”. They were not! Since 2011, she has

“Art enables people to fall in love with animals they might otherwise overlook. Once they love them, they will fight to protect them.”

worked as a fulltime artist, channeling her unusual temperament into a unique medium: Chinese Watercolor and Ink on Watercolor Paper.

Christina calls her style Modern Gongbi, because her work most correlates with Gongbi, an ancient Chinese ink painting technique known for its precision and delicacy. Her approach requires steady concentration, delicate control, and patience. Each piece involves careful draftsmanship and long, quiet hours of brushwork. Large works may take months to complete, resulting in art that captures the beauty and fragility of the natural world.

Art as Advocacy

With her new Lust for Wildlife brand,

Christina is using her honed skills to craft a platform to support conservation. Her process involves photographing animals at the zoo, where she can closely observe unique personalities and features. Each portrait is of a specific animal she has personally crossed paths with — a direct encounter that fuels authenticity and emotional depth. Sassy’s quiet strength and rare beauty now reach far beyond the walls of the Palm Beach Zoo.

Why Zoos Matter

Zoos are essential for conservation. Palm Beach Zoo, where Sassy lives, provides lifelong care for animals that cannot return to the wild, while funding research and field projects that protect species in their natural habitats. Palm Beach Zoo connects people

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“Every purchase carries a double meaning: a piece of art to enjoy and a gift back to conservation.”

with wildlife, often inspiring that first spark of empathy that leads to conservation action.

Looking Back

“Sassy” is not Christina’s only big cat portrait. She has painted “Olan” (Malayan Tiger at Palm Beach Zoo, see right), “Dinari” (Lion at Franklin Zoo in Boston), and “Seymour” (Jaguar at Stone Zoo in Boston,). Christina paints all the birds she loved while growing up along the pristine shore just north of Charleston — and she paints her new loves she meets at the zoo.

Looking Forward

“As an artist, I can share the beauty of animals through my work and help others to spread the word,” Christina said. “But, it is truly the children who visit the zoo, who stop and really look, who will carry that vision into the future. Children are the stewards of tomorrow’s wild places. If they fall in love with wildlife now, they will protect it later.”

Christina’s work is available at christinahewson.com.

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KRISTIN BRIN

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

My practice of making art is centered within my soul. Being an artist is something I’ve done instinctively, almost without question. I have always painted, and as the years race past for one and all, each artwork suggests to me that I may be changing without my own guidance. If you asked me fifteen years ago what the meaning was, I would have been dismissive about the question. Perhaps expressing that it’s about love for painting and other surface comments of joy

and happiness. That is not necessarily true any longer, and I am now comfortable sharing my story with you. As soft and gentle as many of my paintings are, there was a pathway to this moment which was tortuous and tested. I am a strong person without a straightforward past. Come in, I invite you to explore my works, my website, and studio... I do believe you will sense where I have been and what’s to happen next.

Photo by Olivier Pojzman

CHRIS FRICK

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

I’m a German-born artist living in Charleston, South Carolina. The Lowcountry series began after I arrived here and started spending time near the marshes and the barrier islands. The landscape has a quiet strength. In the summer months, the air feels heavy, while in fall and spring it turns clear and crisp. The light shifts without warning, and the horizon never stays the same. Standing on Bull Island or by Charleston Harbor, you can feel

how water and sky seem to trade places. The longer I live here, the more I understand how this place impacts my work. I paint through contrast - between beauty and strangeness, clarity and noise. My work is shaped by migration, by finding my place here, and by the power of a landscape that keeps transforming me. The paintings come from being in this environment.

I don’t plan them. I start, and the work follows what the place gives. The humidity, the light, the air, the tide - they all leave their mark. I try to let the surface carry that energy instead of shaping it into something fixed. The paint moves, settles, and changes as I work, like the land itself. The process is about staying open to what the landscape does to me - not copying it, but holding a trace of its movement and force. I hold a master’s degree in French and English literature, and

that background has shaped how I look at detail and rhythm in painting - how something builds, pauses, and changes over time. The Lowcountry series is my way of learning this environment. The coast reminds me that belonging is not fixed - it’s something you practice through attention, patience, and respect for what surrounds you. Each painting is an attempt to hold a small part of that experience, without trying to define it.

NADINE O. VOGEL

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Corporate executive turned global business owner turned passionate artist, Nadine Vogel holds a B.S., Industrial Psychology, College of Charleston and an MBA, Golden Gate University. As a self-taught, abstract artist residing in Folly Beach, S.C. and Highland Beach, FL, Nadine primarily paints using acrylics but also enjoys a variety of mixed mediums, always exploring new styles and colors. Living on the beach, Nadine’s creative process is inspired by the sights, sounds and rhythms of

the ocean as well as her life experiences as an author, public speaker, professor, TV Host, Interior Designer, global Disability Consultant, mentor, wife and mother to two beautiful women, one of whom is disabled. She believes that it’s those experiences, including the painful ones, that serve as a source of strength and creativity. Just like the sea’s ever-changing tides, Nadine’s art is an exploration of life, the importance of perspective and the belief in what’s possible.

TIANOVA

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Tianova is a contemporary artist based in Savannah, Georgia, where she recently opened Tianova Gallery in the heart of the city’s historic district at 53 Montgomery Street. The gallery stands as a space devoted to artistic expression and modern elegance, showcasing her latest collections— paintings that explore emotion, atmosphere, and transformation. She continues to create from her studio in City Market while directing her thriving gallery.

Her practice bridges three distinct yet interconnected visual languages—Strialism, Cubism, and Spatial Realism—each examining the relationship between rhythm, geometry, and emotion.

Strialism, an innovation of her own, transforms parallel strokes into visual rhythms that mirror the movement of music. These lines create images that shift between vibration and harmony, inviting viewers into a space where sound and sight echo one another. In her Cubist works, musicians and forms fracture and reassemble like chords in a symphony, each angle carrying the resonance of sound translated into structure. Through Spatial Realism, her cityscapes capture

solitude, memory, and dreamlike depth within luminous, familiar architecture.

Though varied in form, her works share a unifying vision: Tianova seeks the poetry within perception. Whether expressed through rhythm, geometry, or silence, each painting invites the viewer to pause, reflect, and complete the image with their own imagination. tianovafineart.com

IG: @Tianova _art

ANNE ABUEVA

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Anne Abueva grew up in Chicago, IL and currently works in Charleston, SC. Her studio practice is guided by curiosity, emotion, and ruthless editing. Each mark arises from a visual tug-of-war between instinct and intention, freedom and refinement. Unbound by conventional styles or themes, she creates freely and fearlessly, staying open to new possibilities with every piece. Whether through bold, expressive brushstrokes or more subtle, layered compositions, each work simultaneously offers a personal narrative and an invitation for others to connect with their own.