Art and Where to Buy It

With so many artists in the area, it’s easy to score a nice one-of-a-kind creation to take back home.

Famed artist P. Buckley Moss’ most extensive collection is housed in the P. Buckley Moss Gallery facing Beach Drive in St. Petersburg, and the St. Pete Clay Company at the refurbished Seaboard Train Station offers pottery straight from the kiln.

Choose from a large assortment of artists and media – oil, sketches, multimedia, glass, clay, metal sculpture and artist jewelry creations – at Shapiro's Gallery, Craftsman House, Florida Craftsmen and the Morean Arts Center in St. Petersburg. Visit the Nancy Markoe Fine American Crafts Museum in Pass-a-Grille Beach for pottery, glass art and artisan-made gift items.

The Syd Entel Gallery in Safety Harbor specializes in high-end glass art, and artists at La Mancha Glass Gardens in Tarpon Springs use glass doors as their canvas. Discover burgeoning fine artists and established ones at the Salt Creek art studio just south of downtown St. Petersburg and at Studio 1212 in Clearwater, the area’s oldest artist cooperative. St. Petersburg and Gulfport’s monthly art walks are fun ways to shop and meet the artists.