Tyana Hancock is a Florida-based artist known for her whimsical watercolor paintings featuring marine life, manatees, and coastal themes. Her work blends playful imagery with detailed technique, drawing inspiration from local wildlife and historic decorative patterns. When she’s not painting, she creates custom pieces, holiday artworks, and hand-painted Little Free Library boxes. Her art has been featured in online galleries and shared widely across social media.
According to Tyana:
“My work is rooted in a lifelong fascination with the quiet poetry of the natural world. As a naturalist artist, I transform materials such as wood, mixed media, and watercolor into studies that shape our everyday landscapes. From moths and ladybugs to manatees, oranges, and even the familiar curve of a teacup laced with 18th century toile, painted or sculpted with care and intention.
“I approach each subject with the same curiosity I bring to observing nature itself—studying the patterns in a moth’s wings, the dewdrops that gather on a citrus fruit, the gentle heaviness of a manatee drifting in warm water. My use of watercolor and mixed media in sculptural work allows me to layer textures, colors, and surfaces to exhibit delicacy and brilliant color.
“I create to honor the small, often overlooked subjects of the environment. With these subjects through craft and color, I invite viewers to slow down, look closely, and discover the wonder in things that are familiar, fleeting, or beautiful simple.”
To reach out to Tyana for more information or to inquire about purchasing a piece, please call her at 727-505-0276 or find her on Instagram, Tiktoc, or YouTube @tyanajasmyn.
