Flag House Metal Print

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A Merritt Island orange grove owner painted an American Flag on the side of this old Florida Cracker house near the Kennedy Space Center. It was to honor the 9-11 tragedy. I like the notion that this seems to be full of symbols. The American flag, of course, being the most obvious. The orange is a symbol of the state of Florida. The cabbage palm in the background is the Florida state tree. I like that the orange grove is untended for the most part and yet it is still producing a crop. The old building was once the home for a sharecropper and is now used as a barn.

Although born in upstate New York, I grew up mostly in Nevada and California. The fabulous panoramic views of the far west inspired me to begin painting and photographing it’s beauty. I’ve lived in various areas in the states and in Europe but always had the desire to express through painting and photography. While living in the Mediterranean, I was especially influenced by the great Renaissance art and the chiaroscuro work of Caravaggio. I began with oils, worked with a wide variety of mediums but now mostly work in acrylic, oils, and photography. I studied mostly engineering in college but ended up with a degree in Technical Illustration, one in Psychology after several moves and colleges, one in Art Education. My experience as a...