The National League of American Pen Women, which I'm president of now for nine years, kicks off the new art season with an exhibit at the Plunge Beach Resort in Lauderdale by the Sea. We hung the exhibit Saturday, and if I say so myself it's quite stunning. Art works from internationally awarded women artist, including watercolor, acrylic, pastels, mosaic, photography are on display (and, available to purchase).

Hope you can join the opening reception, this Saturday, October 11th, 6:30-8:00pm.
​4660 El Mar Drive, Lauderdale By The Sea, FL 33308

Pictured Above: L - R: From the 12 x 12 Collection - Blue Night Over Ballybunion, Louie, New Day

You're invited to the Opening Reception of the Bonnet House September-November Fine Artists Exhibit! "New Day" 8x12 on metal will be there along with me :) It will be Wednesday, September 10th from 4-6pm in the Gallery. They will have complimentary light bites on the veranda along with beer, wine, soda, and water. And, new with this exhibit, there will be a friendly "People's Choice" competition with a prize! Reception attendees will be able to vote for their favorite piece, and the winner will be announce at the end of the reception. 

When: September 10th from 4-6pm
Where: Bonnet House Museum and Gardens, 900 North Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33304 

Excited to share that the two works above have been invited to be included in the "Art on BRiC Walls 2025 Perspective: Beyond the Surface," a Boca Raton Museum of Art Juried Exhibition in Association with the City of Boca Raton and CP Group. The show runs through September 2026.

Hope you can join the opening reception. Here are the details:
When: Monday, September 29 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Where: Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), 4950 Communication Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Pictured: Top - Summer Solstice, 18 x 36 inches; Bottom - First Flight, 20 x 30 inches


 

“As an environmental photographer my goal is to capture the “it” moment, the “decisive moment” in nature, touching viewers deeply. Each photograph reflects the feelings I experience, arrested by the fragile beauty and wonder that is nature expressed by its light, colors, textures, structures and patterns. Ultimately, it is my intent to raise awareness of endangered and threatened habitats and species that we stand to lose in the natural world if we are not careful.”
~Phoenix
 
For me, every time I step out into nature, I feel myself drawn into the spaces in-between. These are the moments in time when I seem to shift internally from doing to being. It’s unconscious. Something in nature draws my attention… that golden sunrise waterscape, blazing sunset landscape, majestic bird-in-flight, animal’s eye connecting with me, the Milky Way over a mountain ridge and more that will never be re-created. I pause. The world seems to stop and I flow into another place, dimension, a transcendent space, that space in-between. This space seems to move me from mentally taking photographs to intuitively being one with my subject suspended in awe and wonder. I’ve moved from the outer space -- physically, mentally and technically of preparing equipment and gear, planning, visualizing, traveling and even adjusting camera settings -- to the inner space of being present to what is. It is a meditative moment. It is here that I see, feel, intuit and am one in the flow. It is here that I’m guided how, what and where to see the soul of my subject through my camera’s lens. It is here that the magic happens.
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Just for that sliver of time, for that precious moment, I unconsciously slip into that space in-between seeing, feeling, responding with new eyes from an awakened soul. These are the moments and photographs that take my breath away, freeze time and touch my heart. These are the moments I share to evoke a feeling, touch the viewer from the outside-in bringing a sense of awe, peace, healing, oneness, upliftment, inspiration and often a heightened sense of knowing and even insight. These are the images shared in this exhibition, The Spaces In-Between. 

Pictured Above: Alaskan Sunrise, 24x36" (newest piece exhibited this year)

"Burrowing Owl" was accepted into the current Bonnet House Fine Artist Members exhibit. The exhibit runs through Monday, June 30, 2025. Love spending time with these amazing, tiny owls, all 6 - 8 inches tall. This one is guarding the nest which is in a burrow at a recreational park. I actually took the shot laying down on the ground some 10-12 feet away from it.

Connect with me if interested or purchase at Bonnet House. 900 N Birch Rd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (954) 563-5393.