Hey Art Lovers! Summer is a great time here in Brevard to get into Fifth Avenue Art Gallery to experience some great art. This is Florida… we don’t stop making and showing great art because it’s hot out. Summer is a really good time to take an afternoon and swing into the gallery to see…
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Endorphins on Your Canvas by Ellen Pavlakos
Hello Artists and Art lovers! While Gallery hopping the other day on Highland Avenue, our Arts district, I was amazed at the beautiful work in all the galleries. Paintings, sculpture, and beautiful pottery! A large “happy” painting made me stop to enjoy and think of a great article I read about the way you feel…
Read MoreHOW TO BECOME AN ARTIST
Heather Kelley Step 1: Choose the right parents. Your mom takes art lessons from a prominent local artist. You are a toddler who gets to scribble on scraps of paper during these lessons. Mom never confesses to a suspected affair. You might have been a foil… Step 2: Grow up in the 1950’s Status and…
Read MoreTalk of Sailing or Art ~ Jini James
If you’ve heard my story before, I’ll try to add more flair. My Dad once told me about trading a new pair of roller-skates for a sailboat, I think he called it a Snipe, and he kept it hidden at a local pond. Much later, while he was still living, I came home from work…
Read MoreENHANCE YOUR PAINTING RESULTS IN THE STUDIO ~ William R McCoy
Many artists paint from photographs, their computer monitor, and an assortment of other reference materials. Myself as well. However, painting outdoors on occasion, has helped me immeasurably when using photos as reference while working in my studio. The experience gained has helped me to better interpret what the camera distorts and misrepresents. A good example…
Read MoreJudy Edwards… Inspired
I was born an artist but it didn’t exactly work out the way I intended. Be that as it may, that is not the story I am going to tell. I am going to fast forward to living outside of Boston, Ma where my husband and I raised our 2 daughters. A favorite pass time…
Read MoreMeet Kay Shannon
Hello, my name is Kaye Shannon and I am one of the artist members of the Fifth Avenue Art Gallery. I am mostly a watercolorist but I love doing most anything to create something.. I paint at home and generally have a “supervisor” to watch (or sleep) over me as I go about my “creating”. These have been…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Creative Inspiration?
Award winning watercolorist and gallery member Lori Pitten Jenkins says: “Food Inspires Me”. She is standing in front of two of her stone crab claw paintings. Lori just received “Signature Status” in the National Watercolor Society and her painting “Bugs” won a Combined Donors Award! Come in and see her work… congratulations Lori.
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