Step inside the artist's studio

Photos by L. L. Angell On the Sebastian Art Studio Tour, artist Suza Talbot beside Emergence.

Painter and sculptor Geoffrey Myers in dining room with Gibson Girl.

A member of the Sebastian Art Studio Tour, Marte McMurry creates silver and gold jewelry and tile mosaics.

Rita Bernstein adjacent to a large silk painting is part of Saturdays Art Studio Tour in Sebastian.

Artist Mary Segal holds prize-winning painting Autumn Garden in her Sebastian studio.

SEBASTIAN SEBASTIAN -- The Sebastian Art Studio Tour presents the chance to see first-hand 12 artists creative spaces for a closer look. Happening Saturday, Feb. 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this tour is free and fun.

The star line up of professionals: Suza Talbot painting and sculpture; Richard Ramirez ceramics and painting; Diane Mieres ceramics; Toni Hill photography and mixed media; Rita Bernstein silk art; mixed media and aromatherapy; Marte McMurry silver and gold jewelry and tile mosaics; Kristen Knudsen jewelry; Mary Segal -- painting, mixed-media and monotypes; Robert Johnson sculpture; Roy Woodall watercolor, wood carving and prints; Geoffrey Myers sculpture and painting and Stouthouse stained glass and oils curated by artistic director Quentin Walter in honor of the late Weldon Stout.

Lifelong artist, Suza Talbot left Gainesville for Sebastian in November 2013 to be closer to her daughter and grandchildren in Melbourne.

I love the house and I love Sebastian, says Talbot.

Filling the two-story cracker farmhouse with her work and converting the porch into a sunny studio, she plans to teach small workshops there.

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Step inside the artist's studio