With tentacles stretching beyond the canvas, Defiance captures the quiet strength of one of the ocean's most intelligent creatures. Inspired by the resilience found beneath Florida's waters, expressive painterly brushstrokes and layered textures balance movement with calm, creating a portrait that speaks to perseverance, adaptability, and the courage to stand your ground.
39” x 19.5” x 1” Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
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Florida Inspired
A Florida-inspired collection that captures the region’s light, color, coastal character, and wildlife through expressive layers and contemporary composition.
Gathering Below offers an abstracted underwater view of manatees drifting together beneath the surface in layered currents of deep blue and turquoise. Inspired by Florida’s coastal waterways, the painting blends movement, texture, and softened forms to create a calm, immersive atmosphere. Part of the Florida Inspired series, the piece reflects the quiet rhythm and gentle presence of one of Florida’s most iconic marine species.
24” x 36” Mixed Media on Canvas
Inspired by photography from wildlife photographer Chuck Brown
Vivid, bold, joyous. Pinks and oranges, the curve of the neck, the poise of the beak — this piece doesn’t shy away. Movement is suggested in how light plays off the feathers, in the elegance of the pose, in the momentary attention the creature holds.
Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 x .75in. Comes framed with black floating frame.
Moonbeams interprets moonlight through layered circular movement and deep blue atmosphere. A luminous moon sits within sweeping arcs of color, suggesting light radiating outward across a quiet night sky. The composition balances stillness and motion, creating a contemplative sense of space and depth.
16 × 20 in, Mixed Media on Canvas
New Series
space Between Forms
An abstract series that uses simple forms and expressive layers of color to explore calm, space, and movement
A quiet study in balance and atmosphere, Before the Rise pairs saturated blue with softened neutral tones and simple geometric divisions. Layered textures and subtle tonal shifts create depth within the composition, suggesting stillness just before transition—like the calm held in the moments before first light.
36 × 24 in, Mixed Media on Canvas
Fire in the Sky captures the intensity of light meeting water through bold color and simplified form. A radiant sun glows against layered sky tones, while deep blue water reflects its warmth in scattered light. A solitary vertical shape anchors the composition, creating a sense of quiet presence within the openness of sea and sky.
24 × 48 in, Mixed Media on Canvas
About jodi gaines
Abstract Realist Painter
Jodi Gaines is a contemporary artist based in South Florida whose work in acrylic, oil, and mixed media blends abstract, realism, and impressionism. Influenced by artists like Monet, Van Gogh, Mary Cassatt, Jane Davis Doggett, and Mark Rothko she explores the emotions and wonder of everyday life.
A lifelong creator who grew up in the Florida Keys, and along the coast of South Florida, Jodi’s path has included music, digital design, entrepreneurship, and a national tour as a singer-songwriter. Yet painting has always been her quiet constant—a way to reconnect with memory, emotion, and the self.
In 2024, she returned fully to her art, not to begin again, but to return home.