Prairie Friends, Daily Painting by Everglades artist Jo-Ann Sanborn

Prairie Friends, 2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

acrylic on board, 5"x7"

Fanciful Flowers, daily painting by Everglades artist Jo-Ann Sanborn

Fanciful Flowers, 2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

acrylic on board, 7"x5"

Burrowing Owl, daily painting by Everglades artist Jo-Ann Sanborn

Daddy!  2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

7"x5"

Marco Island has a bumper crop of burrowing owl pairs this year.  This little guy was sitting on my front porch all alone for a while, then brought his girl friend along to visit.  Now they have a burrow across the street, and only come to visit when the construction trucks get too close.

Most burrows are neater, but this pair is big into decoration!  They've collected a lot of debris to surround and enhance their new home.    Apparently it will attract insects for them to eat.  Babies in the nest just yesterday, but too skittish for a photo yet! 

Blooming, Daily Painting by Everglades artist Jo-Ann Sanborn

Blooming, 2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

5"x7"

My mother assigned the small plot of earth between the front and side doors to me at age 6.  I was allowed to pick out a flat or two of small plants at the garden shop and purchase some seeds each year.  She must have helped with the weeding the first few years, and I've had a garden ever since.  

Painting flowers is a nice change from everglades art.  I've never really concentrated on painting flowers, but always have fresh blooms in the house.  Sometimes they're purchased from the grocery, but sometimes I'll pick a little something from the yard. The deep magenta center and the yellow-white edges of this hibiscus are showy enough to stand alone. 

Out in the Glades, 2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

5"x7"

Busy getting my home studio set up.  What a job trying to fit everything in!  Still, it will be much easier to have everything in one place. 

I was able to donate the rolling walls to the ASCWF's Cooperative Gallery at Coconut Point.  What a pleasure to meet the gallery director who was resourceful in finding both a friend and a truck on short notice.  I'm delighted they'll be put to good use! 

A Little Bloom, Daily Painting by Everglades artist Jo-Ann Sanborn

A Little Bloom, 2017, Jo-Ann Sanborn

I've got a number of small vases for single blooms, and while I'm getting organized at home you may see quite a few of these small flower paintings. 

A Little Bloom is a painting of one of the ground orchids I have in my yard.  It's been blooming like crazy and may do it all summer long. 

News! Early Morning Light, an Everglades Painting by Jo-Ann Sanborn

Early Morning Light

11x14, 2017

On May 1, 2017, I closed my studio/gallery at the Esplanade, and am choosing to work out of my home studio for a while.  This will give me more time to paint, more time to visit the Everglades - the source of my inspiration for painting - and more time to do some artistic exploration..

I'll still be self-representing, but am changing my business model.  Blogging will most likely have a place, with the goal of posting a daily painting often.  Sometimes I will have something to say, other times you'll just get a painting.

If you are getting this email, you will be getting a new post with a painting in your mail box more frequently. There will be a link to my website where the painting will be for sale. 

My blog is independent of my once-a-month newsletter, which will still be my main way of communicating with you.  You can reach both the blog and my past newsletters from my website, here. 

There is an unsubscribe notice at the end of both the blog and my newsletter in case you no longer wish to receive mail from me. 

Please forward to anyone you know who might be interested in having a painting in their mailbox.  More to come - later! 
Jo-Ann