It’s been a while since I posted any palm tree-related work. We’ve been super-busy with of course, our terrific brides and grooms and families, and we are also working on some other special side projects (not to mention opening up our new gallery)!

Suffice it to say that at the beginning of the year, Rani Richardson, owner of Random Acts of Art, asked me if I would be interested in hanging some of my palm trees up on her walls! Uhm, TOTALLY! If you don’t know, I am really a frustrated painter that can’t paint! Really though, Picasso said it best when he said “Two of the most frustrated trades are dentists and photographers- dentists because they want to be doctors, and photographers because they want to be painters.”

For me, the camera is my paintbrush (yeah, I know it sounds corny but what else can I say)? So my true love has always been fine art photography, of which I did quite a bit of before launching into fine art wedding photography. I’m starting to slowly get back into it and this been a wonderful, superb, fantabulous and totally exciting opportunity to put my art up on gallery walls! This has sparked a new flame in me and I couldn’t have asked for a better home for my palm canvasses than Rani’s gallery right here on 5th Avenue in downtown Naples! Given Rani’s successful history of seeking out artists for the gallery she ran on the East coast, this is a real honor for me. Thanks, Rani!

If you haven’t visited Random Acts of Art, you owe it to yourself to take that great ride down 5th Avenue and stop in and say hi! Rani has some of the most unique stuff I’ve seen in a long, long time around these parts. And I have to say it out loud, she’s brought in a creative, fun and YOUNG vibe into the art scene on 5th (finally)! It’s just not your typical stuff! From home decor to furniture, jewelry to metallic sculpture, Rani has carefully created a collection that will appeal to those with a discriminating taste for the unique! And the great thing about it is that most of the artists in the gallery are from right here in the USA and make their art right here, too. Rani also has a few artists from South Africa as well.

I can’t wait till my next blog post. When I went to visit Rani, I found the most coolest and unique pieces that would work GREAT for Florida sunshine brides! I will be blogging about some of these special gifts soon so be on the look out if you need some fresh ideas for tables or gifts.

So here are a few shots I took of Random Acts of Art and my pieces! Go by and check them out! If you aren’t in the area, no problem! Surf on to Random Acts of Art and see what you find!

Here are my three canvasses. Do you see those sparkly geometric shapes hanging to the far left? You fill them with distilled water and hang them in a window where the sun catches them and watch the incredible display of rainbows appear! This is perfect for a child’s room…letting that imagination run wild!

Another view…

…and the close-up of the canvasses. The top-most canvas was shot at Sarasota Bay and the bottom two canvasses were shot at the Oscar Scherer State Park. The colors are magical in person if I do say so myself!

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