I offer interactive artwork with Old Florida Charm. What is interactive art you ask?
It’s the nickname I have given certain paintings where I swap out a few natural elements I use for dimension (and what my clients have grown to enjoy about my artworks.) It is a form of communication between us and gives me feedback for future artwork. It gives my customers some choices to personalize my art to their liking and to specific colors of the season.
The third painting I introduced today in my Southern Charming Christmas series is one of my interactive pieces.
One of my favorite charming little towns that I have written about recently during our day tripping is called Micanopy (pronounced- mic uh no pee). It is reported to be the oldest inland town in Florida known as “The Little Town that Time Forgot.” If you were walking down Cholokka Blvd past the antique shops to the Herlong Mansion B&B, you would walk past an antique rustic carriage that was once a beautiful Surrey (I imagine with fringe on top) drawn by one or two horses and very elegant in the 19th Century. I don’t know any history on this antique sitting in the woods, but I am calling my painting Hidden Charm, as it is almost hidden now in the brush and probably many years later after the photo below was taken.
I love this classic carriage and wanted to make it the subject of my painting, along with the Herlong Mansion in the background.
I included my rough draft drawing below and have 3 options available for the fall and winter seasons. I also offered two background colors in neutral tones to blend nicely with most any dƩcor.
The dried leaf is one that I picked up in a campground in Max Meadows, VA from a Sweetgum tree. The acorns are from Ohio, along with the miniature pinecones from our seasonal summer campground.
I picked up so many natural elements in our travels that my husband gave me a storage compartment (referred to as the basement in our motorhome) so I could store them as we traveled for future artwork. He always said “I’m probably carting around an extra 25 lbs of seashells. What are you going to do with all that stuff?” I answered “I’m not sure, but I do have ideas.”
I still have some of those items from our first trip to Key West in 2013, but I think I am long overdue to return to the island and stock up!
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Six Wheels Down 