Spending time with art, even just a few moments, can boost your mood and support overall wellbeing.
Use this page to discover artworks and their stories featured in the common areas of the UF Health The Oaks clinical spaces in Gainesville, FL.
Blue Jay Feather
by Jim Draper
Jim Draper’s iconic representations of nature are informed by journeys into the wilds of Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina. Drawing primarily from the philosophy of radical naturalism, Draper gets inspiration from myriad sources beyond nature in the form of conservationists, naturalists, and other artists who are known as experts at observation of the natural world.
Daybreak on the Kanapaha Prairie
by Mac Stone
Digital Photograph on Metal Plates
Mac Stone grew up exploring the springs, swamps, and hammocks of North Central Florida where he developed a passion for photography and conservation at a young age. He is a photographer for National geographic who focuses on the preservation of swamps and waterways.
This image was taken near his childhood home on Kanapaha Prairie in the early morning and is printed on large scale metal plate, giving it the feeling of shimmering morning light
Florida Prairie
by Alfred Phillips
Alfred Phillips grew up in rural Kentucky and now resides in Gainesville. His painting often blend the natural with the abstract and call to mind to changing landscapes around us.
“Because I always paint realistically but never to the point of photorealism, I call my work ‘contemporary realism’, and it often has a narrative theme. I will sometimes incorporate almost abstract-like areas, with drips and splatters, and shapes and angles, even in my most detailed paintings. Then I might focus extreme detail in certain areas of the canvas to draw the eye and bring the viewer closer to the painting.” –Alfred Phillips
HandFlow
by Tim Elverson and Ruth Whiting of WildFire Design
Carbon, stainless steel, paint, uhmwpe laminate
Artists Tim Elverson and Ruth Whiting develop technologies focused on elegant connections between our materials and the natural world. Made of hand painted sail cloth, The sculpture hangs overhead moving slowly gracefully with the air filtered through the space. Their five-digit shape represents the healing hand of a healthcare worker.
River Patterns
by Cindy Capehart
Sea Grass I
Sea Grass II
Untitled
Cindy Capehart is a visual artist and long-time resident of Gainesville, Florida. Capehart has found her inspiration in the natural world. In her current work she takes a different view of the landscape by focusing closely on the subject . By exploring the abstract qualities inherent in nature, the results is a bold and dynamic painting that evokes a sense of intimacy as well as unexpected tranquility.