Beach Living with an eye for art and Biennales

Beautiful Indian Rocks Beach - triptych painting: Helen Mary Rose and Violetta
The weather here at Indian Rocks Beach has been absolutely spectacular.  The jasmine is blooming everywhere and the perfume is intoxicating.  I wish there was a way to convey the scent of perfume in a post.
Beachfront 810 painting by Helen Tilston


Mary Rose Holmes
Key West Cottages, IRB


Violetta taking a well deserved break from her 18 x 24 ptg
Violetta commencing a landscape painting
Garden in Bloom at Pass-A-Grille, Fl



Our friends Sid and Sue are here for a short break from NY and as usual we like to "catch up" over dinner. Ron, Violetta, Dwight, Mary Rose, Mike and Helen, together with Sid and Sue booked a table at Tapas Restaurant.  To our delight, Tapas Restaurant  had Esther, Spanish dancer and her incredibly talented husband who plays framenco guitar.  We were entertained royally by this spectacular, world class duo.  Dinner was delightful and the entertainment was better than any we have seen in Spain.
Viva Espagna!
Flamenco dancer Esther performing outdoors at Tapas

Mary Rose enjoyed the wonderful guitar music

Thanks Sid Blatt for taking this picture
of Mary Rose, Helen, Violetta and Esther
Violetta and Esther discuss art and dance

Esther teaches dance in her studio in Tampa. She is a master dancer and has danced at the invitational juried Biennale in Seville.
We chatted and shared that we had exhibited at the juried and invitational  Biennale in Firenze.
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