First, congratulations to the winners of the Marco Island Council election! Let's hope that the election results will help to remove some of the contentiousness, restore civility, and allow the island to move forward once again.
Tomorrow will be the Marco Island Wet Paint, benefiting the Marco Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Marco Scholarship Program. Communities are always stronger when businesses and the arts support each other! A number of well known Marco Island artists will be painting at various island locations from 9 in the morning till mid-afternoon. If you'd like to participate you can pick up a map at the Chamber of Commerce or in the local Marco Island Eagle, and visit the artists while they paint. A "wet paint" auction of the paintings will be held tomorrow night at Hideaway Beach Club with a few tickets still available at the Chamber. See you there for a great community art show!
This is one of two mini-paintings started yesterday, and it still needs another pass before it's ready for framing. I'll do that after a visiting student leaves!

I hope that your Christmas was a special day filled with love. Mine was. It is truly a special time of year. You may find unexpected pleasures if you open your heart rather than be lead by your own expectations!

It was with much pleasure that I learned artist Jan Kolenda has purchased my Morning and Evening pair of paintings shown in a National Association of Women Artists show at the Coral Springs Art Museum. Jan is a clay artist who teaches at the museum. Her work also centers around the beauty and mystery of the Everglades so we have much in common. I'd love to get over to the other side of the state soon and see her work in person, but you can check it out here. Jan told me that she has a special place to hang the paintings in her home.

Today's painting is another mini. Congratulations to Kathy, one of my favorite people in the whole world, who received a "mini" for Christmas as a surprise from her husband! I hope it's the one you wanted, Kathy! If not, just come by and switch!