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 "Love Me Tender"original 46" x 68" SOLD |
Leoma Lovegrove (aka: Pine Island's Painting Princess)is the product of a middle America upbringing, but her artistic reach extends worldwide. Currently making her home in Southwest Florida where she owns and operates Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens, she has been instrumental in encouraging tourism to the region with her colorful depictions of local creatures and scenes. Her work is represented throughout the United States. In Georgia, her portrait of Jimmy Carter hangs in his Presidential Library in Atlanta. President George W. Bush was presented with a patriotic canvas on the second anniversary of 9-11 in Washington, DC. In Texas, she visited church sanctuaries for what she terms "Passion Painting," powerful portraits of Christ she paints right in front of a congregation with the sacred music of worship as her inspiration. Lovegrove’s artwork has also graced the windows at Rockefeller Center in New York City and the penthouse of the Sears Tower in Chicago. In 2007, she will be featured at the Don Drumm Galleries in Akron, Ohio. Lovegrove's traveling Exhibition of the Thomas Edison Family is scheduled to start touring museums late 2008.
Internationally, Lovegrove was commissioned to paint a portrait of Richard Branson for the Virgin Airlines Headquarters in London. Her Beatles Series drew the attention of the City of Liverpool. To commemorate the unification of East and West Germany, Lovegrove’s work Focused was presented to the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Eva Alexandra Countess Kendeffy. A graduate of the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, FL. Lovegrove recharges her artistic batteries each spring by painting in Europe with her husband, author Michael J. Silberg. |
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| Lovegrove Gallery & Gardens * P.O. Box 367 * Matlacha, FL 33993 * 239-282-1244
For additional information: Email: leoma@leomalovegrove.com |