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From Nantucket to Lahaina JULY 23, 2024 - OCTOBER 27, 2024
A Fifty-Year Journey of Painter Paul Arsenault
FROM NANTUCKET TO LAHAINA
A Fifty-Year Journey of Painter Paul Arsenault
Highfield Hall and Gardens, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
JULY 23, 2024 - OCTOBER 27,
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JULY 23, 2024 - OCTOBER 27,
Coastal Trade BOUNTY, BOOTY, AND BOATS OF THE GULF AND GLADES FROM NAPLES TO KEY WEST
Coastal Trade BOUNTY, BOOTY, AND BOATS OF THE GULF AND GLADES FROM NAPLES TO KEY WEST
COASTAL TRADE includes not only paintings that represent the pioneer days of southwest Florida’s maritime trading networks,
but folk art, posters, and artifacts that relate to this heritage.
Arsenault’s paintings include fish houses in Naples and Isles of Capri, markets and general stores in Key West, clam canneries on Marco Island, and trading posts in the Everglades that were used by pioneers and Seminole Indians. Vessels that plied the Gulf catching fish, making deliveries, and transferring merchandise and passengers, such as the “Ina” and the “Bertie Lee” are represented in the exhibit, as is the replica of a pirate ship based in Key West that was the floating home office of treasure salvor Mel Fisher in the 1970s.
There are also images of homesteads of some of the early growers and notorious characters whose produce was sailed, poled, or rowed to market from deep in the Everglades. That Arsenault had the opportunity to meet some of the remarkable old-timers with deep roots in this area makes the exhibit particularly interesting.
See all Exhibition Paintings Arsenault’s paintings include fish houses in Naples and Isles of Capri, markets and general stores in Key West, clam canneries on Marco Island, and trading posts in the Everglades that were used by pioneers and Seminole Indians. Vessels that plied the Gulf catching fish, making deliveries, and transferring merchandise and passengers, such as the “Ina” and the “Bertie Lee” are represented in the exhibit, as is the replica of a pirate ship based in Key West that was the floating home office of treasure salvor Mel Fisher in the 1970s.
There are also images of homesteads of some of the early growers and notorious characters whose produce was sailed, poled, or rowed to market from deep in the Everglades. That Arsenault had the opportunity to meet some of the remarkable old-timers with deep roots in this area makes the exhibit particularly interesting.
PAUL ARSENAULT MUSEUM SHOWS: Heritage & Harvest
PAUL ARSENAULT MUSEUM SHOWS: Heritage & Harvest
For over 44 years Paul Arsenault has devoted his painting to the places and events that visually speak to southwest Florida's history.
The painted stories in this exhibition explore the heartland of Florida and its transition over 150 years from a raw wilderness inhabited by the Seminole and hardy pioneers into a vibrant, multicultural agricultural core.
See all Exhibition Paintings The painted stories in this exhibition explore the heartland of Florida and its transition over 150 years from a raw wilderness inhabited by the Seminole and hardy pioneers into a vibrant, multicultural agricultural core.
Black History Paintings
Black History Paintings
With nearly 50 years based in Naples painting the community, locally and regionally, I can say with certainty that Naples, as a city with immense privilege and stature and with an international appeal sadly lacks a venue to exhibit the history and contributions of the black population. The transformation of the baggage car at the Naples Depot into a black history museum presents a tremendous opportunity to rectify this glaring shortcoming, and in a location that already is devoted to telling the story of Naples.
- Paul Arsenault
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