Italian Landscape Paintings

I love mixing colors, and these two paintings show my typical style. Dividing the image gives me the opportunity to show the changing light in a single canvas. It provides more animation and keeps your mind from resting on one single point in the painting. These two Italian landscapes of mine are in the "Hearts and Flowers Art Show" in the event room at TASTE Restaurant.
There is a lot of great art you can purchase. The Show runs through April 1st.  TASTE Restaurant 717 W. Smith Street, College Park, Fl 32803, Their weebsite link is Taste Caribbean Restaurant

The Peabody Ducks

The Peabody Orlando Hotel is an elegant building, as many high end hotels in Orlando, but it is the ducks in the lobby fountain that make it special for me. The story on the cocktail napkin from the bar, occurred originally at the first hotel they opened in Memphis. At 5pm when they roll out a red carpet from the fountain to the elevators, the ducks immediately step up on the fountain rim. They start drying off, and preening themselves for the march back to the roof palace in which they spend their evenings. Always fun to watch, but get there an hour early or sooner if you want to get a seat!

Oceola ArtsAlive HS Showcase

I was honored last night to be a part of the judging of the talented Osceola high school students. We had over 35 students submitting typically 5 paintings, drawings or mixed media. There is a growing  number of digital works, which was new to me. We spent about 5 minutes with each student, and then another 5 filling out the evaluation sheets. Once we finished we had to look at the whole collection and select about 40 pieces for the Exhibit. The selected pieces are well beyond the high school level I remembered from my youth, these are very professional works, so come and prepare to be impressed.

The Arts Alive Fine & Performing Arts Showcase will be held on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, in the evening, so be sure to mark that date on your calendars! Arts Alive will be held in the auditorium at St. Cloud High School. It is an absolutely gorgeous facility and I’m looking forward to the showcase of exemplary student talent there.

Performing Arts will be showcased in the auditorium, and the Visual Arts Exhibit will be displayed in the Lobby.The showcase is a program of the Osceola Arts for a Complete Education Coalition and is in its 19th year. http://Facebook.com/OsceolaACE

Dr Phillips PAC Webcam

Don't forget to watch the progress of our new Dr. Phillips Performing Art Center Online Webcam. You can view the history of the construction and learn fun facts, and see other cool photos. Here is the link:

http://www.drphillipscenter.org/progress/webcam

I can't wait to buy season tickets. And see my first show there!