A studio portrait of a person with short, curly dark hair and a warm, closed-mouth smile. They are wearing a navy blue ribbed polo shirt, heart-shaped silver drop earrings, and several layered necklaces—including one with a teardrop-shaped pendant—all set against a solid grey background.Clancy Riehm at Dave Decker Photography in Ybor City, Florida on Jan. 12, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

If you shop the popular St. Pete art markets, then you may have already seen Clancy Riehm’s work. The digital artist left her 9-to-5 and became a full-time artist two years ago. She’s been making regular appearances at Indie Flea, Mezzo Market and Uptown Funk Market ever since—and her new lunar moth piece is on the cover of this issue.

In 2024, Creative Pinellas and the Tampa Bay Rays selected Riehm’s artwork for the Tampa Bay Rays Artist Series, which creates an art gallery experience for baseball fans at Tropical Field. Last year, Riehm’s “Woman with Birds” was featured in Bask’s “Cheap Cheep Cheeps” at The Morean Arts Center and later sold at Chad Mize’s Advent at FloridaRAMA. She even created pickleball paddle art for Mize’s Pickleball Paddle Art Show that closed at the new St. Pete Athletic at the Factory on Jan. 10.

And she recently completed a new indoor mural featuring a rooster and a woman eating Chinese food for Retro House’s new dining room in Ybor City, where she also sells her work.

Clancy Riehm’s name was dropped by Amanda Cooper, who plans to feature the artist in “Fresh Squeezed 10: Emerging Artists in Florida,” slated for April 11-June 25, 2026.

A stylized, vibrant illustration of a person with dark skin and orange-and-white patterns on their face, surrounded by several birds. The figure has flowing teal hair and is wearing a colorful, patterned garment. A white dove with an olive branch flies above, while several smaller orange, yellow, and black birds interact with the figure against a warm orange and white background.‘Woman With Birds’ by Clancy Riehm Credit: clansmari / Facebook

But before that, the multi-ethnic, multi-cultural artist will become known as the Tampa Bay Lightning’s and the Tampa Bay Ray’s Black History Month artist. And Mayor Ken Welch’s office just reached out to ask her to design a Black History Month poster for the City of St. Pete.

“I’m really excited to finally wrap up those projects and show everybody,” Reihm told CL.

The young illustrator, whose talent was nurtured by veteran Tampa Bay area designer and muralist Chad Mize, is designing Black History Month jerseys, a puck and arena graphics for the Lightning that will debut when the Lightning play the Sabres in Tampa on Feb. 28.

Plan to see Reihm’s artwork at more Mize-curated shows this year, including “Enjoy” at Green Bench Brewing in March 2026. Reihm also created work for the St. Pete Robot Exchange’s 12th ARTofficial Intelligence. St. Pete’s longest-running robot-based art show also happens in March 2026—exact dates and location not yet announced.

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This article appears in Jan. 29 – Feb. 04.

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