Joyful Enriquez is an award-winning marine artist based in northwest Florida. From a young age she dreamed of being an underwater explorer and her art was of the underwater world. Whales and other sea creatures inspired her life, and that inspiration continues today. Her images capture the unique color and movement of light underwater. Joyful mixes representational and expressionist styles and captures the natural movement and energy found beneath the surface.

Joyful’s work is the result of intense research - from scuba diving, snorkeling, visiting aquariums, and collaborating with naturalists and conservationists. The hands-on approach allows Joyful to express her subject matter while maintaining accurate anatomy and environment. To reflect the natural theme, Joyful often uses reclaimed and repurposed wood for many of her frames.

Joyful holds both a BS and MFA in studio art and illustration from Pensacola Christian College, and is a member of the Oil Painters of America, Ocean Artists Society, and the Cultural Arts Alliance. She has been mentored by the master artists Mark Susinno, Don Ray, David Miller, and Brian Jekel.

Several national exhibits have featured Enriquez works, including St. Augustine’s Annual Nature and Wildlife of Florida Exhibition, the Oil Painters of America Salon and Regional Exhibitions and the Richeson 75 Gallery Shows. Joyful's work has been featured in TV interviews, newspaper articles and publications, including the prestigious Fine Art Connoisseur magazine.

Patrick O'Brien has been a full time professional artist and illustrator since the mid-1980s. His art has appeared in magazines and newspapers, on posters and greeting cards, and even on billboards.

Brechin Morgan is a native of Connecticut. His wanderlust began early when at sixteen he left high school to work and hang out in the bohemian atmosphere of Greenwich Village of the early sixties. He hitchhiked across the country and through Mexico riding over 1,000 miles in railroad boxcars through the southwest. He drank tequila with Apache artists in El Paso; played the jug with folk singers in Los Angeles; crewed in the Virgin Islands on a ketch rigged Brixham trawler sailing to Martinique. Then after a summer working on boats in Provincetown, he studied at Silvermine College of Art, majoring in painting with George Chaplin, a student of Joseph Albers.  While at Silvermine he determined to become the next great abstract expressionist painter and join the crew at the Cedar Bar. After a pilgrimage to Pollack's house in Springs, a family and reality ensued and for over twenty years he ran Morgan Sign Company in Sono (South Norwalk, CT) and painted many large outdoor murals. Changing course in 1998, he spent four and a half years sailing solo around the world in his 27 foot cutter “Otter” earning the Joshua Slocum Society Golden Circle Award. Upon returning  home to Connecticut he set up a studio in Bridgeport where he continues to paint from his voyaging and and marine experiences, keeping it fresh cruising the New England coast in summers, and sampling lobster rolls with his wife Sandy in every port.

Brec is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists. He has had many solo and group shows and is represented by numerous galleries in New England.

Serena Bates has exhibited shows and galleries across the United States and Canada. She has won many prestigious awards and honors during her career from the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, the Salmagundi Club, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, the Academic Artist Association, Mystic Museum of Art to name only a few. The artist is also a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Artists for Conservation, Allied Artists of America, American Artists Professional League and Salmagundi Club.

Tom Swimm has been guided by many creative pursuits, Tom developed his self-taught painting methods by experimenting with various techniques and by studying the great works of Van Gogh, Hopper, Gaugin, Cezanne and Monet. The work of these artists provided the influence and inspiration that has guided Swimm on his own personal artistic journey. 

Born and raised on the East Coast, he had a successful career as an advertising commercial artist in New York, then resettled in southern California with his wife and son in 1982. Inspired by the light and landscape of Laguna Beach, he renewed his passion for painting and was accepted for his first exhibition in the Festival Of Arts in 1988.

His paintings soon became recognizable for their exceptional use of light and color -- a style that he continues to develop with each new work. To quote the artist: “Light is the most important aspect of my work, offering the ultimate challenge and reward. To capture its elusive qualities on canvas offers great personal satisfaction, and it’s what I thrive on artistically.”

With numerous exhibits and awards to his credit, his work is internationally collected and is also included in many important private and corporate collections. His methods have been published in art instruction books and he has also illustrated three children’s books.

In addition to his work in the visual arts, Tom is also a published playwright, musician and screenwriter. His stage plays have been produced in Las Vegas, Seattle, and San Diego. His songs have been recorded in Nashville, and have received awards in the country music genre.

Tom recently returned to his roots and relocated to East Hampton, Connecticut where he maintains a studio in his home with his wife Rosemary.