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Plein Air Painting
Plein air (outdoor) painting is having a resurgence. I only know of a few painters of the past (Rubens, Claude Lorrain, Corot, Sargent, Monet and the Impressionists, Andrew Wyeth) who painted outdoors, at least in oil. It simply wasn’t practical until paint tubes came along around 1841. Today, there are hundreds of plein-air events across
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St. Augustine Sunrise
St. Augustine, Florida, is my favorite city. I visit there two or three times a year. As Florida’s oldest city it has a fascinating history dating from the 1500s. It began as a Spanish settlement, and some of the original Colonial architecture remains. Henry Flagler, the oil magnate, had a vision to make the city
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Ravine Gardens State Park
In Palatka, Florida, there is an old Works Progress Administration (WPA) botanical garden called Ravine Gardens State Park.
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Kanapaha Botanical Garden
On a recent road trip to the Harn Museum in Gainesville, Florida, my friend and I stumbled across the Kanapaha Botanical Garden. We were on our way to Ravine Garden but decided to visit Kanapaha before heading out. Kanapaha is a privately owned garden with 65 acres of themed gardens, from Japanese to hummingbird areas.