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Letty Nowak and Eric Anfinson at Anfinson's current Blue Guitar Exhibition at Fleming Street Gallery in Key West, FL

To add to our Key West artist news series, Nowak recently attended the opening reception of friend and fellow artist, Eric Anfinson at Fleming Street Gallery. Anfinson and Nowak have worked closely together throughout the years. They shared a work space from 2005-2007 at Nowak's Lemonade Stand Art Studio in Bahama Village, Key West. Nowak also painted Anfinson for her Faces of Key West IV exhibition ( http://www.lettynowak.com/faces/C6 The portrait of Eric is the 2nd in on the 2nd row ). The two also still meet frequently throughout the year to discuss work and ideas. Anfinson has become known for his oil on canvas figurative paintings. Key West has not only embedded him in it's art scene, but he also has had several exhibitions along the East Coast of the US since his time at the Lemonade Stand. Anfinson has had impressive success at this exhibition and there is still time to view the work. It will be on display through January 26th at 830 Fleming Street.

Nowak and Rick Worth

Happy New Year from Key West, Florida, Nowak's second home since 2001. Over the next couple of weeks we will be highlighting on a few of Nowak's local artist friends, and visiting some of their studios and exhibitions. This idea came to mind once Letty ran into artist Rick Worth on the Westin Marina Boardwalk near the Fury Surf Shack. Worth has been painting in Key West since the 1990's. His murals, painted cars, works on aluminum shingles, and canvas can be found throughout the tiny streets of the island. Nowak first met Rick when she painted him for the Faces of Key West I (to see painting visit: http://www.lettynowak.com/faces/C3 Rick's portrait is fourth from the bottom). They then went on to work together in Nowak's Lemonade Stand Art Studio Lock-In Exhibitions for several years. Nowak asked Rick where he is currently showing as they caught up on the docks, he responded with "The streets are my canvas."

Brian with an early morning cup of coffee preparing the paintings to travel to Costa Mesa

Thank you to Brian Roy for flying out to California from Key West. He literally flew in two days before the Hurley Town Hall exhibition, helped me package up the paintings, framed work, picked up already collected paintings and took them to the gallery, came for an hour of the opening reception and then had to fly back to Key West to exhibit his Key West Vertical Garden walls the following day.

My sister, Lindy Nowak and I with Donavon Frankenreiter - Photo by Marius Venter

After the Faces of Surfing Debut at Hurley a few of my Florida crew and I went to Salt Creek for the Donavon concert and Billabong Cosmic Creek Surf Contest. It was a good, relaxing, celebration of a day after the big opening night. A few weeks prior I photographed Donavon in Kauai for the Faces of Surfing II. I am hoping to start his painting after the Holidays. It's pretty cool all of this support I've been getting.
-Letty

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