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Cover Art -St Thomas This Week
Yellow Kiosk becomes Santas House
Award Ceremony for the Mosaic Mural work in Coconut Grove, Fl
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Tea For The Horses
As one of the artists for this charitable event, I was given a horse cutout and painted it as I was inspired.Later on in my life I lived on a finca in Costa Rica, riding horses every day. Then again Colorado and Arizona riding horses through the red rocks and then again in Utah riding horses through red rock canyon, I was moved to help the horses.
Tea For The Horses Fundraiser – November 13, 2011
“Tea, Savories, Scones & Sweets”
Musical Arrangements by Peggy Hall on the Baby Grand
Sunday, November 13, 2011
$25 per Adult
$15 children 6-12
Children under 6 years – Free
3pm to 5pm
2985 South Bayshore Drive
Coconut Grove, Florida 33133
(305) 446-2909
Through the years, the Woman’s Club has worked on projects as diverse as historic preservation, women’s suffrage, AIDS awareness, arts and culture programs and after school education projects, always keeping the scope of their work within the themes of promoting the family, preserving history, and supporting education and the arts in our community.
Today club members take a leadership role in historic preservation. They support the fine and performing arts in a significant way; creating and hosting an important juried arts exhibition in Miami Dade County for high school students as well as supporting stage performances by “Shakespeare in the Park” and the Crystal Parrot Players.
“This benefit for the horses is a perfect fit for us,” states Dolly MacIntyre, who is chairing the event. “In 1891, when the Club was founded, horses were a common sight in Coconut Grove. They’ve since been replaced by the automobile, but the history of Coconut Grove could not have been written without those long ago horses.”
“In fact,” according to Jeanette Jordan, president of South Florida SPCA Horse Rescue, “horses are still plentiful in South Florida. At any given time there are 500,000 horses in Florida. Florida ranks #3 in the nation in number of horses and these horses are still making a significant economic contribution to and impact on our society by their involvement in sporting events, the agricultural industry, providing services to the handicapped, especially autistic children, and assistance to law enforcement. But with so many horses, there are bound to be those who fall through the cracks and end up neglected, abused or abandoned. That’s where South Florida SPCA steps in, having rescued over 2,000 horses and other large animals over the past 20 years.”
So, on November 13th, horses will return to Coconut Grove. Among the rescue horses attending will be Topper, a gentle giant Clydesdale weighing over 1400 pounds, and his loveable little pal, Fiona, a miniature horse no bigger than a dog!
In addition to “tea, savories, scones & sweets,” the event will feature musical arrangements by Peggy Hall on the Baby Grand. The event will also include a special appearance by the City of Miami Mounted Police Patrol. There will be a fabulous silent auction of equestrian related art, jewelry, sculpture and many raffle items.
Festivities will include a tasting of the South Florida SPCA’s new wine label, “Rescue Vineyards,” featuring a selection of six excellent organic wines. “Each label will feature the picture and story of one of our actual rescued horses,” stated Jordan. “I like to say, “Have a sip. Save a horse.”
To add to the success of the “Tea,” the Woman’s Club is asking for support from local businesses. “Any donation – gift certificates, raffle or silent auction items, underwriting, monetary contributions will be greatly appreciated,” stated Dolly MacIntyre, chair of the event. If you wish to make a donation, you can contact Dolly at 305 460-0157.
South Florida SPCA Horse Rescue, a 501©3 not-for-profit, is one of the oldest, largest continuously operating horse rescues in the United States.
South Miami Art Festival
South Miami Art Festival
November 5th,2011 9:30 am – 6:00 PM
November 6th,2011 9:30 am – 6:00 PM
Sponsored by First National Bank of South Miami
This is by far our biggest Chamber South event. We have over 50,000 individuals who come through the Art Festival over the course of the two days. Celebrating our 40th year on the quaint streets of Downtown South Miami, this juried fine art show features nationally recognized artists and is a favorite annual event for residents and visitors alike.
LET ME FIND THE SEA
Sea Turtle Oversight Protection www.SeaTurtleOP.org, commissioned Eileen Seitz to paint this magnificent night scene of a turtle returning to sea.
6″ x 9″ Postcards were printed and placed into the hotel bedrooms along Broward County’s Beaches to guide and ask the guests to close the blinds at night before they leave the room.
STOP is a sea turtle conservation organization that is dedicated to the scientific and educational aspects of the human impacts to sea turtles on Broward County’s beaches, nationally and internationally.
Our primary directive is to humanly rescue the hatchlings from injury and death caused by
disorientation due to artificial illumination of the nesting habitat.
The science is obtained from our collection of data through real time observation and FWC
approved night vision cameras filming the nightly hatch outs and disorientation events of
endangered and threatened sea turtle hatchlings.
This data is compiled, organized, updated and available to the public via our website.
The data pool is the most extensive and accurate disorientation database in the state
of Florida to date operated by a private nonprofit.
Cover 2011 The Real Yellow Pages
To my surprise I received an email with my painting
“The House of Ruby 2011 official Delray Affair Poster”
as the Cover of Delray Beach, Florida
“The Real Yellow Pages”
Coconut Grove Children’s Mosaic – US Post office 33133
- Coconut Grove Childrens Mosaic Mural – US Post Office 33133
Coconut Grove Childrens’s Mosaic – US Post office 33133 is proud to show and share the many photographs we have taken from the beginning of this almost 2 year project. Little hands, big hands all involved in this community project called
“LAYERS OF LOVE” 
The “Layers of Love” watercolor painting is an interpretation incorporating the original artwork of the children in the outreach programs of Coconut Grove Cares/ The Barnyard Center, Shake-a-leg, Miami, and Blue Moon Studio of art as well as other contributing artists.
US Post Office McDonald Street and Grand Ave.
The 2 walls where the mural will be installed.
Commissioner Marc Sarnoff ( and his Chief-of-Staff, Ron Nelson)
enabled and encourage Cyndy and Eileen to proceed with this project.
Major Conributors, Ron Nelson
Juan Carlos Ruiz (who donated the tiles for the mosaic.)
January 2011 and the tiles and thinset, grout have arrived!. Cyndy sits on the mound.
Cyndy, Eileen and Cynthia Shelly sit by the tiles outside of Shake-a-Leg, Miami, holding the blown up patterns made of the childrens original art works.
Eileen with the actual artwork created by the children from Shake-a-Leg, Miami and The Barnyard Center.
Here Cyndy and Eileen began the scoring of mosaic tile which were then made into color boards, by name, color and title. This is what we used to assemble all the elements.
Chris helps Cyndy cut tile Assistants Helen and Claudia cut tile.
Kids from Coconut Grove Elementary Leonard from The Barnyard Center
having a great time painting the patterns.
Sylvia from The Barnyard Center paints with Cyndy Cyndy pulling tiles
Eileen and Mary work on the yellow and blue fish… The original pattern – the fished mosaic.
This is the largest fish, spanning 4 feet
Eileen sits next to the BIG FISH
Helen creates the beautful blue anemone Eileen works on the pink and yellow fish
Here is the blown up pattern Completed fish
Cyndy teaches Melissa at the Net
Emilio and Daehmun make the sun at The Barnyard Center
Nancy is happy with her clouds
Julian and friend make the golden star fish
Brandy, Qeddrick and Drequan work on the grasses
Eileen paints the mangrove, sand and grass.
Shaun our assistant at The Barnyard lays out the life size patterns
Herman works on a Jelly fish Fiona works on the clouds
Cyndy and I are measuring the tree, grass and sand area to make this into 30″ x 30″ panels.
Working with Lindas completed fish Cyndy and I added the beginnings of the water, and tree in this panel. The puzzle pieces are coming to life.
Cyndy and I sit on the layed out artwork, picking and placing where they best fit, according to the original watercolor I painted using the kids artwork as the inspiration.
Stacks of carboard holding the completed elements. Cyndy and I worked from 12:00 noon to 11:00 pm just making it right.
Cyndy laying out a grid for 55 panels. This is how her mind sees things.
Plastic bags for us to use for each particular panel, will hold the broken tiles so we can complete the water around the elements.
Here Cyndy and I pull the broken tile per panel.
This is one of the completed panels.
Commissioned Original Wall Mural for Aruj Salon and Spa – Coconut Grove Florida
I was commissioned to create an inviting space for the entrance to the “Spa” at Aruj Salon here in Coconut Grove. Aruj is located at the cornerof Fuller and Grand Ave.
I started with the blank door and two walls and ceiling.
The left wall had two electrical boxes on it and a hole in the wall, so I took a piece of canvas, continued the artwork on it
and hung it on a dowl at the top to cover the boxes but still accessible.
The rest is magic.
Wasabi Kiosk gets its Sign
DAy One begins, Ronnie and Julio help me paint my colors.
