Florida Artist, Sixth Generation at Indian Rocks Beach
Mary Rose paints en plein air On a bright sandy beach a curving path leads through sea grapes in blossom to the porch of this 1950's cottage. Blue grass music is softly playing and a warm southern welcome awaits. We have arrived at the home of a sixth generation Floridian, Mary Rose Holmes, a professional artist. This 1,200 square foot cottage she shares with her husband Dwight Holmes, an architect. Tea is offered in the warm southern hospitality and grace which radiates throughout the home. Mary Rose paints quickly to capture the ever changing light The decor echoes the colours of the Gulf of Mexico's ever changing water. The painting on the wall are part of the Algenon Speer Highwaymen Collection. Speer, Mary Rose's father purchased the paintings directly from the Highwaymen artists by the roadside on his regular trips from Sanford to Fort Pierce in the 1950's. Sunset over Indian Rocks Beach - perhaps a green flash tonight Fri...