Meet The Artists

Paul Laessle, Miami. Self Portrait, oil on canvas, 20 by 24 inches, with handwritten label on rear stretcher, self-portrait Paul Laessle, not for sale. Paul Laessle was the son of…

  Ethel Hutcheson Schlamp, Miami. Oil on canvas, 26 by 36 inches. Signed lower left Ethel Hutcheson Schlamp 1954, on back Ethel Schlamp, Miami, Fla. 1954. A native of Henderson,…

  Joe Selby, Miami. USS Atule, 1955. Oil on canvas, 14 by 24 inches. Signed lower right with stylized J Selby, 1955. * Meet Joe Selby by Alfred Frankel and…

  Alan Shaw, St. Petersburg. Morning Mist, oil on board, 22 by 28 inches. Signed lower left, Allan Shaw-34. Titled on back stretcher. Alan W. Shaw came to Florida in…

  Neva Byrd Sherman Graham, Tampa. Oil on canvas, 22 by 28 1/4 inches. Signed lower left Neva Byrd Sherman, 51. For more than 60 years Neva Byrd Sherman Graham’s…

  Emile A. Gruppe, Naples, Sarasota. Oil on canvas, 24 by 36 inches. Signed lower right Emile A. Gruppe, 1968. Scott Schlesinger Collection. Emile Gruppe was a noted American artist…

Walter, R. Locke, The Net-Mender 37. Etching, 8 1/2 by 10 inches. An enigmatic figure, Walter Locke had a studio on the Anclote River in Tarpon Springs from 1935 to his…

Loran F. Wilford, Sarasota. Newtown, 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,…

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…