Be sure to make Mill Creek Metro Park’s Weller Gallery at Fellows Riverside Gardens your next road trip to see Beth Basista’s 50+ paintings in oils, acrylics, watercolors and mixed media. You’ll see 30 scenes throughout beautiful Mill Creek Park, plus animals, birds, beaches, still lifes, and more – even shell art! With Christmas just around the corner consider buying a painting for that special person on your list - especially those who are hard to buy for! Oh and plan to tour the beautiful gardens, and hike the many trails throughout the park.
Awe Sanibel.... Almost There!
My original plan for this 15 x 30 oil painting was to paint the first span of the Sanibel Bridge as it arches toward Ft. Myers from the first Sanibel Causeway Island. However, my plan quickly changed when I got out of the car and 25 mph winds just about ripped my canvas out my hands. Luckily I remembered a spot on the causeway island closest to Sanibel where mangroves would shield me from the wind. Sometimes there’s a blessing behind plans that don’t work out and this was sure one of them. Located in southern Florida, Sanibel Island is a favorite destination for me and so many others who enjoy its span of beaches, bike trails, Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, kayaking, shore birds and its many restaurants. As people cross this bridge and see Sanibel in the distance getting closer and closer, they get what I mean when I say “Awe Sanibel… Almost There!”