People visit Matlacha Island every day, but only a handful are mindful of our unique history and heritage. Prior to 1926, there really wasn’t an island here in Matlacha. Rather, there was a collection of mangroves, and then fill was dredged up from Matlacha Pass in order to create a bridge and roadway connecting Pine Island [...]
I hope you're making plans to join Vino's Picasso Naples for Lovegrove’s Flamingo on Wednesday, June 28. It’s from 6-8 p.m. at 2367 Vanderbilt Beach Road, #805, in Naples. The experts at Vino’s Picasso will be walking participants through the easy-peasy process of painting the delightful pink flamingo pictured at the right on a 12 by [...]
Those of us who live in Southwest Florida are incredibly lucky to have such an abundant variety of sea and wildlife. For a painter like me, it’s tremendous because there’s never a lack of subject to choose from when planning a painting. My flamingoes, pelicans, egrets and fish are among some of my most popular (and [...]
