Rookery Bay Art Show

These three paintings will be in the Rookery Bay Art Show from Nov. 19 thru Jan. 30.  Please come to see the show and the wonderful facilities at Rookery Bay!

New Award at NOAPS

My painting "Canal Sunrise" was given an "Award of Excellence" at the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society national 2010 exhibition in MO.

The latest news has two of my paintings in the Judith Ryan Williams "Nature and Wildlife" Exhibition at the Saint Augustine Art Association, in St. Augustine FL.  The show opens with a preview party on July 1, and is open to the public from July 2 thru August 29.

I also have my painting "Dressed in Indigo"(above) in the signature members online show of the International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP).

7th Biennial National Art Exhibition

I have two paintings in the new national exhibit at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda.  The show was juried by Peter Trippi, editor of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, and it is really a spectacular show this year!  It will be on display at the Visual Arts Center on Maude Street, Punta Gorda until March 12th.  It's worth taking the time to see it.

Plein Air Winner

This is the painting "Sunrise on the Coral Canal" that won the award in the Paint the Cape competition. I really had fun doing it, although it was really cold out there at 6:30 AM!

Prize in Paint the Cape Cometition

My painting, "Sunrise on the Coral Canal" won second place and $500 in the "Paint the Cape" competition this week.  It was worth all the cold fingers and feet.  The painting will be on display at Cape Harbour until tomorrow morning.  I still need to photograph it and will post the picture soon.

Two New Newspaper Articles

There are two new articles about me and my work.  One is written by Betsy Clayton and is in her column in FLORIDA WEEKLY, and the other is by Amy Williams and is in the Thursday January 7th NEWS-PRESS in the "Lifestyles" sectiion on the front page. Lots of pictures of paintings, and of me and my cat! There are no links I can find to the News-Press article.  I'll try to find one for Betsy's.  Both articles refer to the American Artist piece about my acrylic paintings, and Betsy puts the emphasis on kayaking to paint Florida's wild places.

Paint the Cape

We artists have been out on the streets and canals of Cape Coral this week trying to do some masterpieces for the Paint the Cape competition.  It has been very challenging to say the least.  Wind, cold, rain--you name it  and we've had it!  I have started two paintings.  One is a sunrise painting looking east on our canal, and the other is a painting of my bougainvilla plant that is by the water.  If I survive and don't get pneumonia I will put these pics up for you to see by Friday.  Friday evening is the reception at the Cape Harbor Pavilion.