Meet The Artists

Loran F. Wilford, Sarasota. Oil on canvas, 34 by 39 and 1/2 inches, signed lower right, L. F. Wilford. Scott Schlesinger Collection. Loran Wilford was born in Wamego, Kansas in…

Charlotte Kellner, Hollywood. Fiesta Tropicale, Hollywood, Florida circa 1950. Oil on board, 29 by 39 inches. Signed lower right, inscribed on back Fiesta Tropicale. Scott Schlesinger collection.  A native of…

  Elizabeth Patton, Hollywood, Miami, Largo. Watercolor, 11 by 15 inches, sight. From the collection of Philip Wenthe.  A licensed pilot and a WASP trainee during World War II, Elizabeth…

  Charles G. Blake, St. Petersburg. Central Yacht Basin, St. Petersburg, Florida 1933, watercolor, sight 7 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches. Born in Devonshire, England in 1866, Charles Blake immigrated…

  Orr, C.S and R.G. Watercolor, 4 and one quarter by 13 inches, signed lower left, ORR. The Orr’s, from Springdale, Pennsylvania, were artists who visited Florida in the late…

  Wilfrid Berg, Sarasota. Sarasota Army Airfield 1942, watercolor 14 by 15 inches. Estate label on back. Wilfrid Berg was a Muskegon, Michigan artist who enlisted in the United States…

Mayme Leonetti, Tampa. Oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches, signed lower right Mayme Leonetti. Raised and educated in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Mayme Sellers was executive secretary of the Association…

  Edith Roddy, Sarasota. Watercolor, 21.5 by 17.5 inches, signed lower right, Roddy. Edith Roddy grew up in Meadville, Pennsylvania at a time when the country was still mourning Abraham…

Mario Sanchez, Key West. A Red Mouth Yellow Grunt, carved oil on board 11 1/4 by 18 1/2 inches. Mario Sanchez was born and raised in the Key West. Self-taught…

Orlando V. Schubert, St. Petersburg. Florida or Bust, On to St. Petersburg, watercolor, 9 by 12 inches. Orlando Schubert was a Cleveland, Ohio artist who wintered in St. Petersburg. Famous…

  Edith Fairfax Davenport, Orlando, Zellwood. The Orange Industry in Florida, 1936, mural for the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, 10 by 12 feet. Edith Fairfax Davenport was a prominent figure…

   Elma A. Berner, Orlando. St. Johns River, Crew Landing, Rollins College, Winter Park, oil on canvas board, 9 by 12 inches, signed lower left Berner 40. Elma Berner moved…