It’s an incredible honor and cherished opportunity to be the first featured wildlife artist for the Friends of the Tampa Bay National Wildlife Refuges. It’s a dream come true: combining my love for nature and photography and my desire to volunteer in a community helping to protect our environment.
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Photography as Vast Vinyl Prints
If you’re looking for a large artwork to cover a wall, but a mural is too expensive or too much commitment, my photography as a Vast Vinyl Print is the answer. Long-lasting, but not permanently attached, indoor and outdoor-ready, and very affordable.
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Günter Westphal: Obituaries – Nachrufe
After my father, the Hamburg social and visual artist Günter Westphal, died in May, several obituaries were published in print and online. I know of 3 obituaries, including the one in the taz, the newspaper my father read regularly.
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Günter Westphal – Gone
This photo, I took of my father, Günter Westphal, in 2023 during the Münzviertel Strassenfest
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Photos from Speaker Event + Closing Reception of Post-Historic St. Pete Exhibit
My art project “Post-Historic St. Pete” was more than just a visual exhibit located in a modern and in a historic gallery and the city walk in-between. Funded in part by the Gobioff Foundation, it also included a speaker event in one gallery and a Q&A and poetry reading in the other gallery. Here are a few impressions from both…
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Photos from Both Opening Receptions for Post-Historic St. Pete Exhibit
My photography-based art exhibit Post-Historic St. Pete took place in two galleries simultaneously and along the walk in-between. Naturally, there were two opening receptions and lots of photos. Here are a few of them…
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Post-Historic St. Pete Exhibit
Post-Historic St. Pete is a photography-based exhibit by Luci Westphal, capturing the duality in the changing urban landscape of St. Petersburg, Florida today.
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Photos of Historic Kenwood Artist Enclave Tour of the Arts 2025
Our favorite art event took place again in March: the Historic Kenwood Artist Enclave Studio Tour, renamed Tour of the Arts.
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Featured Artist Article in Artisan Magazine
Robin O’Dell wrote a very amazing article about me and my work for March/April 2025 issue of The Artisan Magazine. You can pick up the…
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Our Warehouse Arts District Wins Top 3 Best Arts District in USA Today
A reader poll in the USA Today news website chose the St. Petersburg Warehouse Arts District as the 3rd best Arts District in all of the USA
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Ongoing and Upcoming Exhibits and Events I
In February, you can see my photo work in two new exhibits and at the St. Pete makers event of the year: Localtopia. In March and April there’s even more…
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Amazing Game-Changing Art Weekend
This past weekend, featured three important art events. In themselves, they were wonderful and featured inspiring art and human connections. For myself, they’re also meaningful markers on my path as an artist.
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Sunsetting My Patreon Page: End of an Era – Beginning of Another
From March 2016 until December 2024, I kept my LuciWest Patreon page active with insider updates, exclusive downloads, early access photo collections, and creative polls – and as a place where you could participate and comment and financially support my video, photography and art work.
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Creative Pinellas Arts Annual Exhibit + Hurricane Relief Fundraiser
Last night, Creative Pinellas held their annual fundraiser in celebration of their big Arts Annual exhibit and the local art community. This year the funds go back to artists impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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A Room Of My Own: My 1st Legit Art Studio / Atelier
So it happened: I got my very first, very own studio – not in my kitchen, but in a building full of outstanding artists and galleries!
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Gobioff Grant for Post-Historic St. Pete Project!
Super stoked to announce my mixed-media photography project “Post Historic St. Pete” was awarded a 2024 Gobioff Microgrant!
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