Meet The Artists

Nunzio Vayana, Farm-House-in-Spuds-Florida, oil-on-board, 16 1/4 by 20 inches. Signed lower right with characteristic red paint.  In 1903 Nunzio Vayana immigrated to the United States from Italy, settling in Hartford,…

D Donald Blake, watercolor, 20 by 14 inches. Signed lower right, Donald Blake.  A Florida native, Donald Blake was born in Bushnell in 1889, moving to Tampa at the age…

  Eugene Massin, Guitar Player, 1953, lacquer on board, 48 by 48 inches. Signed dated upper right, E. Massin 53, exhibit label verso Charles Cowles Gallery 420 West Broadway, NYC…

  Ethel Hawkins McCarthy, Fatio House, oil on canvas, 16 by 19.75 inches. Identification tag on verso from St. Augustine Art Association with title. Educated at the New England Conservatory…

  Frances Childs, Holiday on Biscayne Bay, oil on board, 8 by 10 inches. Signed lower left, old label on verso.  In the winter of 1923 Frances Childs exhibited with…

  Phillip Sawyer, The Marine Way’s, Sunshine Lane, Tarpon Spring, Fla., oil on board, 12 by 14 inches. Exhibit label from Butler Art Institute, New Year Show, with title on…

Clara Stroud, Flamingo Lagoon, watercolor, 15.5 by 11.25 inches. Signed lower left.  Clara Stroud was a Herbertsville, New Jersey painter, teacher, designer, and writer. She, along with her mother, Ida…

Joseph B. Acken, Boathouse on the St. Johns River, oil on canvas,12 by 10 inches. Signed and titled verso. Joe Acken was a New York City architect and a partner…

Almond Hart Wentworth, St. Petersburg, Cowshed, 54th Avenue and 17 Street North, 1946, oil on board, 8.75 by 11.875, Signed lower right and titled, verso. Almond Hart Wentworth was thirty-two…

Charles A. Meurer, Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, oil on canvas on Masonite, 10.25 by 14.875 inches. Signed and dated 1924, lower right. Charles Meurer an internationally famous Cincinnati artist,…

    Martha Watson Sauer, Side Street, Key West, January 1939, watercolor, 13.5 by 18.5 inches with WPA, Florida Art Project exhibit label on verso. Signed lower left.  Martha Watson…

Jessie Aaron, Deer Head, carved red cedar, green plastic eyes, real applied antlers, 20 inches high. JJA drilled in back of head, “64” side of head.  Jessie Aaron was one…