Florida is my native home. After growing up in Miami I lived for four wonderful years in Caribou Maine beginning my formal education in fine art at the University of Maine at Presque Isle. I relocated to Richmond Virginia to attend Virginia Commonwealth University School of Fine Art where I received my B.F.A in Painting and Printmaking.Later,I returned to South Florida to live and work full time on my art.
My paintings are my poetry. They are inspired by grace found in the natural world and by the reverence inherent in the sanctuary of peace. I take refuge in the making of my art...it's my intention to create for the viewer a connection to that place where dreams live and poets speak.
Peace to you.
The Mermaid Prints
The story of a dream I'm told,
Of sailors from the times of old.
The mermaids stories would unfold,
The mermaid prints were made of gold.
A ship at sea,the mermaid sees,
The fog rolls in and takes the breeze,
It's perfect for the mermaid tease.
The mermaid prints are sure to please.
A sailor sees the mermaids trail,
He strains to see some more detail.
The mermaid marks another male,
The mermaid prints on every sail.
Throughout the tales of maritime,
The mermaids lured the sailors prime.
The sailors heard the mermaids chime,
The mermaid prints another rhyme.
On ships they sing the mermaids song,
The mermaid dreams of sailors strong.
The mermaids here and then shes gone,
The mermaid prints her whole life long.
Were all part of the mermaids scheme,
When fog rolls in a steady stream,
The mermaids prints are all supreme,
The sailors prints the mermaids dream.
Some years go by without a glimpse,
"The mermaids gone,"a sailor hints,
"Perhaps we haven't seen her since,
She's finally found her mermaid prints".
-Ted Thayer 2005
'Women and the Sea' by Claire Murray
A new and over sized coffee table book
featuring the work of Christina P Wyatt. Claire Murray's new book portrays the lives of 16 women from a round the world. Artist,crafters,sailors,entrepreneurs and designers...each whose inspiration is born from their deep love for the sea.
Sanibel Fall Arts Festival
Boca Grande Art & Wine Festival
The Mermaid As Inspiration
Growing up in and around Florida instilled in me a deep appreciation for the oceans wondrous and strange watery world. The powerful rush of waves crashing and swirling across coral rock jetty's would flood my mind with imaginative thoughts of unbridled freedom and adventure found far beneath the oceans surface. The mermaid lives in that world and is as ageless as the songs of the sea that live in the hearts of those who listen. The haunting voice of the mermaid intoxicates and mesmerizes as she sings to those true hearts.Symbolizing romance, seduction, freedom and rebellion mermaids have inspired the hearts of poets and painters for centuries.The Florida mermaid inspires as do mermaids everywhere.
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"I must go down to the sea again,to the lonely sea and sky;all I ask for is a tall ship and a star to steer her by."
Florida is my native home. After growing up in Miami I lived for four wonderful years in Caribou Maine beginning my formal education in fine art at the University of Maine at 