Featured Artist: Carmen Ramos

Carmen Ramos is an ambitious and imaginative visual artist in addition to being a veteran performer in the Pyramid Players ensemble. Her paintings have been extremely popular with art patrons throughout Florida for several years for their meticulously layered colors and ethereal forms. She is also an artist with very limited use of her arms and hands due to cerebral palsy. In order to create her art, she requires an assistant to help her with the set-up of her visual art materials: her paper, paints, palettes, etc. must all be laid out for her. She has difficulty holding a paintbrush, and so several years ago she began painting with her bare feet. She currently paints with the heel of her right hand and fingertips directly onto her canvas and with an assistant to turn her canvas when needed. Her artwork is an extremely important part of her identity, as well as her income, as she sells paintings on a regular basis. She chooses subjects with personal meaning for her compositions, whether as gifts for family and friends, or to express some facet of her imagination. She has also completed several commissioned pieces for private individuals and has exhibited work at Pyramid Studios Gallery, rotating exhibits in state government and private offices, The Moon, Strozier Library, and a juried exhibit at Artel Gallery in Pensacola. Notable works include “Blast Off,” “Spinning,” and “Woman in a Yellow Chair.”