I wrote this on the Star Fish Company Restaurant and Market Dock in 2006...

I have a few stories on "How I Started" painting about 2 decades ago. This boat rescued from a salvage yard is one version. It is the first "sign" I ever painted. I painted it by hand with the only tiny paintbrush I had. One hand on the side as I stood and sat in a dinghy I moved with the other hand. People of the shore around Cortez and Bradenton Beach when to sleep and woke up to a rainbow colored boat that ended up in quite a few photos and vacations. The reflection on

Night came at Cortez like a slammed screen door, and Hurricane Milton did not knock politely. Wind worried the pilings, water shouldered into places it had not been invited, and the Florida Gulf Coast learned again that the sea, for all her pearly manners at sunset, can rise up with a scholar’s argument and a mule’s kick. Folks called it a “100-year storm,” which sounds tidy on paper, but there was nothing tidy about it. On the back dock of Star Fish Company, where salt air u

Details below images. So many details! Location of Tropic Isles Co-Op to Anna Maria Island. See below a list of notable Florida places located easy drives from Palmetto, Florida. Tropic Isles Co-Op in context of Terra Ceia Bay, Intracoastal, and Manatee River. Close up on 62 Terra Ceia and proximity to walkable peninsula, marina area, and amazing sunsets. Satellite view showing proximity to travel around 62Terra Ceia Palmetto, Florida. Nestled in the heart of Palmetto, Florid