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In The Arts 19 Ponte Vedra Recorder · October 15, 2015 Arts documentation of detail,” Rose said. “I am so pleased when people share their sense of peace when they view my paintings.” Her exhibit, Painting a Poetic Vision, is on display through Oct. 23 and during HipHarp for the Arts, Saturday evening Oct. 17 at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall. Tickets are still available for that event and a portion of painting sales will benefit the Center’s Music Therapy Outreach Program. “The Cultural Center is a real gem in the community with outstanding workshops, classes, programs and cultural events,” said Rose. “I am delighted to help support their efforts and the enjoyment of the art.” Learn more by visiting her web site www.karenfrose.com. Continued from 18 Photo provided by Tim Ellis Chapel concerts by the Beaches Museum are presented in the historic 1880s chapel located in the Museum Park. The intimate venue has just 120 seats. History Park is located at 381 Beach Blvd. in Jacksonville Beach. To purchase tickets, visit the Beaches Museum website at www.BeachesMuseum.org. For more information, contact the Beaches Museum at [phone]. Artist Karen F. Rose paints poetic vision at Concert Hall A new artist in the Ponte Vedra Beach community, Karen F. Rose, has been invited to exhibit twelve of her original oil paintings at the Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in the new Cultural Center Annex Gallery. Having lived most of her life in Michigan and Connecticut, Rose says she is inspired by the “golden hours” of dawn and twilight seen while painting plein air on the Ponte Vedra Beach or from her artist studio windows. In her oil painting, she uses a series of transparent glazes to produce a canvas quality that has a luminosity and glow. Her use of lost and found edges help express the beauty of ephemeral light. “My paintings are more about spirituality and mood of place than a · · · · Office & residential cleaning Vacation rentals Janitorial services Affordable and dependable Lewis Champion, III Owner C: [phone] [email protected] Photo provided by Vic DiGenti St. Augustine’s Rosamond Parrish will be the featured speaker at the Oct. 19 Book Talk Cafe Program. Rosamund will present information about her book, Lincolnville: A Sketchbook Journal of St. Augustine’s Historic Neighborhood. drawings, the early history of Lincolnville is captured in well-researched descriptions, from the early Indian settlement, to the Spanish encampments, the Minorcan Orange groves, the golden era of Henry Flagler’s hotels, to Martin Luther King’s stay as the Civil Rights Act became law. Begun by freed black slaves who first called it “Africa,” Lincolnville is filled with Victorian, vernacular and bungalow homes set on wide marshes. The many masterful and sensitive illustrations bring to life the lovely gardens, streets lined with live oaks and historic Civil Rights markers. A Florida resident since 1961, Rosamond Parrish is a graduate of Auburn University, with post-graduate studies at the National University of Mexico, Mexico City, the University of Hawaii, Flagler College and the University of North Florida. She studied with legendary instructor Edgar Whitney. Parrish is a Signature Life member of the Florida Watercolor Society since 1972 , and the Founder of the Jacksonville Watercolor Society (1982) . She has served as a Board Member of the St. Augustine Art Association and the Florida Watercolor Society. Book Talk Café is sponsored by the Friends of the Ponte Vedra Library, and offers refreshments as well as the opportunity to purchase the author’s book. The presentation is free and open to the public. Editor shares lessons learned at Oct. 24 FWA meeting St. Augustine’s Lincolnville spotlighted at Book Talk Café Award-winning artist and travel writer Rosamond Parrish captured one of St. Augustine’s most colorful and historic neighborhoods through her paintings and drawings. She’ll present a visual presentation of her book, Lincolnville: A Sketchbook Journal of St. Augustine’s Historic Neighborhood, at the Oct. 19 Book Talk Café program, 6:30 p.m. at the Ponte Vedra Library. The book is filled with over 100 watercolors of homes, marsh views and scenes from the historic neighborhood. Beyond the beguiling paintings and Provided by Vic DiGenti Editor Kimberly Smith The difference between a polished manuscript and one that requires more work often lies in the editing process. Too many writers rush their books into publication without the guiding hand of a professional editor. Kimberly Smith will help educate writers in her workshop, “Confessions of a Freelance Editor: Lessons I’ve Learned that Could Save You Time and Money,” on Saturday, Oct. 24, 10:30 a.m. at the Ponte Vedra Library as part of FWA’s Ponte Vedra Writers group. According to Smith, this is “…a problem/solution-oriented workshop that educates writers on levels of editing, the editor/writer relationship, and ways to save time and money in the editing process.” She said worksh