Art Gumbo Gallery, Curators of “Something For Everyone” ask “Why not do something different”? Come down to the historic Fish House Art Center in Stuart to do your Holiday Shopping. There you will find Art Gumbo Gallery along with 9 other working artist studios in this unique Art Colony on the waterfront of the Manatee Pocket. After shopping, enjoy a glass of wine while taking in the glittering waterfront sights. The Rickie Report introduces Danuta’s Den Grand Opening Reception on November 21st, gives details of Special Sales beginning November 27th, Mistletoe Madness on December 4th & 5th, the Martin County Boat Parade plus Toys For Tots, and Art Wreath Auction!
Fish House Art Center
Art Colony
4745 SE DeSoto Avenue
Manatee Pocket, Port Salerno ( Stuart), FL
The Public Is invited:
Danuta’s Den Grand Opening
Public Reception:
Saturday, November 21st
5:30 – 8:30pm
Danuta’s Den offers individual and group classes, seminars and workshops in mixed media, acrylic, collage, sculpture, etching in an atmosphere where beginners as well as practiced artists will feel comfortable. Danuta excels in helping people feel spontaneous about their creativity. She teaches at the Elliot Museum and the Boys & Girls Club. She is a prolific artist in her own right and is eager to share her passion for creativity with individual students, groups and organizations.
From the age of eight in her native Poland, Danuta Rothschild delighted in drawing portraits of her classmates and teachers in pencil and chalks. Attending the Academy of Arts in Warsaw in 1969, Danuta rigorously developed a wide variety of techniques from watercolor and pastels to oils and sculpture. After settling in the United States in 1971, Danuta studied at Pierce College in Woodland Hills.
Danuta With “Angel” Sculpture
Photos Courtesy Danuta Rothschild’s website
Danuta with “Indian Images”
In the past 15 years Danuta’s works have been shown in museums in Poland, France, Bosnia, and the U.S. She was a prizewinner at the L.A. 1998 World Contemporary Art International. She exhibited in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Venice, Santa Barbara, and Laguna Beach galleries, appeared on TV shows in France and Poland, and was featured in several articles in magazines and press. Her paintings can be found in a myriad of different art books. Her work is found in prestigious private collections and institutions world wide.
“Van Gogh” Interpretations by Students
An artist of considerable breadth and stature, Danuta created a large number of series covering a wide variety of subjects. In her “Art About Art” series, she portrayed her favorite painters—Cezanne, Picasso, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and Modigliani—combining portraits with elements of their well-known works. Half homage, half subtle mischief, these whimsical paintings are perhaps more revealing of Danuta herself than the masters she reveres. Her “Indian Images” series, inspired by the American Southwest, shows powerful strokes and somber moods vividly focusing on the inherent character and isolation of the American Native.
Student Art Exhibit at Elliot Museum
Danuta’s social and political concerns are also expressed in “Storm of Madness,” reflecting a series of conflicts in the Middle East, paintings on America’s urban homeless, as well as “The Forgotten Children,” a project based on the plight of innocent victims of warfare and drought. The subjects of World War II and the Holocaust are close to Danuta’s heart, and led her to paint a cycle of truly haunting works. “Silence” pays tribute to the forgotten heroes and is a passionate statement on human suffering, underscored with anguish-filled faces and ghost-like figures, taking the observer on a dark and emotionally heart-wrenching journey.
Danuta Rothschild with her paintings
Photo Courtesy Michael Claren
Danuta’s more recent and less solemn interests include luminously rich and otherworldly landscapes, as well as portraits for which she is most widely known. Her ability to capture the scope of human experience—from the ominous to the magically affirming—is what makes her art so powerful. The brightly hued images of Danuta’s opus, including drawings, etchings, wall-sized portraits and sculpture, eclectically coexist amidst her studio bookshelves, photos, sketches, brushes and paint-boxes that portray an artist at work.
Contact Danuta Rothschild for more information:
Art Gumbo Gallery
Holiday Gift Table
November 27th – December 20th
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday – Sunday Noon – 6pm
Art Gumbo Gallery Offers a Wide Variety of Decorative and Functional Art as well as Wearable Art and Affordable Handmade Gifts
Art Gumbo Gallery is Martin County’s largest art gallery and is winner of “Favorite Art Gallery” for 2014 & 2015. You will find fine art by local artists, jewelry and giftware.
Our Holiday Gift Table awaits you November 27th – December 20th. Earn gold coins with each purchase. Then choose a free gift by spending gold coins you earn with each purchase!
Redeem Your Gold Coins At The Holiday Gift Table!
M I S T L E T O E MADNESS !!!!
Wreath Auction!!!!
Martin County Boat Parade !!!
Toys For Tots Collection!!
Friday and Saturday
December 4th and 5th
There will be holiday specials in all the studios!
On Friday Night, December 4th:
- Cocktail party and Toys for Tots collection.
- Come join us for holiday cheer at The Grove Dock Bar
- Bring an unwrapped toy.
- The artists hope to surpass the amount of Toys for Tots collected last year
- All toys go to Martin County families.
On Saturday Night, December 5th:
Martin County Boat Parade!
More About The
WREATH AUCTION
Also, for the 2nd year we will have our holiday and art wreath auction to benefit M.I.S.S (Mothers and Infants Striving for Success). Local artists and craftsmen will have wreaths on display beginning at Thanksgiving. Come bid on your favorite and help a local family and add a piece of original art to your holiday décor. Visit the Fish House for Mistle Toe Madness this year to listen to live music, buy handcrafted gifts and watch the Martin County Boat Parade.
Fish House Art Center:
The Fish House Art Center is home to 8 working artist studios that include Ceramics, Weaving, Wearable Art, Jewelry, Mosaics, Gifts and Fine Art. The studios will all have beautiful hand crafted items that are perfect for even the pickiest person on Santa’s list. Visit all the studio’s and be entered to win something special from each studio!
For more information:
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The Rickie Report
P.O.Box 33423
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33420
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