Gallery: Third on Canvas from Naples Art Association Patricica McCarthy, left, looks over Jack McCarty’s, 8, center, paintings from his art class in Illinois,
with his his grandmother, Ruthann Mcarty in the Third Streets Shopping District in Naples on Monday. 40 fine artists are on hand to paint Old Naples over two days.Their completed paintings will be on display this Friday at The von Liebig Art Center and sold Feb. 26 through sealed bids and a live charity auction. Erik Kellar/Staff Carole Gruyette, left, from Wisconsin, watches local artist Mary Parkmann Rowe work on her street scene of the Third Street Shopping District on Monday. Parkmann Rowe is one of 40 artists who have set up easels in the Third Street South area of Naples. Their completed paintings will be on display this Friday at The von Liebig Art Center and sold Feb. 26 through sealed bids and a live charity auction.Erik Kellar/Staff Old Naples is posing Tuesday, Feb. 17. Forty artists have set up easels in the Third Street South area of Naples to capture both the historic and picturesque. Their completed paintings will be on display this Friday at The von Liebig Art Center and sold at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 through sealed bids and a live charity auction.
“We are excited to present this outdoor painting event, exhibition and gala auction for the second year,” said Jody Rosenbaum, who is chairman of the event and a board member with the Naples Art Association. “Naples has a long history of interest in and support for the visual arts, and having these nationally known artists demonstrate their craft and then sell their latest masterpiece is a wonderful way for art patrons to follow and enjoy the whole process.”