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Jo-Ann Sanborn
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1560 Buccaneer Court
Marco Island, FL  34145
239.642.6367
 
Uncommon Paintings, Lasting Value

Greetings!  


The holidays are such a wonderful time of year.  Here on Marco, the festivities start with Thanksgiving and continue right through the New Year. Thanksgiving makes me grateful for the bounty of my life filled with family and friends, and I wish you the same.  

 

I especially enjoy the joy of Christmas, and wish you the very best of the season.  Stop in to the studio and share some cookies and enjoy the scents and music of the holiday.  Please accept my gift of free shipping for the month of December on paintings large and small whether you are purchasing for yourself or someone else. 

 

With the New Year, I'll spend some time reflecting on the past year's accomplishments and making a list of some goals for the new.  Let's all work to making it a better year for our fellow citizens and for our country! 

 

All around, the holidays are a special time with family, friends, food, gifts, carols, and magical decorations.  If possible, try helping someone less fortunate.  There are many who haven't faired well in the difficult economy, and it won't take much to make a difference in someone's life.  You'll feel the warmth of the season, and spread some joy as well.  

 

Speaking of the difficult economy, I'm happy to work out a no-interest lay-away plan for your new painting.  A handful of clients right now are using this method to pay for a painting they're proud to own. 

 

However you celebrate, may your holidays bring you much satisfaction.  Best wishes for a New Year filled with good health and happiness!      

What's Happening? 

 
Artist Colony at the Esplanade
  
New Art Work!  
5-8 pm, music, refreshments, fun

November 24 - Celebrate!
December 29 - I'm dreamin' of
January 29, A New Dawn

 Palette Parties at Rightside Studios 
 Fun paint-along with Rightside artists
6:30- 9 p.m., $45, Call Betty at 230-784-4436 to register
Palette Parties are very popular, so sign up early!
November 29,  A la Van Gogh
 December 13, Mostly Monet
December 27, Seeking Cezanne
January 3, 2011, a la Van Gogh 

Acrylic Art Class- Color Confidence!
January 4, 2011
and the following 3 Tuesdays
1:30-3:30
Art league of Marco Island 

 Call 394-4221 to register


Save the Date - Reception February 10th! 
Solo show at Aura Gallery of my newest work! 
February 10th
Aura Gallery
5th Avenue
Naples, FL 
Thanks to collectors and friends who have purchased since my last newsletter.  I appreciate your support!     
Everglades
 
The Everglade skies are quieting down as the wet season gives way to the dry season.  The colors slowly warm as the air cools and the spring and summer growth begins to dry out. There's much less threat of rain, the migrating birds are returning, and the animals are beginning to congregate in areas of deeper water.

It's a great time to visit.  You can go with any one of the very competent guides who offer Everglades trips.  You'll learn about the environment, and they'll know exactly where to go to show you some wildlife. 

But there's some appeal to take a hike at no cost and on your own time.  I wrote a blog post about visiting the Fakahatchee on your own, and you can read it here.

When you look at my paintings, you'll find it easy to know what time of year I painted, or made the photo or sketch to paint from.  The skies of the summer wet season paintings are filled with clouds and the winter dry season paintings the sky is clear!
Collector 's Corner

 

When you purchase an original painting, what do you get for your money?  What's the value you'll take home?  

 

First, you get to keep something tangible.  If you go out to dinner, once it's finished and you pay, the value is used.  Hopefully you've enjoyed both the meal and the company, but you get and you give, and it's over. 

 

Same thing with a book.  You pay your money, or visit the library, read the book and put it away.  Hopefully you get an idea or message to take away, or maybe even read the book over, but that's it. 

 

Likewise with a concert.  You can spend a fortune on a ticket for the very best seats.  You'll love the camaraderie of the evening, and go home singing with a warm heart.  Still, the next day your money is gone and it's just a memory.

 

Whereas a painting can bring you pleasure for life.  When you purchase an original painting, something in the work, some pattern, some color, some response to the image the artist created has evoked an emotional response in you strong enough to make you take a second look.  You love it and want to own it.  You pay for an original and it's yours.  

The next day it looks great on your wall.  Your friends come
put it away.   You may read it again, and hopefully find an idea or two to take away, but once you've read the ending, there's nothing new. 


in and admire it.  You love seeing it change as the light moves through your room.  When you enter you see it from a distance, and it's pleasing.  You get closer, and enjoy searching out the details. 

As your whim and your life changes, you move the painting from room to room, and it adds character and depth to your home.  As the years go by it becomes a treasured family heirloom and you know that one of your children will also enjoy it.  Now that's lasting value!

 

 
Monthly Art Quote 
 
To paint even a little passage with a measure of quality is to achieve a life's triumph.  Charles Brooks

 

In the Studio
I'm happy to report that the Artist Colony at the Esplanade was able to negotiate a new lease for the coming year.  Having a studio there has been so rewarding for me.  I love talking with residents and visitors to the Esplanade, and find my time spent there is productive and creative.  Having other artists around to share an idea or a critique is an added bonus. 

A number of my paintings are visiting other locations this month.  If you're out and about, look for a piece or two of my work at the Marco Airport, at Rookery Bay, the Naples Art Association, the Marco Art League, Iberia Bank and Naples Bay resort.  I also have hung paintings at Drs. Poling office, and the Marco Island Morgan Stanley office. 

I'm delighted to be one of 300 artists who have been asked to participate in a fundraiser at the Naples Museum of Art.  All of the works are 8x10 and will be chosen by visual connection to the work alone.  Patrons will not know who the artist of their work is until they make their choice and look on the back! 
Painting Marco 
 News about  the Marco Island Arts Community
  
Rightside studio is holding PALETTE PARTIES!  These group paint-alongs are great fun and very popular.  Sign up early!

Whether you are an experienced painter or just dream about it, you'll go home with a creative painting made by you under the direction of one of the Rightside artists.  Come and paint with us! Schedule above, and on the Artist Colony website.  
   
How about painting along with the Outdoor Artists of Marco "en plein aire" on Wednesdays?  For more information or the schedule, call the Art League at 239-394-4221 or group leader Phyllis Pransky. 

The City of Marco Island's Arts Advisory Committee is coordinating a week of arts events to celebrate the arts on Marco Island.  Arts Afire! will take place from March 12-20, 2011 with a bevy of artistic happenings presented by various groups from in and around Marco.  
 
At the end of the week there will be a celebratory dinner, with Arts Awards for the year given out by the City.  Awards will be presented for Cultural Leadership, Individual Artistic Achievement, Emerging Arts, Public/Private Art Business and Arts in Education. 
 
Think about who you'd like to nominate and visit the City Website  front page to download an application form. Look for the flames!
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