Our Board

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Danielle Inabinet

President

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Lizette Terral

Treasurer

Meet the Artists

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  • Gayle Andersson was born and reared in the city of New Orleans, and infused with the rich history and culture of the Gulf South. She spent her weekends and vacations on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and studied art at UNO, Santa Fe, and Savannah.

    Gayle owned and operated her own visual display company for over twenty-five years. When she retired, she naturally gravitated to the Coast to enjoy a focus on art and personal studies. 

Kit Barksdale artist

  • Kit Barksdale is an artist with deep roots in the Mississippi and Louisiana Craftsmens Guilds.  She has received a Fellowship Grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. Her work is showcased in galleries across both states. After moving to Bay St. Louis, Kit turned her focus to abstract painting and collage. She draws inspiration from years of hiking and kayaking the Gulf Coast region and America's National Parks.

    “I create abstract paintings and collages with bold, saturated colors, losing myself in the process as I capture the essence of landscapes I’ve explored. Inspired by years of hiking and kayaking, my work blends vivid memories and emotions. Each piece invites the viewer to experience the feeling of a place through the lens of memory and imagination.”

  • Jenny Bell is a returning member of the Bay Artists Co-Op, working primarily in pottery with a focus on hand building and slab creations. She draws inspiration from life here on the Mississippi Coast and often incorporates repurposed wood pieces into her work. Jenny was an awarded graphic designer / writer and also had work selected for several photography exhibits. Exploring pottery has become a passion for her and she’s grateful to be a part of the Bay St. Louis artists community.

Danielle Inabinet - Potter

  • Danielle Inabinet was born in Louisiana and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She received her BFA in ceramics from Louisiana State University in 2006 and completed her MFA in ceramics from Tulane University in 2018. Her work is greatly influenced by the natural world. Danielle works with cone 6 porcelain clay and glazes. She has worked as an artist throughout her adult life and is currently a high school art teacher.

    “I am interested in the relationships created between objects, and how their interaction informs our perception of them. I am exploring the relationship we have with handmade ceramic objects, which is inherently different from the one we share with other art objects. It is personal, interrelational and deeply intimate. I create work to challenge our perceptions of art and craft and am engaged in an exploration of how the materiality and display of a thing informs our conception of it.”

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A ceramic bowl with a leaf design in shades of green and cream with a wavy, scalloped rim.

photo credit - Ann Madden

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Colorful painting of a floral arrangement in a striped vase on a green background with text labels.
A colorful painting of a woman with a floral headdress, dark eyebrows, and red lips, wearing a pearl necklace and blue earrings, against a landscape background.
A colorful hand-drawn picture of a flower arrangement in a purple vase, featuring pink flowers, green and blue leaves, and an orange ladybug on one of the white flowers.
Colorful illustration of a potted plant with large green leaves, signed 'Terie' in the bottom right corner.
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  • Gregory Matusoff was born in Dayton, Ohio and raised between Ft Walton Beach, Fl and Ohio. His education includes studies at University of Kentucky (Psychology), Wright State (Philosophy), and Antioch College (Humanities/Human Development & Art). His first art show was in Dayton in 1991 and he has had shows in New Orleans and New York. Gregory is a photographer (digital & film) and a gestural painter who works in acrylics. His work is greatly influenced by his interactions in the world and the lessons that have come out of them. He has been a working artist since the age of 21 and is currently retired after a career as a firefighter.

    “I am incredibly moved by my interactions in the world. I draw my inspiration from anything that has had an effect on me, be it a person, place or thing. I dissect a moment in time and either give it a surreal or abstract representation. My true interest lies in the moment of time that I experienced and how to convey that onto the canvas, be it obvious or not. I am fascinated by the story a simple color can tell.”

  • Emma Mattesky Neeb is an artist and educator from New Orleans, now living in Pass Christian. She works in photography and painting, drawing on her studies in anthropology and philosophy and a childhood spent around her family’s art table. After her mother’s death, she made an art table of her own and began painting as a way to process grief. Her work explores memory, place, and inheritance.

Ann Neeb artist

  • Ann Neeb studied art at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts and Loyola University.

    “My work is varied and includes dimensional abstract painting, fiber arts and book art. I have worked extensively with fiber, mostly silk, in creating three dimensional paintings. I love abstract art, and also scenic paintings. I will be going to Paris to continue learning the subtleties of watercolor painting street scenes. I am also very involved with book arts, and creating interesting bindings which include art and poetry.”

Ann Neeb. An abstract painting with green, yellow, blue, and black shades, featuring circular and angular shapes, intersecting lines, and textured brushstrokes.
Ann Neeb. Abstract textured painting with shades of gray, black, red, yellow, and white, creating a layered and swirling visual effect.
Ann Neeb. Abstract sunset scene with colorful spheres and a sky featuring a crescent and full moon over a bubble beach.
Thomika Segar Artist Pottery. Smiling woman sitting at a table wearing a gray sweatshirt that says 'Black Women Are Superheroes' with a black background and kitchen items on the side.

  • Thomika’s journey as a clay artist has been a serendipitous one. She was initially bitten by the pottery bug after signing up for an Intro to Ceramics class the last semester of college.  It wasn’t until late 2016 and a spontaneous day trip to Bay St. Louis when she stumbled on the Bay Artists Co-op Open House that she got the opportunity to revisit her love for clay art. After studying under Regan Carney for five years, Thomika continues her practice with a sense of curiosity and possibility. Experimenting with new glaze combinations or different vessel shapes and sizes keeps things interesting. Pottery also provides a welcome distraction from her day job as an HR professional.

    “My approach to pottery is creating art that is both functional and nice to look at. There is a satisfaction in drinking a delicious cup of coffee out of a handmade mug. With each sip, I get to relive the experience of the time, attention, and love that went into creating that piece of art.”

Thomika Segar Artist Pottery. A ceramic bowl with a glaze resembling a beach scene, featuring blue water, pink sand, and a yellowish sky with black spots.
Thomika Segar Artist Pottery. ceramic bowl with a light blue interior and yellow exterior, containing dark brown coffee stains and a stray hair, placed on a greyish-green textured tablecloth.
Thomika Segar Artist Pottery. Two ceramic bowls with blue and brown glaze, one larger and in front, the other smaller and behind, on a white surface.

  • Joyce Thornburg is a mixed media artist  who recently made Bay St Louis home. Joyce is a prolific artist and poet whose work is raw and intuitive. In addition to joining the BayArtists Co-Op she maintains a studio/gallery in Asheville NC where she lived for 20 years, as well as a working studio in her home in Bay St. Louis.

    Website: joycethornburg.net

    Instagram: joycehthornburg

Lizette Terral Pottery Artist

  • “A lifelong admirer and collector of pottery, I discovered my passion for creating it during the COVID era. With over 30 years as a finance professional, I began pottery lessons with Regan Carney and was captivated from day one. Since then, I have been dedicated to expanding my skills and exploring new techniques.”

Lizette Terral Pottery Artist A decorative ceramic bowl with a blue, beige, and white glaze design, featuring textured brown accents on the rim.
Lizette Terral Pottery Artist A light-colored ceramic mug with uneven, textured surface and irregular shape.
Lizette Terral Pottery Artist Decorative fish-shaped wall sculpture with golden fins and a multicolored body featuring pink, green, and gold accents, accented with black and white circular eyes.
Lizette Terral Pottery Artist Colorful ceramic sculptures of a turkey and a chicken, with the turkey having a round red body and green and yellow tail feathers, and the chicken having a yellow-orange body with a red comb and wattles.
Lizette Terral Pottery Artist Close-up of a sliced kiwi fruit showing green flesh with black seeds and a small hole in the center.
Elizabeth Veglia Artist Jewelry Maker Mosaic Artist

  • Best known for her mosaic installations, Elizabeth Veglia’s projects include the Stennis Space Center’s Museum mural; the lobby mural at Hancock Medical Center; the memorial murals to Hurricanes Camille and Katrina, the Bay St. Louis Library mural, the Waveland City Hall complex mosaics, pre and post Hurricane Katrina; the Ocean Springs Bridge mosaics; the Ocean Springs Civic Center mosaic; and eight mosaic murals created in Wiggins, MS.

    Veglia has installed numerous other mosaics in schools, churches, and public buildings throughout Mississippi and in New Orleans often including public participation in their creation. Some of these projects were created when she served nine years as a teaching artist for the Mississippi Arts Commission. She has collaborated on mosaic installations in New York City and in Barcelona, Spain. In addition to making tile and glass mosaics, Veglia is prolific in the creation of oil and acrylic paintings. She also creates a line of jewelry in semi-precious stones, silver and bronze.

Elizabeth Veglia Artist Jewelry Maker Mosaic Artist A circular mosaic table featuring two alligator figures, a central sun with radiating pointed shapes, and a dark blue tiled background, set on grass.
Elizabeth Veglia Artist Jewelry Maker Mosaic Artist Silver wire bracelet with light blue beads
Elizabeth Veglia Artist Jewelry Maker Mosaic Artist A painting of a pond scene featuring a white owl, a frog, a dragonfly, a fish, and rippling water with an island of grass and reeds.
Elizabeth Veglia Artist Jewelry Maker Mosaic Artist Mosaic art of a turtle with a blue background.