Last Posting of Leftovers From Florida - Moving On

This will be our last left-over-from-Florida newsletter. We have moved on, and hope each of you will follow us with your thoughts, communications and in person with a visit. Mi Casa Tu Casa. After nearly 30 years working in and loving the Everglades ecosystem and the art inspired by that unique environment and the powerful and de-voted individuals dedicating their lives to a robust, sustainable sub-tropical wetland unique in the US, we have adopted the mountain west as our home and our hope for the future. Connie was born and reared in this multicultural Land of Enchantment, and Nicholas has a New Mexico heart.

Guardians of the Everglades® has been closed. Our individual art and photography web sites remain open and active for direct sales for now. I identify myself now as an actor. Evolve with us.

We wish you peace and prosperity in the coming New Year and each one after. We wish you courage and strength to do your part, as we are doing ours, to maintain a habitable planet for our progeny. And to wish you the message of the season, whether Christian or not - peace on earth and goodwill toward all.

We conclude with some images and some contact points for both of us. Please keep in touch.

Nicholas and Connie

NicholasandConnie@gmail.com
ConnieBarrow42@gmail.com
NicholasPetrucci.com
ConnieBransilver.com
ConnieBarrowActor.com (coming soon)
Facebook: ConnieBarrowActor
Instagram: @ConnieBarrowActor
Twitter: @Connie_Barrow

Guardians of the Everglades Trailer (video).

The Rio Grande from a hot air balloon (video).

Bucket List Balloon Ride.

Summer at our casa in the Land of Enchantment.

Yellowstone National Park with Nicholas and Old Faithful.

Montana, somewhere, from cousins’ home.

Los Ranchos, somewhere, at another cousin’s home.

Our acequias, life of the community.

Like a look back at my roots; like Casey.

This is one way up to Sandia Crest.

Thanksgiving Day Feast.

Casa Cacatua in the snow, Thanksgiving Day.

The model, Bud E. Cockatoo Bird, inside of course.

My fellow actors in my first full length feature movie, with lines and all. Lady of Guadalupe, scheduled for release summer 2020.

Actors have to have head shots.

Africa - Kunjani & Art Alive

AFRICA IN HIS BLOOD

Did you know that Nicholas lived in Africa with his father as a young man?  Yes, Uganda and Kenya, and he took an art course at Makerere University in Kampala.  His painting, Mombasa, 32” x 28” Framed Oil with Palette Knife on Canvas, link Nicholas’ love of Mombasa, where his father had a house on the beach, with his current work. 

“Her Honor - the African Mona Lisa,” 20” x 24” Framed Oil on Canvas, is, some say, his best work.  He met and immediately was in the spell of Nigerian jurist, Mrs. H. A. Balogun, a long time friend of Connie’s.  His respect for her inner beauty is evident in his delicate brush strokes and in the almost-living hijab in red.  These and several other paintings will be featured at Kunjani Craft Coffee and Gallery during the month of January.

Mombasa, 32” x 28” Framed Oil with Palette Knife on Canvas ©Nicholas Petrucci

“Her Honor - the African Mona Lisa,” 20” x 24” Framed Oil on Canvas ©Nicholas Petrucci

Kunjani Craft Coffee & Gallery  -  780 Seagate Drive, Naples, FL 34103
across from Waterside Shops and just west of US 41  http://www.kunjaninaples.com

“Lifting each other up with love.”  dedicated to doing good and spreading awareness . . . about the humanitarian crises in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa and offer hands-on, practical improvements . . .”

"The Way Back”  A Naples mother and daughter reconnect with their African homeland: http://archive.naplesnews.com/news/local/the-way-back-a-naples-mother-and-daughter-reconnect-with-their-african-homeland-333876f5-8301-061f-e-381872581.html
 

Nicholas selected Bird Gardens of Naples as the Charity of the Month.  Keri is dedicated to parrot welfare in captivity and conservation of wild parrots.  Bud. E. Cockatoo Bird lived there for three years before he and Nicholas were reunited. Buddy now “owns” both Nicholas & Connie. Check it out and support Keri’s great work: https://birdgardensofnaples.org
 

ART ALIVE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2017

5 - 7 pm, 1719 Trade Center Way, #3, Naples, FL 34109

Look for the slide projections on the front wall of the studio.
Check out the Scout Guide video from December Arts Alive on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/connie.bransilver  and  https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.petrucci.16

You can see the next Guardian portrait in progress - Roy McBride & Chili- see some of Nicholas’ abstract pieces, and check out five of Connie’s photographs just printed on canvas and ready to hang later this month — We will tell you where as soon as we can.

Bud E. Bird ©Connie Bransilver

Guardian Roy McBride and Chili ©Connie Bransilver

NEXT ART ALIVE - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1st, 2017