The Lake Mary Historical Museum
158 N. Country Club Road
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     Invites you to visit us during August for...

An Exhibit of the Works
of Seven Local Artists

 

The Exhibit: Beginning August 2nd and through the 30th, visit the museum on Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to view the works of some of Lake Mary’s most talented artists.

 

                           About the Artists:


Myrna Cumming
                                     
The year was 1985. The place was New York City. After some instruction from a great French artist, Myrna fell in love with paint and brushes. Starting with no knowledge at all, the ability to create a painting was amazing to her. Her favorite subjects are seascapes and landscapes, but she also paints other objects as well. She has been painting on and off over the years, with a little instruction here and there. Another of Myrna’s passions is traveling, and often times she picks up ideas from the places she visits. Florida scenes are a special source of inspiration to her. Myrna’s media of choice is Acrylics. She loves oil media, but it does not love her. Lately, she has been experimenting with water mixable oil paint, with fantastic results.

Mary Jane Duryea           
       
Mary Jane was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee and raised in Forest Hills, New York. She is the daughter of Claire Evans O’Connor, and works in a variety of mediums. Mary Jane studied oil painting with Dr. Fred Linden of Forest Hills, NY, portrait painting under S. Edmund Oppenheim of the Arts Students League in New York City and art history at Queens College, New York. She later studied textile design, watercolors, architecture, drawing and painting at the New School for Social Research in Manhattan. Mary Jane also attended the New York School of Interior Design in NYC.  She has lived in Lake Mary with her husband and family for the past 33 years.

Don McCormick   
  
In addition to being a talented artist, Don has also taught art at a number of schools, including George Washington University, Jacksonville University, Florida Jr. College and Seminole Community College. His works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and other venues in Maryland, Virginia and Florida. His unique styles of painting have also attracted private collectors both here and overseas. Don currently has his studio in Longwood, Florida where is now lives.
 

Madeleine Mackenzie 

Madeleine Mackenzie has been making art since she could hold a crayon. Her passion for traveling to exotic places has inspired her to create a form of Latin American folk art called “nichos” or story boxes. Originally, nichos were used to honor sacred objects. Mackenzie now fills them with people and animals that nudge a memory, trigger a response, or evoke a smile. Her work has been shown recently at various Central Florida shows including OMA’s First Thursday, the Visual Fringe Festival, the Mennelo and Eustis Museums’ Folk Art Festivals and the Maitland, Casselberry and Mt Dora art centers. Madeleine was trained at the Universities of Alaska and Texas and the Rhode Island School of Design. She currently lives in Winter Springs.

Claire Evans O'Connor     

Claire is a renowned local artist and the daughter of Frank Evans, one of the founders of Lake Mary. She has exhibited her work throughout Central Florida and was the 2007 post artist for the Lake Mary Celebrates Festival. Claire was raised in Lake Mary and returned here 25 years ago after residing in New York for over 40 years. She studied under such talented notables as Dr. Fred Linden and Marilyn Mayer. Her favorite medium is watercolors. She is a member of the Florida Watercolor Society and has won numerous awards for her work. 

Frideborg Theimer Phillips

Her subjects vary, although the main body of her work consists of landscapes. Some of her painting is done on location, but she also uses the camera as a tool to gather reference material for studio paintings. Born in Vienna, Austria into an artistically talented family, she spent her early years surrounded by art and artists. Her family came to the U.S. in the early 1950's. After several years of teaching, marriage and family became her full time career. In recent years Frideborg has revived her interest in painting and is an active member of the Sanford Seminole Art Association. She has studied with Deborah Paris, Tom Sadler, Morgan Samuel Price, Cynthia Edmonds and Ralph Bagley. Frideborg exhibits and sells her paintings locally at Hollerbach’s Willow Tree Cafe on First Street in Sanford. Her work has also been sold internationally.

Dee Lee Stevens

The Arts have always been a part of Dee’s life.  She started private art lessons at the age of 10 and discovered painting was her first love.  She is currently giving back to children in the form of teaching visual arts, K-12, in both public and private schools. She is an active member of the Sanford Seminole Art Association and the Seminole County Art Educators Association. Her present artistic focus is on acrylics and her love of architecture. She is painting historical buildings photographed in her travels. Dee enjoys having people trying to guess the location of each building. She exhibits her work at the Maitland Art Festival, 9 Main Street Gallery in Titusville, Longwood Historical Society’s Art and Craft Festival, the Art House of Casselberry, Bank of America in Lake Forest, Art’s Alive of Seminole County, Seminole Community College‘s Art Gallery, Central Florida Fair, Sanford Seminole Art Association’s Annual Art Shows and the Sanford Welcome Center.

 

 

About our New Online Art Gallery

As a service to area artists and the residents of the Lake Mary area, the Lake Mary Museum will launch an online Art Gallery within this website, beginning October 1st. The Gallery will permit local artists, for a nominal donation to the museum,  to display up to four examples (per donation) of their work along with biographies and contact information. The museum will promote the gallery through a variety of media. All donations will go toward museum events and exhibits. For an example of the gallery layout and contact information, click here.

 

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