S2 Ep1515: JEWELS with JULES Wild Space Gallery - Jeff Ripple's Enduring Light

In this episode of Jewels with Jules, host Julia Warren takes us to the Wild Space Gallery in the Warehouse Arts District for a visit with Gallery Director Leslie Elsasser, Curator Noel Smith and Artist Jeff Ripple about his new exhibit "Enduring Light."👉The Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation founded Wild Space Gallery to promote  awareness of Florida conservation issues by curating thought-provoking exhibitions that engage, challenge and inspire collaborative ideas that protect Florida's wild places.  👉Through January 10, 2026, there are two concurrent exhibits that surround you with gorgeous Florida wildlife photos and paintings of our beautiful sunsets and landscapes.  You Are Here is a travelling show created by the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation. The exhibit takes viewers on a journey across the 18-million-acre connected landscape, from the Everglades to the Alabama/Georgia state lines, through photography, maps, and informational panels. Enduring Light showcases artist Jeff Ripple and is curated by Noel Smith.  The exhibit presents Florida landscape paintings inspired by the Hudson River Valley School. Ripple is a Florida artist whose studio-based works are derived from on-site air-plein studies, sketches, and photographs. His paintings focus on panoramas of sky, light, and water, and achieve a kind of poetic realism that invites contemplation of our country's historical relationship to its natural environment.  Wild Space Gallery is located at 2606 Fairfield Avenue S. Bld #7  and is open to the public  Wednesday-Saturday from 2-6 pm. Hours are extended until 9 pm for Second Saturday ArtWalk. 813-362-5279  Follow them on social here. COMING UP  Wild Space Gallery presents-Fine Feathers: Etchings by John Costin, 1/24/2025-3/21/2026 presents twenty-two copperplate etchings of native Florida birds, each one a masterful, painstaking study drawn directly from nature. These life-sized avians are brought to startling life through expressive mark-making and vivid hand-coloring. Their individual characteristics emerge against stylized landscapes and habitats.  Please Join Wild Space Gallery on 1/24/2026, 5–8 PM for the Opening Reception for Fine Feathers: Etchings by John Costin, featuring an artist presentation and gallery walkthrough with Costin and Curator Noel Smith from 6–7PM. Followed by Q&A and refreshments.  #wildspacegallery  #jewelswithjules  #floridawildlifecorridor #jeffripple #paintings  #stpete #stpetefl  #tampabay #radio #radiostpete #cityofstpete  #dtsp #downtownstpete #warehouseartsdistrict