"The grand atrium of the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center
was once the mail sorting room of the post office. With 20 foot ceilings and
gleaming marble floors, it is immense, cavernous and imposing gallery in which
to display and view art. On Friday night, Matlacha Island Expressionist artist
made the room feel small and intimate with a show as colorful and vibrant of
the artist herself."
So begins art journalist Tom Hall's review on Art Southwest Florida of Palettes: Past Present and Pursuits - my retrospective at the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.
"Where most artists enjoying solo shows at the Davis Art
Center struggle to exhibit forty or fifty works, Lovegrove delivered hundreds
of paintings to Curator Shawn Ayotte for this retrospective. Included in the
exhibition are a wide range of motifs, from patriotic and religious themes to
landscapes, depictions of her beloved Matlacha Island, a series of sensual
nudes, paintings produced aboard a replica of Claude Monet’s floating studio as
it plied the tranquil waters of the Seine, homages to the Beatles and other
entertainers, a portrait of Fort Myers Film Festival Executive Director Eric
Raddatz, and the active-outdoor-Southwest-Florida-lifestyle motifs that Bealls
Department Store has proudly incorporated into bestselling lines of casual
attire, luggage, totes and an assemblage of houseware that bear Lovegrove’s
name. "
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