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4th Annual Melrose Spring Art Festival
OPEN AIR ARTS
March 10 - 20, 2010

Bellamy Road Fine Arts, Skake Rag Artist's Collective and Melrose Bay Gallery
State Road 26
Melrose, FL

"Happy Feet"
oil on canvas



"Trolling"
oil on canvas
2009 Open Air Arts 2nd Place painting award
Purchase award winner

I am excited to be participating in this year's event and look forward to seeing you there.

The opening reception is Saturday, March 20, 6 to 10 PM.

This year's beneficiary is The Alachua Conservation Trust

an organization doing excellent environmental stewardship in our region.



Solo Exhibition at Vam York Theater



Prairie Meditation
oil on canvas
30x40"

available

Gainesville Community Playhouse is one of the oldest community theaters in the State of Florida,
having produced its first show in 1927.
Each year six shows - usually three musicals and three dramas or comedies are produced.

My paintings will be on display in the lobby gallery space during the musical comedy

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"

March 18 - April 11, 2010
Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m.
Sunday at 2 p.m.
Preview Performance March 18 at 8 p.m.

Vam York Theater
4039 NW 16th BLVD
Gainesville, FL

 


Local Color Exhibit
Feb. 13 - May 15

Gainesville Fine Arts Association
Central Medical Plaza
4343 W. Newberry Rd
Gainesville, Fl



  Solo Exhibition
On the Way, 2010 Vam York Theater
Close to Home, 2007 UF OSMI, Gainesville, FL

Awards and Exhibits
4th Annual Melrose Spring Arts Festival, March 2010
Making Your Mark, Gainesville Fine Arts Association 2010
Local Color, Gainesville Fine Arts Association 2010

Small Works/BIG Ideas/ Thinking Inside the Box, Melrose Bay Art Gallery 2009 Invitational Exhibition

2nd Place Painting Award, 2009 Melrose Open Air Arts Juried Show, Melrose, FL judge Arthur Blake Pearce,
Professor of Art, Valdosta State University

Purchase Prize Award, 2009 Melrose Open Air Arts Juried Show, Melrose, FL

Best of Show, GFAA Winter Member Juried Show,

Honorable Mention Award, 2009 Florida Juried Open Exhibition, Santa Fe College, judge

Honorable Mention Award, Best of the Season 2008 Juried Show, Visual Artists' Society, Ocala, FL

2008 Melrose Bay Art Gallery Invitational, Melrose, FL

2008 Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition, Gainesville FL

2008 Artisans' Guild Gallery Invitational, Gainesville FL

Honorable Mention Award, 2008 Summer Spotlight XII Juried Show, Visual Artists' Society, Ocala, FL

Invitational Show, Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL

2008 Paint the Town, Melrose Bay Gallery, Melrose, FL

Edith Moore Portrait Award, 2008 GFAA Winter Juried Show,

Award of Excellence, 2007 GFAA Winter Show Juried Show, Gainesville, FL

President's Purchase Award, 2001 KVCC Media Arts, Portage, MI

2000 Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI

2000 Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI

   
Gainesville, Florida
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