This is where we display a history of artwork we have created and sold or gifted

Sunset on the Beach by Virginia

3-D effect with real & and seashells

Sandhills at Sunset by Virginia

Displayed in the STAAA Fantastic Florida exhibit

Undersea Sentry by Virginia

Octopus's Garden in a Cave by Virginia 24x18 acrylic

Sea turtles (painted on rain barrel) by Charles

Lighthouse and Rough Seas collaborative effort by Charles and Virginia circa 2015

diptych set

Sandhill Crane Family by Charles

Colorful Fish  by Virginia

Cathedral (Saint Augustine) by Virginia oil

Displayed in STAAA Spring Members Show

Saint Augustine Cathedral circa 1900 by Virginia16x20 oil

Beached Rowboat by Virginia 13x10 watercolor

Bridge of Lions (Saint Augustine) by Virginia watercolor

Displayed in STAAA Here and There exhibit

Florida Morning by Virginia watercolor

My Friend, Me and the Sea by Virginia watercolor

Peaceful Dock by Virginia watercolor

Saint Augustine Marina by Virginia watercolor

USS Bonhomme Richard by Charles watercolor

Bonhomme Richard  (Frigate)  1779

(Frigate: tonnage 998; length 152'; beam 40'; depth 19'; complement 375; armament 28 12-pounder smoothbores, 6 18-pounder smoothbores, 6 9-pounder smoothbores). Duc de Duras, a French merchant vessel built in 1766 by the French East India Company (La Compagnie des Indes), spent the first 13 years of her life uneventfully, ferrying cargo between Paris and the East Indies.  During the American Revolution, Louis XVI, King of France, bought the Indiaman from Monsieur Berard and gave it to Capt. John Paul Jones of the Continental Navy for use against Britain.  Jones renamed her in honor of Benjamin Franklin, his friend and patron. Franklin’s famous work, Poor Richard’s Almanac, had become a bestseller in France under the title Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard. The naval ensign shown at the stern is correct for the period.

Duval Street, Key West by Virginia 18x12 watercolor

Ambush at Twelve Mile Swamp (St. Augustine) by Virginia 24x18 acrylic

Twelve-Mile Swamp, named for its distance from St. Augustine, is a forbidding area of cypress bogs and palmetto thickets. Through this wilderness on the evening of 11 September 1812, passed a column of 20 Marines and Georgia militiamen, led by Marine Captain John Williams, a 47-year-old Virginian. His mission was to escort a pair of supply wagons from the main camp of the Patriot Army near St. Augustine to the blockhouse on Davis Creek, about 22 miles. Williams and his detachment had come to East Florida to join an expedition intent on annexing the Spanish province, out of fears that the British would use Florida as an advance base for an invasion, and that escaped slaves would inspire insurrection in the southern states. The Marines were uneasy as they eyed the surrounding thickets. Bands of armed Seminole Indians and runaway slaves were active in the area. Anxious to reach Davis Creek before sunset, they hurried the supply wagons through the swamp as twilight deepened. Suddenly, the woods along the trail erupted with a blaze of musket fire as a large band of Indians and blacks fired a pointblank volley into the column. Williams, his sergeant, and the lead team of horses are downed by the first shots. Williams' Marines took up defensive positions along the trail and returned fire. The badly wounded Captain Williams watched as Captain Tomlinson Fort took over command, exhorting the troops to continue the fight until the last cartridge. At length, he too was wounded and ordered a retreat further into the swamp. As the fighting ended, the enemy band destroyed one wagon and drove the other off. Part of the detachment made its way to the blockhouse, while Williams hid himself among the palmetto thickets. The next morning, a rescue force found the Marine captain, left arm and right leg broken, and his right arm, left leg, and abdomen pierced by musket fire. Searching further, they found six more wounded in the brush, in addition to Williams' sergeant, stripped and scalped. “You may expect,” Williams wrote four days later, “that I am in a dreadful situation, tho' I yet hope I shall recover in a few months.” Williams died on 29 September. The ambush in Twelve-Mile Swamp and Marine Captain John Williams' subsequent death brought an end to an ill-conceived American scheme to annex Spanish East Florida by force.

Bridge of Lions by Charles 12x9 acrylic

The Bridge of Lions spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, FL. It connects St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. It was declared "structurally deficient and functionally obsolete" in 1999. A restoration plan was approved costing an estimated $77M, and projected to require five years to complete. Prior to the Bridge of Lions in 1925, there was a wooden bridge called, "The Bridge to Anastasia Island". It was built in 1895. After a major renovation in 1904 it could accommodate a trolley, but had no movable opening for ship traffic, and charged a toll for transit. The old bridge frequently broke down. Henry Rodenbaugh, the "Father of the Bridge of Lions", organized the construction of the new bridge. It was designed not merely to carry cars, but to be a work of art. Now it is one of Florida’s greatest landmarks. From its earliest days, it was hailed as "The Most Beautiful Bridge in Dixie." It has long been a symbol of the nation's oldest city. It gets its name from two marble Medici lions statues that are copies of those found in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. The Medici lions are also known for the copies placed in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace of Madrid.