Monday, December 2, 2013
New Work, Old Florida -- RhondaK Native Florida Folk Artist's Big February Show
February 6 and 7, 2014
MAJOR WORKS Gallery Show
RhondaK Native Florida Folk Artist
Divine Excess Folk Art Gallery
"Painted Road, Hainted Heart"
New Work, Old Florida.
1125 12th Street West Bradenton
Gallery Phone: 941 747 1320
http://www.villageofthearts.com/show_member.php?id=37
My show schedule is simple right now...but I'm adding in some live painting days I might accidentally sell things at...
I am set up to sell at Bradenton Bridge Street Market 10-3 most Sundays til May.
http://www.bridgestreetmerchants.com/Market.aspx
February 6 and 7, 2014
MAJOR WORKS Gallery Show
Divine Excess Folk Art Gallery
"Painted Road, Hainted Heart"
New Work, Old Florida.
1125 12th Street West Bradenton
Gallery Phone: 941 747 1320
http://www.villageofthearts.com/show_member.php?id=37
RhondaK's Bio as written by Ron Wilson of Florida Secrets...2013
RhondaK A Florida Secret That Needs Telling...
An imaginative decendant of " Old Florida", artist/poet RhondaK was reared on farmland
in Plant City that her dad ploughed with an ill -tempered horse. With Florida roots reaching
back several generations, her great grandpa was known as Mullet Man and sold smoked
fish door-to-door in Tampa.
She grew up doodling horses on everything, even the weekly bulletin of the Baptist church
that she was raised in. After being told she had no color sense, Rhonda spurrned art lessons,
preferring a non conformist appoach to match her outook on life. During the late 1990's, the
amiable rebel refined her talents and ran events like "Poetry in the Dark' in Tampa while
freelancing for the Tampa Bay Times, Weekly Planet and penning underground classics
like Holy Roadtrip.
Following a serious auto accident, Rhonda walked barefooted out of ER with a song on her
lips and courage in her heart. She then went sleepless for 3 days, determined to solve the
world's problems and was inspired to paint 30 roosters, no two alike. End result: The
childhood hurt of being told she had "no color sense" was forever dispelled.
Quitting her day job, Rhonda went to live on a boat with fellow artist Alan "TikiMan" Keller
and her funky doodles of mermaids, fish and more found an audience. This led to whimsically-
painted signs using found wood sold in the parking lot of Star Fish Restaurant, in the sleepy
fishing village of Cortez.
Relying on a rich imagination for her art and a quirky, irreverent wit for her writing, Rhonda's
clever creations are now sold on both coasts of Florida and as far away as Michigan and
New Jersey. The quintessential non-conformist draws from a rich and colorful past: fishing
with Dad, various abodes along the west coat and a fondness for Florida beach bars.
These experiences spawned numerous off-beat aphorisms like " Life is Fishing, not
Catching" and " Walk a Mile in my Flip Flops and Bring me Back a Beer". Whimsical wisdom
and vibrant art that's not extracted from a book but from her soul and the Florida she loves.
Rhonda works as a librarian at a Florida college helping people work toward their
dreams when not at her current location in Nokomis. Called the Red Hibiscus Art Farm, it
consists of several herb/vegetable garden patches, wild flowers, an outside work shed
beneath some palm trees, two inside galleries, 6 bunnies and one a wonderful dog,
(a pug) all of which end up in her paintings from time to time.
Written by Ron Wilson
Publisher of Florida Secrets, the Insider's Guide. 2013
An imaginative decendant of " Old Florida", artist/poet RhondaK was reared on farmland
in Plant City that her dad ploughed with an ill -tempered horse. With Florida roots reaching
back several generations, her great grandpa was known as Mullet Man and sold smoked
fish door-to-door in Tampa.
She grew up doodling horses on everything, even the weekly bulletin of the Baptist church
that she was raised in. After being told she had no color sense, Rhonda spurrned art lessons,
preferring a non conformist appoach to match her outook on life. During the late 1990's, the
amiable rebel refined her talents and ran events like "Poetry in the Dark' in Tampa while
freelancing for the Tampa Bay Times, Weekly Planet and penning underground classics
like Holy Roadtrip.
Following a serious auto accident, Rhonda walked barefooted out of ER with a song on her
lips and courage in her heart. She then went sleepless for 3 days, determined to solve the
world's problems and was inspired to paint 30 roosters, no two alike. End result: The
childhood hurt of being told she had "no color sense" was forever dispelled.
Quitting her day job, Rhonda went to live on a boat with fellow artist Alan "TikiMan" Keller
and her funky doodles of mermaids, fish and more found an audience. This led to whimsically-
painted signs using found wood sold in the parking lot of Star Fish Restaurant, in the sleepy
fishing village of Cortez.
Relying on a rich imagination for her art and a quirky, irreverent wit for her writing, Rhonda's
clever creations are now sold on both coasts of Florida and as far away as Michigan and
New Jersey. The quintessential non-conformist draws from a rich and colorful past: fishing
with Dad, various abodes along the west coat and a fondness for Florida beach bars.
These experiences spawned numerous off-beat aphorisms like " Life is Fishing, not
Catching" and " Walk a Mile in my Flip Flops and Bring me Back a Beer". Whimsical wisdom
and vibrant art that's not extracted from a book but from her soul and the Florida she loves.
Rhonda works as a librarian at a Florida college helping people work toward their
dreams when not at her current location in Nokomis. Called the Red Hibiscus Art Farm, it
consists of several herb/vegetable garden patches, wild flowers, an outside work shed
beneath some palm trees, two inside galleries, 6 bunnies and one a wonderful dog,
(a pug) all of which end up in her paintings from time to time.
Written by Ron Wilson
Publisher of Florida Secrets, the Insider's Guide. 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
25 Haikus for Thanksgiving
1 :
Sadie's rolling stone
Found itself a home, poor pug
And all of these rugs.
2:
MaMaK OK
Doctor stitches up her nose,
So she's good to go.
3.
Piss poor is a phrase
That fails to show piss rich
Is a better place.
4.
I need to drive miles
But this so warm bed holds me
Like a dream of love.
5.
Her pug nightmare comes
Toes twitch, legs move, her eyes roll
I shake her back home.
6.
Indolent meatloaf
Stuffed sensuously with cheese
Don't embarrass me.
7.
We did not follow
Any one recipe, no
We used what we had.
8.
It is nipple cold
I miss you sweet nipples
I feel so alive.
9.
Used ark for sale
Used 40 days 40 nights
Forgot unicorns.
10.
Home remedy books
Weeping at sight of butter
Some food is for soul.
11.
Great grandpa was big
He always wore Overalls
I think - commando?
12.
What is best of show
Pride, proud walk, prouder strut, stare
Bichon shakes hair - wins.
13.
We just do not know
Beneath fluff exterior
Heart of a lion beats.
14.
Baby baptism
He peed all over the priest
Heaven loves laughter.
15.
Crunchy roast peanuts
Pour your salt all over me
Come hang out with nuts.
16.
Enjoy the relief
But never ever give up
Groundhog Day it up.
17.
You know you want it,
Pour some honey on me
Dearly beloved.
18.
Scared of them yes sir
Pornos under white bible
Revelations...yes.
19.
I pledge allegiance
To these thanks add more desire
To be present now.
20.
The real happy hour,
Cold beer, hot gravy, drink up
Life's better this way.
21.
There is a fine line
Crazy or visionary
Tenacious blood sport.
22.
Get up, get down Girl,
You gotta get up, get down.
DJ saved my life
Monday, November 18, 2013
Historic Bradenton Beach Bridge Street Markey
Http://www.rhondakwrites.com
Live painting project: Cathy my pet rooster from my childhood
More fish crate paintings...
Sunday, November 3, 2013
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