Reflections II: Watercolors of Florida 1835-2000, from the Collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown November 13, 2011 - March 25, 2012
This important and ravishing exhibition sets the stage for the historic study and understanding of one hundred and sixty years of artistic creativity through the medium of watercolor within the state of Florida. Featured artists include John James Audubon, Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth, Laura Woodward and Thomas Moran.
Audubon's striking portrait, Florida Cormorant, showing the bird in sihouette perched on broken branches above a rippling waterway together with Laura Woodward's Royal Poinciana at Lake Worth, Florida, 1889 with its brilliant scarlet and green, are representative of the rich depth that can be achieved with the watercolor medium and contrasts well with the subtlety of Winslow Homer's study, Spanish Moss, Tampa Bay, FLA 1886 and Andrew Wyeth's The Landing Party on a deserted shore.
In Moran's Solitude, Fort George Island, the depth and variety of blues and greens encapsulates the dream-like quality of Florida's land and seascapes.
