Here’s a painting I call Fortress of Solitude. Looks like a terrific place to get away from everything, don’t you think? It is inspired by the stilt fish houses that the Punta Gorda Fish Company built on pilings in the waters around Pine Island more than 100 years ago. The earliest fish shacks were just icehouses [...]
Matlacha has long had a fascination with mermaids. All seafaring cultures have mermaid tales. Although today Matlacha Island is an enclave of visual artists, musicians and authors, the people of our tiny island have made their living from fishing and boating since the sands of Matlacha were dredged up from the bottom of Matlacha Pass way [...]
I am currently working on a series of 16 alcohol-based paintings, but as soon as I’m done, I’m tossing out the paints and going back to my beloved acrylics for good! Artists have known for decades that painting with oils poses certain hazards. There’s lead in white paints and the cadmiums that give reds and yellows [...]
