Florida Keys Impressions

By Millard Wells

Subjects: Landscape painting, Art, themes, motives, etc., In art, Themes, motives, Florida keys (fla.)

Description: This illustrated journal is a journey around the Florida Keys highlighted by the author’s original watercolor paintings. See this noted artist’s renderings of Conch architecture, abandoned fishing shacks, tarpon in crystal-clear streams, and people going about their business in the Keys. From the back cover: Famed watercolorist Millard Wells offers his unique impressions of the Keys, with their blend of Caribbean cultures, interesting architecture, lush vegetation, laid-back attitude, and beautiful tropical marine environment. A chain of fifteen hundred islands stretching some 160 miles from the tip of peninsular Florida, the Florida Keys possess extensive ecological, historical, and recreational resources of national and worldwide significance. Each watercolor by renowned painter Millard Wells captures the rich hues he sees all around him and celebrates the land, water, and sky of the Keys. His method of watercolor painting, which requires fast location painting, lends itself to portraying the interesting characters, birds, water, lighthouses, boats, and buildings as he sees them in that moment. Through his paintings, he calls attention to the sensitive resources of the Florida Keys and recognizes the interconnectedness of the natural environment with the community, without losing the charming ambiance of the old-time Florida Keys.