Southern Magnolia ARTISTS

Evelyn Guerzon, also known as EP, moved to Alabama from California in 2023, after a brief time in Arkansas.

   A retired dance teacher, she is a multimedia artist. Currently, she is working with acrylic paints, pencil, charcoal, and conté. She also makes jewelry, and works with printing on textiles.

Marilyn came upon wreath-making later in life as she previously

taught school for 31 years. She started making wreaths as a hobby, giving them away to family

and friends. At the suggestion of her husband, she started to sell them, do custom work, and to

give classes in wreath-making. As a former teacher, doing the classes was a natural and she

enjoys them especially because of the wonderful people she has met. She started her business

three years ago at the tender age of 77 and encourages everyone to follow their passion. Age is

just a number!

Angela creates unique jewelry and gifts, using natural stones, beads and mixed textured metals. Her talent and vision creates pieces that appeal to those seeking something a little different, reflecting their own personality. Each piece makes a statement. Angela‘s creations cannot hide her personal inspiration, which is faith based and full of love. She hopes to remind people that no matter in times of joy or hardship, celebration or loss, God is present, and they are loved. 

My wife Doris, and I are both retired and live in Weaver, Al. I have been painting most of my adult life and drawing pretty much all my life.  I prefer painting with oils but also use acrylic as well. I paint " Nouns", people, places, and things. I hope my work inspires positive thoughts and conversations.

 I have commissioned work in several states across the country. When I'm not creating art, I enjoy playing golf. 

Gourds are her canvas.
When she was young she spent most of her time working as an RN and raising our family so she didn’t have much time to spend on her love for art. However, she did discover her love for gourds.
After a gourd has matured on the vine and it is picked it will go through a 6 -9 month drying process where it will harden.
She then starts to scrub and clean the molded outer skin.
Her art process takes between 6- 44 hours from start to finish depending on the size and complexity of the piece. She paints, sculpts, coil, burns or carves on the gourd canvases. The gourds come from local growers and gourd farms in CA or AZ.

Carla has a B.S. degree in Computer Science and has worked as a software developer for over 20 years. She enjoys the work which is challenging and can be creative as well. But she has always had a passion for art. She's painted and created art and crafts her entire life, and planning to focus more on her art.

She love painting pets so would be happy to take commissions for your pets portrait.

Nita is a resident of Trussville, Al and the owner of Southern Magnolia Gallery. The Gallery was a dream Nita never thought would happen. But when God opens a door, dreams can come true. She is passionate about the art community! 99% of our artists come from the Birmingham area.

She has been painting since her early childhood days. She also studied art at KSU and has taken over 50+ art classes.

 She has been featured in 2 magazines and one large newsletter. Nita can paint any picture from a photograph. 

She uses mixed media including acrylic, Oil, watercolor, colored pencils, and pastels.

Father of two, grandfather of five. he is happily married and retired and living in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. 

He's enjoyed doodling since he was in my teens but never pursued art seriously retirement, about three years  ago.

Lee has always enjoyed nature so he draws most of my inspiration from the outdoors. Lee has not settled on any one style, he does realistic, impression, and abstract paintings and drawings. Art of any kind is fun and stimulating for him.

Most of his successful portraits of people have been with a pencil, although he has completed a few in watercolor. 

Sherri recently retired from a 32-year career in the education field. She painted when she was  younger, before  starting her family and career but has just in the last year picked up a paintbrush again. When she found her forgotten pleasure in painting.  Much of her inspiration comes from the breathtaking scenes from nature and experiment with different techniques and materials. Her latest pleasure has been creating mirrors and windows with glass and metal art.  

Valerie Cooper Wilson born and raised in Florence, Alabama. Always wanted to be an artist, but became a computer analyst after college, instead. Retired now and fulfilling that lifelong dream. Experiencing many different artistic expressions now in Valerie’s Art World. 

Tanna Rose’s paintings reside throughout Alabama, as well as in Tennessee, Florida, West Virginia, and internationally in Germany. She is a graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design. She has taught both drawing and painting classes. Her work is in oils, pastels, and various drawing media including pencil, charcoal, and conté crayon. Her professional life in the graphics industry before retirement includes Southern Living Magazine, Luckie and Company, and WMU.

Shae Brown is an artist based out of Birmingham, Alabama. She specializes in making string art and has been mastering her skill since 2016. This self taught artist started accepting customized commission orders and it turned from “look what I can do!” to “well what else can I do?” 

Coming up with the name “All My Heart String Art” because she truly loves what she does and she put her whole heart into her art.

Julianne lives in Hoover, Alabama with her partner and two rescue dogs. When she’s not immersed in the world of art, you can often find her playing music. Her artistic journey began as a response to chronic illness; painting allowed her to accept her emotional and physical pain. Finding delight even on painful days is possible with some creative magic!

Kim started with palette knives, painting Floral pieces, Angels,

Churches. Then Crosses with mixed media drips, and Abstract. I look

for the moment when something speaks to me. I love creating

abstraction in acrylic, mixed media and Palette knife art. I believe that

what I do represents the bond between people to help one another in

some way. 

Jim is an art instructor at Studio 54 School of Art in Clay, Alabama.  He teaches drawing, acrylic painting, and oil.  Watercolor painting is another medium I enjoy working with and teaching.

He was selected as an Artist of Alabama in March 2016.   Recently, out of many candidates in the area, he was selected as one of the top ten art instructors.  I always enjoy teaching more than my students enjoy learning it.

Kate is an award winning quilt maker whose work has hung at the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY, and toured the country with the American Quilter's Society shows. She began quilting in 2009 and loves to make quilts from the scraps she has accumulated since then. All of her quilts are one of a kind, and she can make custom quilts and t-shirt quilts.

Debra started painting 15 years ago in a paint along class at Comer Museum in Sylacauga.  She dropped out of her high school art class because she has "no artistic ability," Debra believed if she couldn't draw then she couldn't paint. This one simple class was like jumping off a cliff and learning to fly.  

She has working in acrylics, watercolors,  oils, and silk paintings.

The Washington native has lived in the south since 1976,