Landscapes that call themselves into being
Semi-abstract paintings of dunes, woods and Gulf Coast light by Vernon Fowlkes, a poet of fifty years who found a second language in water and pigment.
Available Paintings…
Paintings at Sophiella Gallery, Mobile · Poems in The Southern Review, JAMA, Commonweal · Author of The Sound of Falling
How to own an original
Buy directly from the artist, or see the work in person in downtown Mobile.
Paintings available from Vernon
Browse the current collection with sizes and prices. Ask about any painting and Vernon will answer you personally.
Browse paintings
At Sophiella Gallery, 111 Dauphin St.
See Vernon’s work Tuesday through Friday, 11 to 4, or by appointment.
See what’s at the galleryExhibitions & readings
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Last day · Exhibition
Annual Fall Open Show
Mobile Art Association
Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library, University of South Alabama, Mobile
Reception: Thursday, September 10, 5:30-7:30 pm
Paintings: Jacob's Ladder, Metaphysical Mechanics
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Now on view · Exhibition
Annual Fall Show
Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society of Mobile
Mobile Arts Council, Room 1927, 6 Joachim St., Mobile
Reception: Friday, October 16, 6:00-9:00 pm
Paintings: Colors of the Fall II, Anatomy of a Sunrise
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Coming up · Art Market
3rd Annual Arti Gras Art Market
, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Flambeau Hall Courtyard, 254 St. Anthony St., Mobile
Raffle proceeds to support the DeTonti Square Historic District Community Garden
A poet who paints
“The fluidity of watercolor and ink constitutes a visual poetry of its own.”
After five decades as a poet, Vernon Fowlkes began painting in 2022. He lets the water move the pigment until each painting suggests, and at times dictates, its own form, the same way his poems grow from collected words and unexpected turns of phrase.
He is a member of the Mobile Art Association, the Watercolor & Graphic Arts Society of Mobile, and the Mobile Arts Council.
Read Vernon’s statement and biographyThe Sound of Falling
“These poems shine with presence and tender care. … He reminds us why we are here.” Naomi Shihab Nye, Chancellor Emerita of the Academy of American Poets
