Last night was the first of three performances of poets and artists collaboration. This was performed at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers; the next will be March 28 at Big Arts on Sanibel Island, and the last will be in early April at ACTS Gallery. There the works will be installed for Art Walk, the first Friday and then will be on display during National Poet Month of April. The works were published and I bought enough books for many Christmas presents, all autographed. You can see all of the works and prior shows at artpoems.org.
There were 12 poets and 12 artists; in one case a poem was written inspired by a 2-dimensional work, and the other artwork inspired or affected by a poem.
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Then, later in the show, Holly McEntyre performed her poem "After My Evening Meal" which provided inspiration for my pastel "Sanibel After Dinner." I then talked about the creative process and how I tried to capture the essence of her work. I would not have created the paster if I had not been presented with her poem.
Recent finished work: the Marina at Fisherman's Wharf (Punta Gorda) was from my plein air workshop in January lead by Dan Graziano. I finished it in the studio; ditto for the painting of History Park, also in Punta Gorda. I tried to capture the feeling on site rather than reproduce a photo image.
Thought I would show you what I am doing in the studio. All are in various stages. And, I need to take a class, was thinking of plain vanilla drawing, or at least using a model and maybe painting or pastel. So...
Upcoming trips:
In April I am going to visit Saint Louis for several events. Hope to see as many friends and family as possible.
In May, my oldest son, Dominic, is graduating from Wash U with his Masters. We'll be there.
Maybe in June we will use our Key West Express vouchers and visit KW for a long weekend. Have not been there yet.
Late July, early August is a Rhine River cruise starting in Amsterdam and ending in Frankfort. One stop is Koblenz from where my father's mother's family emigrated in 1854. We bought some extra days in Amsterdam. Linda's brother Steve and his wife will join us. And, this will be fun...Some of you might remember our au pair, Claudia, from Germany who is now living in Munster. She is going to visit us at one of the stops and, hopefully, bring her children.
I still want to make a East Coast road trip to see many personal friends and business friends. Still working on it.
Coming this way will be Captain Gregory Lyles, currently stationed at Ft Benning, GA to take in some spring training baseball. I purchased Twins season (it's only the month of March) tickets and split them with a former Dragon who is living nearby, Bill Weber.
Marty Pelch and Nona will be here soon from their place in S Pasadena, the wealthy side of the St Pete tracks where the richest of the rich live. In two weeks the Weinke family, friends from St Richard parish in Saint Louis will make us one of their stops as they travel through SW Florida. Two of their children were classmates of Dom and Greg at StR.
And in early November, hopefully many Missouri Tigers will join us at the Florida game in Gainesville.
Lastly, I want to remember a former bank customer who became a friend.
John Eirten. My sympathies go to his wife and family. He had a lot of great stories and was always smiling, we had many a laugh. And, I learned a little about the chile business.
