Twyla Gettert

Twyla has been a professional artist for over 30 years. Her work is in over 75 corporate collections and has shown in galleries and museums internationally including the National Museum of Art; Osaka, Japan. This exhibit travelled to Art Museums in three Asian countries. Twyla creates in several styles and mediums- painting, monotypes, photography, digital, and includes large-scale original canvasses over 12 feet in length for corporate, hospitality, and healthcare projects. Twyla has completed extensive commissioned works and works with the Saatchi Curators. She graduated from the University of Iowa, B.A., and received a grant from the Enrico Donati Foundation in NYC, NY.
Her art studies began with classical portrait and figurative painting and gradually turned to abstract. This led her to create large-scale abstract paintings. Wanting to re-examine her work and explore different directions to enhance creativity, she began the study of Sumi-e, Chinese brush painting, and Chinese calligraphy. She also studied Printmaking for five years with a master Printmaking Studio. Creating across many mediums has always kept her art innovative and the creativity flowing. The artist describes her art:
"My art is both planned and intuitively c...

University of Iowa, BA; Iowa City, Iowa USA

Selected for two international exhibits at the National Museum of Art; Osaka, Japan. Participating artists were juried from USA, Taiwan, and Japan. The exhibit traveled to Asian art museums.

2022 St. Thomas University, Solo Exhibit, "Where Ocean Meets Sky", Favarola Museum, Miami FL; An artwork was added to the permanent collection.

2022 MAC Fine Art Gallery, "Celebrating Women Artists" Group Exhibit- Delray Beach, FL

2021 The Frank Gallery- Solo space - 'Bits and Pieces' Exhibition. Pembroke Pines, FL

Florida International University- FIU Green Library Gallery Invitational 2018 -'Reference Cited'- exhibition. Miami, FL

2020 "Mobi-lize" Exhibit, The Box Gallery; West Palm Beach, FL

2019 St. Thomas University, Favalora Museum, Invitational Group Show; Miami, FL

2018 Da Fonseca Contemporanea; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; "The Nature of Art" Two-person show

2016 - 2020 Art Fort Lauderdale: Juried "Art Fair on the Water"

2016 Red Dot Show - Art Basel Fair Week; Miami, FL