Open to artists with unique talents and visions, the Professional Artists of St. Augustine (PAStA), welcomes Bo Gibbs, furniture designer and maker to our Charlotte Street gallery. For the first time, the gallery includes the heirloom quality, sustainably sourced hardwood furniture, stained glass, and sculptures of this third-generation woodworker and Florida native.
“The process to build these objects takes time, passion, and hard work. They are built to last. It is my hope that my work will be passed down from generation to generation. No two pieces are alike, they are truly unique one-of-a-kind objects. I don’t have production lines, or mass assembly line pieces, each item you see on this site was individually designed and made by me, from ideas and details inspired by nature,” Bo, artist, woodworker, and founder and owner of Gibbs Fine Designs studio based near St. Augustine, Florida.
Bo has been crafting unique pieces for over thirty years, having learned the craft of woodworking at this father’s knee. A woodshop class in high school confirmed his passion for creating objects that combined art with functionality by incorporating beautiful hardwoods with inlay, metals, and stained-glass features. His contemporary furniture designs include cabinetry, tables, lamps and lanterns. He adds stained glass features to several of his furniture pieces, such as his exquisite Whale Cabinet that not only includes stained glass depicting sea life, but carefully detailed carved embellishments to the piece. In the gallery, the Whale Cabinet invokes a “wow!” by every customer.
In addition to his furniture line, Bo creates stained glass pieces featuring the creatures, both real and mythical that call the ocean home. His unique wall and free standing copperized coral wood sculptures are meant to be touched. Customers who purchase any of Bo’s furniture can also have it delivered for free if they live within a 125-mile radius of the gallery.
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About PAStA:
The Professional Artists of St. Augustine Fine Art Gallery (PAStA) on Charlotte Street, in downtown historic St. Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1982 by Jean Wagner Troemel, a champion of the arts, founder of the Winter Haven Ridge Art Association, served on the Florida Arts Group Board (FLAG), and spearheaded St. Augustine’s First Friday Art Walks. The gallery has served an international clientele a wealth of local talent and award-winning artists. The gallery’s mission is to showcase local and regional art and to educate and encourage area artists. In 2023, PAStA has won The Best of Florida Regional Art Gallery, and as a finalist in the Best of St. Augustine Choice Awards. The gallery’s mission is to showcase local and regional art and to educate and encourage area artists.
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I did not connect with clay as an artistic outlet until mid-life. During a hectic and demanding career, while juggling family, job and my MBA, I needed a healthy outlet to release my frustrations while appealing to my sorely under-utilized creative needs.
One summer class gave me the impetus to redirect what little down-time I had into punching, pulling, coiling, pinching, slapping, and throwing this amazing and malleable material into anything my imagination desired. I found therapy through clay.
In the years since, I have received an Associate’s Degree from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, and set up my first studio in a basement of our house. Currently, my studio has moved above ground – to my garage, but includes a wheel, large Skutt kiln, slab roller and an array of clay and glazes that would make a chameleon dizzy. I am a proud member of the Professional Artists of St. Augustine Fine Art Gallery since October of 2021.
I work with a variety of clays and glazes – from mid-temp stoneware and shiny glazes to low-fire and matte underglazes. I find inspiration in nature, children’s stories and fables, and my own untamed imagination!
