Those of us who live and work in Matlacha really love and treasure our little, one mile by one mile island. We are conversant with its history, and how our artist enclave rose from the ashes of the fishing community that was essentially put out of business by a net ban referendum that was adopted by [...]
If you have not been to Matlacha Island to visit Lovegrove Gallery & Garden, then you haven’t seen the immense mural I painted on the eastern wall of the post office to greet visitors as they cross over the bridge from the mainland. It's a great location. Not only is it visible to all westbound traffic, [...]
When Mercedes Price (Vino’s Picasso), Christie Marcoplos (Blue Mangrove Gallery) and I selected the winners of the District 19 Congressional Artistic Discovery Contest, all we had to go on were the artworks submitted by our talented high school entrants. We chose Emma Troyer as the winner. She was interviewed at the awards ceremony by Southwest Florida art journalist Tom [...]
