Filomena Booth

Artist Statement

Inspired by Florida's Gulf Coast, Filomena Booth creates contemporary landscapes that celebrate the beauty of marshes, waterways, wildflowers, and expansive skies. Her work is driven by a fascination with atmosphere, color, and the emotional connection people feel to the places they love.

Filomena is a contemporary landscape artist inspired by the coastal beauty and ever-changing light of Florida's Gulf Coast. Working in acrylic, she creates luminous paintings that capture the atmosphere, emotion, and sense of place found in marshes, waterways, wildflower fields, and expansive skies.

Her work has been collected throughout the United States and licensed by a major art publisher for hospitality, healthcare, corporate, and residential interiors nationwide. Through expressive color and layered texture, she creates paintings that invite viewers to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the beauty of the natural world.

Newark State College (Kean University) – Union, NJ – B.A. Art Education – 1965-1969
Montclair State College – Montclair, NJ – Graduate studies - 1970-1974
Dunedin Art Center – Dunedin, FL - 2002-2004

Raymond James Financial Annual Art Show – 2000 – 2001 Honorable Mention
Florida Watercolor Society – 2003 American Artist Magazine Award – Shaman
International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP) – 2003 Lascaux/Savior Faire Award – Earth in the Balance

Winner Finalist - Outstanding Abstract
July 2010 BoldBrush Painting Contest - sponsor: Fine Art Views Newsletter

First Place in Contemporary Fine Art International 2014 Summer Abstraction Competition

Publications and Public Art
Cover Design for Wine and Cheese Pairings by Norm & Barbara Ray - 2006
Southlake Stampede 2007 - Steerway to the Arts - Public Art

Cover art - "Fragments of Thought" - for "Theology and the End of Doctrine" by Christine Helmer - 2014

AcrylicWorks - The Best of Acrylic Painting by Nancy Reyner - 2014 - "A Matter to Consider" page 109.

Acrylic Artist Magazine - "Trusting Intuition" by Maria Seda-Reeder - Summer 2015