Painting

The Cape Coral Art Center is featuring a retrospective exhibition of works by Pine Island-based painter Zan Lombardo titled “Larger Than Life Watercolors” in reference to the large-scale watercolor scrolls that Lombardo is perhaps best known for. We’ll have an encore presentation of our recent conversation with Lombardo about her unique artistic practice, what inspires her paintings, and the evolution of her work over time.

Roland Ruocco is a studio artist, but he’s best known for the dozens of murals he’s painted across Southwest Florida. Wendy White is an abstract impressionist painter, but she’s renowned for her award-winning short film “Roses Are Blind” and one-woman play, “The Jewish Nun,” performed Off-Broadway and internationally. Their September show, “Counterparts,” at DAAS CO-OP features their studio work.

Like the Greek goddess Thetis, artist Cat Tesla found healing and rejuvenation in water. Following surgery for early-stage breast cancer, Tesla told her husband she wanted to go to the water. They ended up in Florida, where she began painting large color field abstractions that became part of her nature-based “Exhale” collection. Examples of that work, along with a second series that originated during the pandemic, are on view through July 31 at Art Center Sarasota in her “Living by the Water” exhibition.

100 years ago, the glamorous and opulent styles of Art Deco made its way across the pond and into the American art scene. One of the most prominent artists of that time was Tamara De Lempicka.

The Foulds Theatre Gallery at the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers is showcasing an exhibition of works by Southwest Florida-based artist and painting instructor Terry Lynn Spry. We talk with the artist about works in the exhibition, her creative process, and approach to arts education.

There are over 28,000 Floridians experiencing homelessness. That number comes from the 2025 Point-in-Time, or PIT, Count conducted by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Naples artist Lynda Fay Braun has made a career imposing spiritual order on nature’s chaos. Her paintings in this year’s Naples Invitational reflect her signature meditative depth.

Vincent Van Gogh died having only sold one of his paintings. His vibrant colors and interpretations revolutionized art and helped establish the painter as one of the most original creationists.

Naples Botanical Garden spent a year transforming a previously inaccessible portion of its property into an exhibition running through the summer that captures the essence of La Casa Azul, the residence of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, who not only inspired of generation of artists but is a role model for norm-defying women.

A new group exhibition titled, “Abstracted” is coming to the Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center in downtown Fort Myers in August. The show features abstract…