First Annual Off to the Races April 18, 2011

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Lovegrove Paints Out Loud to benefit the Special Equestrians during the famous Kentucky Derby.  Lovegrove Gallery on Sanibel is throwing a Kentucky Derby event on Saturday, May 7, from 5 to 8 p.m. Leoma Lovegrove will Paint Out Loud to benefit the Special Equestrians. Guests will enjoy mint julep-tinis and hors d’oeuvres as they cheer on their favorite horse during the live feed from Churchill Downs and join in the singing of “My Old Kentucky Home.” Chic hats are a must for ladies while menfolk may emulate a Kentucky Colonel. Tickets are $20.00 per person. Limited Tickets Available. The race is on. Call 239-472-1900. Lovegrove Art Gallery 1101 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel, FL. For more information on the Special Equestrians visit http://www.specialequestrians.net/index.html

ART for ART’s Sake April 7, 2011

Gallery located in the heart of the River District at 1451 Monroe Street, downtown Fort Myers.

KR Designs Art Gallery Presents:

ART for ART’s Sake

Artists Paint en Plein Aire

In the Courtyard

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, April 23, 2011

4pm-9pm

Auction 7pm

Come to the Gallery and watch as fine artists from the Art League of Fort Myers paint the beauty that surrounds you.  A fine opportunity to watch a painting develop, talk to the artists and enjoy a refreshments in the delightful courtyard and art gallery ambience.

Add original art to your collection by popular local fine artists.

Location: KR Art Gallery and Gardens

13550 Reflections Parkway

Suite #5-503

Fort Myers, FL 3390

Contact Kate: 239-267-1847

kate@krdesigns.org

www.krdesigns.org

Proceeds to benefit the Art League of Fort Myers

We appreciate your support of the arts. You CAN make a difference.

The Art League of Fort Myers is designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.  Donors may deduct contributions under section 170 of the code.
Kathy Lynn Johnson, MS, Fine Artist 

ARTWALK March 30, 2011

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Lovegrove Paints Special Wedding Gift for Royals  The poem “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning has been embellished into Leoma Lovegrove’s latest piece of art. Leoma is known internationally for her vibrant heart art with electric colors. Lyrics are usually a part of her canvas but in honor of the upcoming Royal Wedding she chose a poem instead. She is shipping it over to England as a wedding gift for the new Prince William and Princess Kate.  As a special gift to the couple, Kate Middleton’s former piano teacher composed “A Song for Kate (and William)”. Daniel Nicholls, who hails from the Middletons’ hometown of Bucklebury, wrote and recorded the song using the poems “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and “O Lyric Love,” by Robert Browning. The song will be performed and filmed on the royal wedding day, by his choir Enharmonic. Lovegrove will complete the 30 x 40 canvas LIVE during this Friday’s (April 1), Downtown Fort Myers Art Walk in her gallery at the Franklin Shops, 2200 First Street Ft. Myers, FL. From 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Leoma will incorporate the words to the Browning poem combined with photos of Wills and Kate and also Princess Diana. To add to the fun….Lovegrove will let passersby write a congratulatory messages to the Royal Couple on the back of her canvas.   Lovegrove was a huge fan of the late Princess Diana and has enjoyed watching her children grow up. When she heard of Wills and Kate’s engagement she wanted to celebrate the good news and honor them both with a piece of her art for a wedding gift.  The Gift travels across the pond shortly. For more information contact: Leoma Lovegrove 239-822-4109 or Allison Campbell, C.E.O. Franklin Shops. 239-595-6256

Here Comes the Judge, Steven Tyler to Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens in Matlacha March 11, 2011

 

 Leoma Lovegrove to paint  portraits of Steven Tyler all weekend, live on her stage in the gallery’s botanical gardens.

Matlacha. March 10, 2011. American Idol fans may never have the opportunity to meet Steven Tyler in the flesh, but they can see him almost come alive under the paint brush of Leoma Lovegrove at special Painting Out Loud performances. Lovegrove will be painting Tyler’s portrait during the Creative Coast weekend at her Matlacha gallery. The performances are free and she will paint live on stage during the two days of the Creative Coast Weekends. March 12 and 13  from 10 am – 6 pm. In addition, Leoma will be at the gallery Friday evening March 11, for a “Meet and Greet” from 4 pm -to 8 pm. Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens is located in the heart of Matlacha, Florida at 4637 Pine Island Road NW. For those using a GPS use Cape Coral as the city. Our little village is still so teeny that the GPS does not recognize it. Surprises await you if you can find us! For more information call 239-283-6453

Contact:

Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens
4637 Pine Island Rd
Matlacha, FL  33993
239-283-6453

ART TRANSPLANT February 17, 2011

“Art Transplant”

Painting Out Loud For Cindy Scinto!
This Sunday, February 20, 2011
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Lovegrove Art Gallery
1101 Periwinkle Way
Sanibel Island, Florida

Limited seating. RSVP 239-822-4109 or 239-472-1900

I will be painting live on my Sanibel Stage
while Cindy shares her incredible story of survival.
She is the most amazing person I’ve ever met.

Painting, Stories, Music, Tapas,
Vino, Laughter, Fun, Sharing

 

ART TRANSPLANT February 1, 2011

“Art Transplant”  Leoma Lovegrove will paint hearts to raise money for her friend’s organ transplant. For many years, Leoma Lovegrove has painted hearts during the month of February to benefit the American Heart Association and From Our Hearts of Lee County. The heart art is painted on 7″ by 9″ archival boards. This year, her efforts will support an individual for the first time.   “Cindy Scinto wandered into my gallery one day and immediately mesmerized everyone,” Lovegrove related. “She spotted one of my heart paintings and announced she had undergone a heart transplant.”   Scinto’s book,  A Heart Like Mine, relates how that experience transformed her spiritually. As a 40-year old woman living in Spokane, Washington, she had no risks for heart disease..Yet, she suffered a heart attack and endured 32 heart catheterizations, 11 stents, two open-heart surgeries, and a thoracotomy that was part of an experimental program to grow new vessels around her heart. All this occurred in only three years. In May of 2005, she was placed on the heart transplant list after surviving cardiac arrest two times. With 70 people in the Northwest waiting for a heart ahead of her, the transplant surgeon estimated it would be nine months to a year before she was called. She knew she did not have that much time. The very next morning, the surgeon came in with a consent form for a heart transplant. A donor heart had been taken off the transplant list because it needed too much repair to be suitable for a recipient. But the surgeon was willing to repair it and transplant it. The repairs were done and the transplant was successful. Although things went well the first few months, Scinto contracted a cancerous type virus from the transplanted heart and the only viable treatment was chemotherapy. After nine months of chemo twice a day-the virus became dormant. Scinto said, “I am passionate and intent on sharing my story of perseverance and how God has sustained my family and I during many years of turmoil and tragedy. Regardless of what comes my way, I am happy to be alive and trust that God will be with me every step of every hurdle. “ Scinto, also a diabetic, now needs a pancreas transplant and has formed a charitable organization. All funds raised will go towards that operation and related expenses. Scinto will visit Lovegrove Gallery on Sanibel on Feb. 20 to sign her book. Lovegrove will hold  Painting Out Loud for a Heart Like Mine at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, but reservations are required. Please call 239.472.1900 or email paintingoutloud@gmail.com.   Lovegrove will paint hearts live at the Franklin Shops at the corner of First and Broadway in Fort Myers on Feb. 4 beginning at noon and continuing through Art Walk. Feb. 4 is also National Wear Red Day when Americans are urged to wear red to show support for women’s heart disease awareness.   During the Creative Coast weekend, Lovegrove will paint hearts at Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens in Matlacha on Feb. 11 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. On Feb. 12, she will hold a Painting Out Loud at 2 p.m.   Lovegrove will paint 500 or more hearts over the course of three weekends during the month of February and will give them away to bring attention to Cindy Scinto’s book and needs. Lovegrove will sign them for a nominal fee and the money raised will go towards Scinto’s pancreas transplant. For more information call: Leoma Lovegrove, 239-822-4109 Cindy Scinto, 509-220-5243

DOWNTOWN ADDITION January 28, 2011

Lovegrove Art Gallery Opens Downtown Fort Myers, Florida  Island Girl Goes Downtown Leoma Lovegrove is best known for her galleries on Sanibel and Matlacha. Now, she has caught the downtown vibe in the revitalized River District of Fort Myers. She recently opened Lovegrove Art Gallery on First and Broadway at 2200 First Street Fort Myers, Florida. To mark the opening, Lovegrove has produced a series of prints and notecards that celebrate the downtown lifestyle. During her first evening at her new gallery, she painted a 12 ft x 8 ft. floor mat live during January’s Art Walk. The gallery is open daily 10am  – 5pm and closed on Sunday. For more information contact Leoma Lovegrove 239-822-4109 Allison, The Franklin Shops 239-333-3130

CATS IN THE GARDEN January 24, 2011

 

 Lovegrove Gallery & Garden helps out local animal shelter on Pine Island.

photo: “Lois”. Lovegrove’s rescued cat now 7 years old.
Matlacha. January 21, 2010. Come and meet some of the lovable and playful cats who currently live at Helping Paws Sanctuary on Sunday, January 30 from 1:00 until 4:00 PM at Lovegrove Gallery and Gardens, 4637 Pine Island Road, Matlacha, Florida.

Helping Paws is home to over 100 cats which are looking for homes. Some were found huddling along the side of a road, or had to be given up when their humans could no longer keep them.  Some were injured and some abused, but each will give years of happiness to the family who takes them home.   
 
In addition to adoption, you can find out how you can volunteer and support Helping Paws. While financial help is always gratefully accepted, the shelter also needs food, bedding, toys and people who can give up an hour now and then to visit and play with the cats until they are adopted.   
 
Gallery owner, Leoma Lovegrove’s cat and dog prints will be available for sale and a portion of the sales proceeds will be donated to Helping Paws. Leoma’s cat and dog prints hang on the walls of pet lovers and veterinarians throughout the country

For More information contact Leoma Lovegrove at 239-822-4109 or Kathy Jones at 239- 283-2074

THIRD ON CANVAS

 

 The fourth annual THIRD ON CANVAS event has been scheduled for February 14-20^th on

Third Street South

in Naples.  During this iconic event, artists take their studios to the streets of Old Naples, painting area scenes en plein air for two days, this year February 14^th and 15^th; the paintings then are auctioned for the benefit of a local charity, this year on February 20^th on Third Street, to benefit the Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.

               

 

Artists for the 2011 Third on Canvas event will number 40, featuring Robert Gruppe of Massachusetts and including locally known fine artists such as Paul Arsenault, Barrett Edwards, Phil Fisher, Rachel Kennedy, and  Suzanne Luker; New England artists Kevin Shea, Donald Mosher and John Charles Tevelak; and Sarasota artists Bill Farnsworth, Hodges Soleil, Jane Chapin and Mary Erickson.  Eight new artists will be participating this year   Watching the artists create is a popular pastime for residents and visitors alike.  A full list of artists and their painting locations is available at www.thirdstreetsouth.com or at the Concierge Kiosk on

Third Street

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Paintings will be sold at a live and silent auction on February 20^th — this year re-located to a tent on

Third Street South

.  A first preview will be held during the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, February 19^th in a special gallery between The Garden District and John Craig.  Then, on Sunday, a second preview begins at 4:30 pm, with the auction, featuring the Honorable Mayor Bill Barnett, at 6:00 pm.  A “Taste of Third Street” buffet and wine bar will be available with offerings from Campiello Ristorante, Handsome Harry’s, Jane’s Café, Le Lafayette, Old Naples Pub, Ridgway Bar & Grill, Sea Salt, Tommy Bahama’s and Tony’s Off Third.  Cost is $95.00 per person, and reserved VIP tables for 10 can be purchased for $1,200.00.  Reservations can be secured by calling 239.343.6950.

 

 

 

This year’s beneficiary, The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida

, is the only comprehensive child health care facility between Tampa and Miami, and is home to the region’s only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).  Event proceeds will support the campaign to build a new, child-centric, state-of-the-art hospital at the Lee Memorial HealthPark campus in Fort Myers.

 

 

 

 

Third Street South, the birthplace of Old Naples, offers sophisticated

original shops, galleries and restaurants courtyards, antique European fountains, and lush, colorful cascading flowers. Integral to the community since its earliest days,

Third Street South

remains the center of Naples today.

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MATLACHA January 10, 2011

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Light Up the Matlacha Night. Local Artist establishes fund to light up the little historic village of Matlacha.        Matlacha January 10, 2011 — Leoma Lovegrove spends a considerable amount of time in the spot light, creating artwork in her popular Painting Out Loud performances. Now she wants to share some of her light with the rest of Matlacha. Lovegrove has recycled boards from historic Matlacha ranging in length from 18 inches to nearly five feet. Each board is emblazoned with the name Matlacha. She will sell them during this Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s “Creative Coast Weekend” with a portion of sales going into a fund to add to the street lighting in Matlacha. The fund is corrently being set up with a local island bank. Lovegrove hopes that other businesses and residents will contribute, too. She is working with Lee County officials to firm up details. “I want our little artistic fishing village to be more pedestrian friendly during the evening. Lights would solve the problem but they are expensive. I want to start the “Light Up Matlacha Fund” with some seed money from the boards I have painted.” About Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens: Leoma Lovegrove and her husband Michael J. Silberg opened the gallery in 1996. The little gallery that showcases her art has gained national and international attention since it began. After the net ban went into effect in the mid 90’s the town needed a new industry and art has brought  much needed tourism dollars to the area. For more information contact Leoma Lovegrove at 239-822-4109