Micheal Clivner is currently a master craftsman woodworker and photographer. His desire is to tell stories through his photographic images. To him, photography is the art of seeing. Clivner’s background includes theatrical lighting and interior design. He has also worked as a chef and as a dive master. There is a new Featured Artist Show – “Visions” – at Blue Morning Gallery in downtown Pensacola. The exhibition runs through July 24.

The gallery features the ‘visions’ of four talented artists, working with different media. The featured artist’s in the show are Tom Smith, Jean Tarnok, Michael Clivner and Michelle Schwaiger. Below are pieces and bios for each artist.

Blue Morning Gallery is located at 112 Palafox Place, in Pensacola. Gallery hours are Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1:30 to 5 p.m.

For details, visit www.bluemorninggallery. com or call 850-429-9100.
Michelle Schwaiger is an art instructor and artist with 14 years of experience. With a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts and education, she teaches pottery and drawing techniques from her private studio in Pace, Fla. She is constantly striving to create works that will be recognized as her own personal style.
Tom Smith, a local Pensacolian, was born into a family of deep sea divers. He paints what he knows and loves – from diving and fishing in our Gulf beach waters. His acrylic paintings reveal a taste for the realism of his subject matter, but with a hint of the abstract to make each piece uniquely his own.
Jean Tarnok is a graduate from the Pensacola Junior College and University of West Florida art departments. She has been utilizing the venue of making art as a form of expressing her understanding of observations of the world around her. This is something she has been doing since she was a young child.