If you go by the Gavlak Gallery at the Royal Poinciana Plaza, there is a painting that you should look at very closely.
The work, on view through June 5, is titled “Love in the Time of Corona'' by Brooklyn-based artist Marc Dennis. It shows dozens of messages on colorful Post-it like notes, each one haphazardly placed on a paint-splattered canvas.
Only up close can viewers see that the notes and the canvas are a clever illusion. They're paintings within a painting.
The notes are real messages Dennis received on social media throughout the COVID-19 pandemic from people commenting about his work. Wanting to portray them as real as possible prompted him to leave even the spelling errors, Dennis said.