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Established in 2000, WildChild Gallery is a Contemporary Art
gallery representing the works of owner Peggy McTeague and
over 120 Florida Artists.  The
Gallery build is a Historic fishing cottage located in the
heart of Matlacha ( pronounced Matt-la-shay), a Caloosa word
meaning "water to the chin".
The vision of WildChild is to have a place where people
could come enjoy a unique experience of art in all its
forms. To be able to Learn about and purchase art created by
Local, National and International Artists. Normally there is
a gap between artist and art buyer. Our hope is to bring the
tow together. We are always looking for Creative Souls and
Artists to participate in this mixture somewhere between
co-op and the normal gallery and for new marketing
opportunities to bring in art buyers and Collectors. As with
many of the things we do here at WildChild Gallery, we start
down a winding path that sometimes turns mid-stride into a
two lane road never knowing where it will lead us, but that
is half the fun. So if you haven't come out to enjoy the
little town of Matlacha yet ... it's only a little off the
beaten path. Come experience Our little piece of Joy ...
WildChild Art Gallery.
Hours:
Wednesday thru
Saturday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Fridays evening
hours until 8:00 pm
and, as always, by
appointment call Peggy at 239-283-6006
or 239-823-6252
Click here for a brief
overview of our gallery
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WildChild Art Gallery
welcomes
“The New WildChildren of Matlacha”
featuring new gallery artists:
Painter Megan Kissinger has a fascination
with patterns, colors and forms that occur in
the natural world. She works in acrylics on
canvas as well as sculpture. 
Rhonda Long,
working in three mediums - oils, pastels
and pencil - captures in her motifs the
spirit of women across the world.
Oil and acrylic artist ,
Carla Wormington,
uses a palette knife to create abstract and
representational works.
Acrylic artist, Mimi
Little, creates beautiful images that
jump with the colors and motifs of tropical
settings.
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WildChild
would like
to Thank the Pine Island Community for
voting it as the
Best of Pine Island
Gallery of the Year
2006,2007 and 2008
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WildChild Art Gallery
 features
the designs, sculptures and fountains in copper, brass and
steel by artist/owner Peggy McTeague.
In addition to Peggy's
metalwork, the gallery also shows works in metal by Dan
Swail, Ann Laird, John Smith, Angel R Ledesma, Terry
Thurman, Scott Lampittas well as
beautiful works in Bronze by Martha Sulfridge.
In further exploring the gallery's
wide variety of artwork, you will find Wood Carvings by Ted Appel,
who specialize in birds of the wild and Jan Bailey, whose carved
local fish will delight you.
 Woodturnings
of beautiful bowls, vases and ornaments by Jamie Rouch and George Mosko grace the gallery. And Wooden boxes of all
shapes and sizes created by Jay Benton are made from exotic woods
from around the world.
The gallery represents the hand
thrown pottery of artists Suly Pritchard and Kate & Ed Coleman and
Chuck Koucky. To enchant you further be sure to see the whimsical
clay creatures by the late artist Jim Lawson.
Unique and original jewelry designs
will take your breath away. Jewelry artists Amy Ragsdale and Liane
Redpath create
beautiful works in sterling silver and gold while Gabriele Franklin
masters whimsical glass bead jewelry. Don't miss the crocheted wire
sculpture and jewelry by Linda Hawkins.
Fun, fanciful painted boxes and
furniture will dress up any room. Don't miss the enchanting fairy
dolls by Ann Schroeder.
To adorn your walls, you will find
photography by Cindy Cone, oils, acrylics, watercolors and pen &
inks by Ann Harrison,
Jon Ferrentino, Janet Mach Dutton and Nancy Tome, Christine Reichow to mention
only a few.
 We
would like to welcome our new artist's this season:
- Rhonda Long ~ oils,
pastels and pencil
- Deb Luten ~ Feng Shui
- Carla Wormington ~
oils, acrylics
- Mimi Little ~ acrylics
- Megan Kissinger
~ acrylics
- Frank Reed ~ stone
fountains
- Carrie and Linda Marr
~ Circle Cards
- Deb Luten ~ Feng Shui
& Crystal Energy
- Carey Parks ~ Irish
Penny Whistles
- Doreen DeSerres ~
Essential oils
- Cassandra Finn ~ Metal
- Soap Artist COMING
SOON
Please come to see the numerous
works from artists from up and down the Florida Gulf Coast; it is
impossible to list all the artistic souls that fill this gallery.
A visit to WildChild
Gallery will have you coming back to this sleepy little
fishing village again and again.
Until then..... Please continue to explore our website.....
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WildChild Art Gallery
