Portraits from a Stolen Past at Art Ovation Hotel Studio

Arts & Culture

Pictured: Sag Harbor by Gary LaParl. Photo courtesy of www.GaryLaParl.com.

Bradenton resident Gary LaParl will be the artist in residence at Art Ovation Hotel, August 15-21, 1255 N. Palm Ave in Sarasota. LaParl will be in Art Ovation’s lobby studio, 4-8 p.m. daily, with a public reception on Friday, August 18, 5-7 p.m. His exhibit, “Portraits from a Stolen Past,” features oil paintings and mixed-media oil collage works based on vintage portraits.  An area of the Art Ovation wall space will be devoted to a series of portraits of Sarasota performance artists, including Jeffery Kin, executive director of Sarasota Rising, Leymis Wilmott, artistic director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, and Alex Pelletier, a graduate of the FSU/Asolo Conservatory and area actor.

Pictured: Sag Harbor by Gary LaParl. Photo courtesy of www.GaryLaParl.com.

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