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The most striking painting in Paul Emory’s new collection, on view in the Sharon Weiss Gallery in the Short North, is “Old Town Toaster,” a huge picture of a metal toaster with a slice of bread popping out the top and buildings of downtown Zanesville, the artist’s home, reflected in the appliance’s shiny surface.
In addition to being fun and whimsical, the painting encapsulates the style of the 62-year-old artist who has been making art since he was a boy. Emory enjoys taking figures and scenes from real life and bending them to fit his expressionistic vision. In his artist statement, he writes that he “paints places he has never been and people he has never met.”
Historic landmark The Pink Castle to host charity event May 1
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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty s listing at 16 May St., known as The Pink Castle, will be showcased in a special charitable event next month highlighting the home’s historical significance. The Mysteries of the Pink Castle takes place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, and includes a tour, lecture, concert and book signing.
Built in 1922, The Pink Castle was designed by sculptor C. Adrian Pillars as his own home and studio. Pillars lived in St. Augustine from about 1919 to 1932 before teaching at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota. Pillar’s most famous work is the statue of Winged Victory in Jacksonville’s Memorial Park. The sculpture of a bronze winged youth rising above a globe is entitled Life, which is also the name of a new biography by historian and author, Dr. Wayne Wood.
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REAL HISTORY by Jeff LaHurd: The final years of John Ringling
The real estate bust of the 1920s started the demise of John Ringling, the man synonymous with Sarasota
Jeff LaHurd
For all that John Ringling did for America in general and Sarasota in particular, one would have wished for him that his final days would have allowed him a peaceful retirement to enjoy the fruits of his labors.
It was not to be. The last few years of his life was a constant struggle, battling forces that were more than he (or anyone else) could contend with.