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Events at Third St. South

 

 

Each February, artists paint the wonderful buildings, fountains, plazas, and courtyards of the Third Street South historic district.  The Birthplace of Naples with its original cottages, The Pier, Crayton Cove, The City Docks, and at its center, Third Street South with its shops and restaurants, is a perfect model.  Watch the artists create, look for the paintings on display in the shop windows, and if you love one, bid on it as they are all for sale.

PAINTING DAYS - Monday, March 12 & 13th, 2012- 10:00AM to 4:00PM

Third Street South will host 40 professional artists who will be painting  the streets, avenues,
parks and hidden treasures of our beautiful area.  The public is invited to come watch these
internationally and locally renowned artists as they work from 10am to 4 pm on these two days.

CALVIN LIANG PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP - March 15, 16 & 17, 2012

Third on Canvas and The Englishman Gallery have added a new element t this years event.  California-based artist, Calvin Liang will be teaching a plein air workshop on Third Street South March 15-17.  The cost is $480 and space is limited to 14 participants. As plein air painting is a foundational part of training the eye to better understand the concepts of composition, design and harmony, the focus of Liang’s workshop will be painting on location from direct observation.

 

The lessons will include:

For Workshop Reservations, please call The Englishman Gallery 239.649.8088

AUCTION GALA - Sea Salt Restaurant - Sunday, March 18th, 2012 at 2:00PM - 5:00PM

After you have seen our artists painting live on the streets of Old Naples,
come to the auction and bid on your favorite paintings.

Silent and Live Auction - Preview starts at 2 pm with Live Auction beginning at 4 pm
Auctioneer - The Honorable Mayor Bill Barnett

$95 per person
Reserved VIP tables for 10 - $1,200.

Call for reservations 239-343-6950

THE ARTISTS, LOCATIONS & BIOS

Paul Arsenault - Painting Location: Third Street South, north of Tommy Bahama

The well-known Paul Arsenault has lived and painted in Naples, Fl. since 1974 after graduating from the Art Institute of Boston. He maintains a studio in Naples and a summer gallery on Nantucket.

Teresa Benjamin - Painting Location: tba

Teresa  has attended plein air workshops in Italy, New Mexico and Florida, and travels to new locations each year in search of new inspiration. She is a member of Naples Art Association and her work is in private collections in several states.

Jane Chapin - Painting Location: Third St. South at The Englishman

After receiving her Bachelors in Art, Chapin was an art teaching volunteer in the Peace Corps in El Salvador, further reinforcing her connection with the richness & diversity of her visual surroundings.  She currently resides in St. Petersburg, where she maintains her studio. She is a member of Oil Painters of America.

Rodney A. Contreras - Painting Location: Sea Salt Restaurant Patio

Rodney has always been passionate about all aspects of the art world. At an early age he demonstrated his talent and creative abilities painting portraits and murals. In his adolescence, sculpture, jewelry and fashion design garnered recognition and awards at school and in his community. He is a graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where he studied fashion illustration and interior design. After graduation he began a career in jewelry design and later established a very successful interior design business. Today motivated by his fervent drive for vibrant colors and textures, inspired by his travel and exposure to diverse cultures around the world, Rodney has returned to his first love, painting. His artwork reflects his experience, expertise and above all his spiritual and cultural awareness.

Priscilla Coote - Painting Location: City Dock

Recently relocated to Naples from the Keys, she has already become immersed in the local art scene. In the past year, she has taken awards in plein air competitions in Miami (first prize), Cape Coral, Ft. Myers Beach, and also at last year’s NAA Founder’s Show. Currently represented by Key West’s Gallery on Greene, she has also shown in Plein Air Easton and America’s Top 100.

Katie Dobson Cundiff - Painting Location: Crayton Cove

Ms. Dobson Cundiff earned her BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design. Her work is in private collections throughout the United States, Spain, France, and Argentina. In 2004, the Museum of Florida Art and Culture displayed her work in a solo exhibition, “Painting Paradise” Florida Landscapes at the turn of the 21st Century. In 2007, her work was selected for American Artists Magazine’s 70th Anniversary Competition. She is an associate member of Oil Painters of America and American Women and recently joined Ringling College as a part time Faculty member teaching Figure Drawing.  

Timothy Davis - Painting Location: tba

The portfolio of Tim Davis is stunningly diverse. He has produced well over 300 canvases, panels and murals over the past 16 years, as well as reproductions, sculptures an digital art.  He has also painted a fifty-five foot civic mural at the Murray city center in Salt Lake City. Tim is originally from the Los Angeles area and has six siblings that are all professional artists. He now lives in Southwest Florida and creates gallery paintings in oil. Having a degree in music, Tim approaches each canvas like composing a musical score. He likes to substrate the work with deep and moody colors and then splash them with vivid light to create a depth of contrast. In each piece there is a representation of light overcoming darkness. Tim was drawn to Naples partly because he married a native and partly because of the warm and friendly atmosphere of the local residents and their appreciation for the arts. Tim has also done work in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Boston, Toronto and for a U.S. based architectural firm on a project in Northern India.

Cynthia Edmonds- Painting Location:

Cynthia earned an MFA from the University of Florida, a BA from Florida State University and studied at the Seattle Academy of Fine Art. Her paintings can be found in collections throughout the United States and abroad including the University of Central Florida, the St. Joe Company’s "Forgotten Coast" Collection, Shands Arts in Medicine Collection, and The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island. In 2009 her paintings were published in "Florida’s American Heritage River: Images from the St. Johns Region" by Mallory O’Connor. She is a member of the American Impressionist Society and a signature member of Plein Air Florida.

Barrett Edwards - Painting Location: Third St. South at Campiello Ristorante

Barrett Edwards' first show, in Paris, France decades ago, sold out.  Followed quickly by acceptance in the historic and prestigious French Salon d'Automne and two other national French shows.  Today, her award-winning work is in galleries across the United States, and in the permanent collection at the Steamboat (CO) Art Museum.  Her collectors span both the US and four European countries.  Also a popular art instructor and show juror, Barrett teaches oil painting in Naples and plein air workshops in Tuscany, Provence, and throughout the US. Barrett is represented by Sheldon Fine Art in Naples, and Catherine Kellighan Gallery in Atlanta.                                                                

Mary Erickson - Painting Location: Broad Ave. South & Third St. South.

Mary Erickson travels extensively, painting on location, “en plein air.”   Mary's oil paintings are collected throughout the United States and Europe, and she is included in the inaugural exhibition at the Florida Museum for Women Artists in Deland, Florida. Her work was featured in a solo show at Helena Fox Fine Art in Charleston, South Carolina in May 2010.

Bill Farnsworth - Painting Location: 1300 Third St. South

Bill Farnsworth is a nationally known illustrator and fine artist. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1958, Bill is member of The Society of

Illustrators, SCBWI, Oil Painters of America, The National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and The American Impressionist Society.

Barbara Fink - Painting Location: 12th Avenue South at A Mano.

Barbara Fink began her artistic career with a BFA majoring in Interior Design.  She began her painting endeavor 10 years ago.  She exhibits in Florida and Georgia and has received many awards and honors.  She has been accepted to the Oil Painters of America and is a member of the Naples Art Association.

Phil Fisher - Painting Location: Crayton Cove

Phil Fisher is one of the area's most recognized and popular impressionist artists.  He portrays visual interpretations of familiar landscapes where the viewers are coaxed into the environment with exciting colors and dramatic light that travels through each painting leaving them with an emotion that is specific to each individual work.

Popo Flanigan - Painting Location: Third St. South at Sea Salt Restaurant

Popo spent most of her adult life designing and selling fine jewelry while taking art courses, intending to join the art world as a painter. She is energized and focused in her self practice exercise and counts varied art centers, study groups and studio chatters as her primary sources for inspiration and fine tuning her craft.

Peter Garon - Painting Location: 374 13th Ave. South

Born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, Peter has always sought the skills to express himself creatively. After completing formal training in architecture, he began a 20-year design practice in Washington, D.C. In 1994 he opened his first gallery there, and has recently closed that successful gallery and relocated to Naples in the Historic Third Street South District.

Jessica Smith Geraghty - Painting Location: SW corner Third Street South and 13th Avenue South

This representational artist received her degree from Lehigh University. Local showings include the Naples’ Botanical Gardens’ “Art in the Garden,” Art on Useppa Island 2003, the Friends of Art Artists Studio Tour and the Edison Ft. Myers Film Festival.

Barbara Groetemann - Painting Location: Third St. South at Handsome Harry's

Before moving to Florida, Barbara was as a graphic designer in New York for 20 years. Her love of painting and the arts has always been a part of her life. Her paintings hang in private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe. Her works have been selected for many juried exhibitions.

Jacquee Krause - Painting Location:

Ms. Krause began her career in fine art and graphic design at Moore College of Art and later studied at Antonelli School of Art and Photography. Her  versatility in such mediums as pastels, oils and acrylic paintings have enhanced many private collections. Her work has been featured in conservation fund raisers such as Magic under the Mangroves, Feasts for the Beasts in Montana, as well as participating in Naples National Art Festival and a one woman show at the Everglades Museum.

Calvin Liang  - Painting Location: tba

Calvin Liang was born in Canton, China in 1960 and first began painting in high school. He completed his art education at the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts,  recognized as on of Chins's most prestigious and competitive art academies. In China, his skills as a fine artist were applied to the theatrical industry, where he designed and created sets for operas and musical dramas for the Canton Opera Institute. Liang moved to the United States in 1987 and continued his profession as a full time artist. He had a successful career creating visual art for the entertainment industry in animations, which included Walt Disney Studio and Nickelodeon Studio. He put in a semester in college learning the ins and outs of animations, and eventually helped bring many famous animation stories to life. Ultimately, Liang became fascinated by the beautiful California landscape and decided to become a plein air painter. He put his animation career on hold when his reputation as a painter started to catch fire.

Suzanne French Luker - Painting Location: 13th Ave. South at Tony's Off Third Courtyard

This award winning American impressionist has paintings featured in private and corporate collections all over the world. Her art education started in Monterey, California, continued in Maryland, Germany, and the Washington D.C. area and culminated at the Corcoran School of Art, prior to opening a cooperative gallery where she taught art and exhibited for 20 years. Since moving to Naples, she has won many awards including an Award of Excellence in the 42nd Founders Exhibition at The von Liebig Art Center, and she was selected for the second time to be in the Annual Naples Museum of Art Studio Tour.

Deborah Martin - Painting Location: tba

Deborah Martin received her MFA from the State University of New York at Albany. She has taught in the art departments of Green Mountain College and Skidmore College. Deborah is currently working in her studio/gallery in Naples, FLorida.

Alexis Martinez Puleio - Painting Location: tba

Born in Lakeland, Florida, in 1987, Alexis is a young Cuban artist who expresses herself through her passion for art. She moved to Naples, Florida in 2005 to attend Florida Gulf Coast University, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science  degree in Biology and Chemistry. This ua-and-coming artist has her art displayed throughout the U.S. She has also had her artwork exhibited and auctioned off to help support Breast Cancer Awareness at the University of Alabama. At the jprestigious Englishman Gallery in March of 2010, Alexis painted en plein air while being a part of their Featured Artist Program.

Carol McArdle - Painting Location: tba

Carol McArdle’s bold and colorful Florida bird and landscape paintings have been featured in and on the cover of many Florida publications, in The American Art Collector Magazine, in solo shows and museum exhibits, on tour around the USA and are in public and private collections around the world.

Kathryn McMahon - Painting Location: Beach

Ms. McMahon is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, the American Impressionist Society, Women Artists of the West, Plein Air Artists Colorado and International Plein Air Painters. American Art Collector Magazine awarded her an an Award of Excellence in the 2009. She won the Best of Show in the National Plein Air Competition in Estes Park, CO  as well as a Winsor and Newton Award for Color at the National Show in Fort Collins, CO. Her  many National and International exhibitions include the Ronald Reagan Library , Coos Art Museum, the Olaf Wieghorst Museum, and the Copley Society ‘Atlantic and Beyond’ Marine Show Exhibition in Boston. As an American Impressionist Member she has shown her work in shows in Chicago, Denver, Rockport, TX. and the Master Impressionist show held in TX. Kathryn has written and published 2 books on fine art painting.

Dianne Panarelli Miller - Painting Location:

Dianne Miller is an award winning Boston based "Plein Air Painter" of color and light and is a signature member of the New England Plein Air Painters and a "Copley Master." Her approach combines the classic atelier training of the "Boston School", a mastery of technique with her own personal style expressed through t he harmony of color and design. The original Boston School way of painting seeks to combine the truth of impressionist color with good drawing, sound composition an skillful paint handling. It's leading exponents included Edmund Tarbel, Frank Benson, William Paxton, Joseph Decamp, Philip Hale and R.H. Ives Gammell all  of whom rounded off her studies.

Mary Moran: Painting Location: Plaza Steps

Mary Moran grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to Florida right after college, eventually settling in Naples in 1976. It was here that she discovered thejoy of painting which she handled in a colorful naive style with much success. Her work graced the covers of several "Naples Guide" magazines and other periodicals. A workshop with Charles Sovek brought about a happy transition from acrylic to oil paints, and from tedious studio painting to impressionistic plein air painting. Mary's love of the southwest Florida environment is expressed through her favorite subjects of landscapes, beaches and quaint cottages. Moran is the co-owner of Dennison-Moran Gallery, a contemporary American craft gallery and boutique, now located on 12th Avenue South, just off of Third Street South. Mary's paintings are displayed there, along with the fine work of 150 other crafstmen, painters, jewelers and clothing designers.

William Ward Moseley - Painting Location: The Naples Pier

He has received “Best in Show” awards in the Naples Art Association, as well as other local art leagues, including more than 100 awards from Virginia, North Carolina, and the east coast.  His work can been seen in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. He has a BS degree in Architecture from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia and has taught work shops in Florida and throughout the east coast.  Participating in many juried shows throughout his career, he has been recognized for his landscapes, as well as abstracts.

 

Varik Niles - Painting Location: Third St. South at Barbatella Italian Bistro

Art studies at Smith College (B.A. 1961) and then subsequent work at The Guggenheim Museum in New York were the fundamental basis of Varick’s artistic training. After a long career in ceramics, followed by a job in the field of graphics, she began painting in 1991. Varick has won many awards and has had solo exhibitions in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Florida.

Reisha Perlmutter - Painting Location: tba

My goal as an artist is not to create work about myself. My vision an interpretation of the world inevitably color my work. My own lens with which I interpret the world is intrinsically connected to my soul, something that is fundamentally disparate from my ego. For this reason, my primary goal is to create art that addresses aspects of a universal identity. Humility, faith, hope and love paint our true selves collectively. Yet to understand ourselves through these metaphysical identifiers, we must extend past the limitations within our physical world and ego. A powerful painting is one that supersedes the realm of physical logic, physical laws and even the false perception of time. It is a painting that builds a bridge between the metaphysical world of the eternal and absolute where our identities can exist in full, and transcends the physicality of a false reality and ego. For me, painting people is the one of the most direct ways to encounter a clearer sense of consciousness about the nature of who we are. When we see and feel something about ourselves in another person, the empty sense of our individuality is shattered. When we can register our emotions and memories universally in the context of others, we can see further into who we are beyond our ego.

Gail Risner - Painting Location: Palm Cottage

Born in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and having lived in Kentucky, Indiana, California, Chicago and Naples, Fl. , Gail Trent Risner has had the opportunity to experience  a wide variety of the country's landscape.  “From the ubiquitous palm with a backdrop of sand and ocean, to  the humble seagrape, Florida offers  unlimited material for interesting studies in composition, form and color.”   Color, light and the physical attributes of paint itself are among the interests Gail pursues in her paintings. 

Arturo Samaniego - Painting Location: tba

His formal studies took place at "La Esmeralda", the famous school founded by Fridah Khalo. He attended college at the University of Texas with a degree in Art and Business. After 15 years  spent developing a successful business in computers he moved to Florida and became the full time artist he always needed to be  a Contemporary Figurative Artist. His style  is a combination of both: a hybrid of realism, minimalist cool and contemporary edge.

Hodges Soileau - Painting Location-3rd Street South at the Fleischmann Courtyard

Hodges was a twenty three year member of the prestigious Society of Illustrators in New York.  . He has had numerous one man shows, and has participated in group shows throughout the United States.  He was a finalist in the 2001 and 2002 Artists Magazine Competition. He received an award of excellence in the 2004 Oil Painters of America Eastern Regional Exhibition. He received an award of excellence in the 2006 Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, and received a 2007Certificate of excellence award in the International Portrait Competition hosted by the Portrait Society of America. Most recently, Hodges was awarded Signature membership status by Oil Painters of America in December 2008. He also won first place in the category, Portraits of Women, in the Members showcase of the Portrait Society of America 2009.       His work hangs in private collections as well as the United States Air Force and U.S. Coast Guard   permanent collections. The permanent collection of Golf Digest Magazine includes several of his paintings.

Kevin Shea - Painting Location: tba

This nationally known landscape artist has exhibited with the American Artist’s Professional League and the Salmugundi Club. His paintings are included in many private and corporate collections all over the world. Kevin conducts painting workshops all over Europe and the United States.

John Stobart - Painting Location: tba

Born in Leicester, England, John Stobart began his artistic education at Derby College of Art in 1946 and then studied at the Royal Academy between 1950- 56. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1952 and was elected to the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1956. Living in Farnham in the 1960's, he began to specialize in paintings of historic deep water sail through which he was to develop a strong following. In the late 60's, Stobart moved his family to Potomac Falls, near Washington, DC. Promoted by top East Coast  galleries and through his own Maritime Heritage Galleries, paintings by Stobart have today become some of the most sought after works of any living marine artist, commanding record prices nationwide. He has specialized for the last several decades in carefully researched scenes of 19th Century American seaports which have become very popular with collectors of both his originals and limited prints. Combined with his books, lectures and other related activities, Stobart has proven to be a very successful artist of the 20th  & 21st Century.

Michael Thompson - Painting Location: Third Street South at Sea Salt Restaurant

Capturing a moment in time, the plein-air artist must go directly outdoors for the truth. Michael developed his classically trained approach by studying at the Grand Central Academy of Art and with Douglas Flynt. Beginning his paintings with an on site detailed drawing he concentrates on the dramatic effects of light in the composition.

Abby Warman -  Painting Location: Jane's Cafe

She is a signature member of the Knickerbocker Artists and a member of Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society.  Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pa., and was chosen as a Finalist in the Artists Magazine competition, the Raymar Fine Art Competition, and the Fine Art Studio Competition .  She has exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in New York, the National Arts Club, and most recently with the American Women Artists Association in Easton, MD.  She has had several one-woman shows here in Florida and in Pennsylvania. Abby graduated from Skidmore College with a B.S. in Fine Art and has studied painting with some of the foremost painters in the country, including, Richard Segalman and, Wolf Kahn.

Janine Wesselman - Painting Location: Third St. South at Bruno

This internationally known impressionist painter works primarily in France and out of her home in Connecticut. She is the first American woman to be accepted into the Collection d’Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, France. She grew up traveling all over the world with her diplomatic parents, and returned to the US where she received her degree from Cornell University. Janine has been included in the Who’s Who of American Women since 1983, and in 1997 she was named Cultural Emissary to France. Her artwork has earned her numerous awards both here and throughout Europe.