ABOUT THE ARTIST
I pursue my art as a full-time exhibiting artist doing both fine craft and fine art shows, showing original paper mosaics. So, it doesn't give me a lot of time for much else. I do try to slow down from time to time and am ever-grateful for my little slice of heaven in my Florida bungalow by the sea.
Here is where I recharge, and having moving water (Atlantic Ocean) on one side and the Halifax River (Intracoastal Waterway) grounds me. Some people need the mountains, and some the sea. I'm convinced that sea water courses through my veins.
I am also a contributing columnist and features writer at Sunshine Artist magazine, and have had photos published in Coastal Living and The Sun magazines. This follows from my 27-year career with a newspaper in Ocala, Florida.
Always looking for creative opportunities, I love public art, and have done some tile mosaic projects in Ocala and Cedar Key. I recently had the occasion to be the recipient of some old floor tile from the 1947 American Legion and Greyhound Bus Station in downtown Daytona Beach, FL. I have donated a large sunflower mosaic with some of the floor tiles for the organic cafe that is part of the new renovation.
Feel free to click on over to www.free-range-van.weebly.com to see both the horse I created for Horse Fever in Ocala, 2001, and the Art Van, LuluBelle - which is a continuing labor of love! Although LuLuBelle is not pressed into service doing art festivals anymore, and is currently awaiting an overhaul, she is still a semi-permanent part of my driveway, acting as a free storage unit for a bunch of magazines, bubble wrap and mailing boxes...a somewhat unglorious position for her. So, if you're driving by Laurie Drive, looking to drop off some magazines, keep your eyes out for LuLuBelle and stop by for a photo!
LIST OF SHOWS FOR 2021:
- (CONFIRMED) Palm Harbor Art Festival, Palm Harbor, FL. March 6-7, 2021
- (CONFIRMED) 55th Annual DeLand Outdoor Art Festival, DeLand, FL. March
- 27-28, 2021
(CONFIRMED) Holly Hill Art Festival, Holly Hill, FL., April 10-11, 2021
- (CONFIRMED) 21st LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival, Tallahassee, FL. April 17-18, 2021
- (CONFIRMED) Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne, FL., April 24-25, 2021
- (APPLIED) MayFaire-By-The-Lake, Lakeland, FL. May 8-9, 2021
- (APPLIED) Arts in the Heart of Augusta, Augusta, GA. September 18-19, 2021
- (APPLIED) Winter Park Autumn Art Festival, Winter Park, FL. October 9-10, 2021
- (APPLIED) Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival, Bluffton, SC. October 23-24, 2021
(CONFIRMED) Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits, Jekyll Island, GA. Nov. 5,6,7, 2021
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