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Buckingham artists to feature work at courthouse

By Staff | Mar 17, 2009

Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall is supporting local artists by giving them an opportunity to display their artwork in her Fort Myers office.

This month, Buckingham resident Erma Jean Woodis will display originals and print paintings at the downtown District 4 Commissioner office through April 9, 2009.

Woodis is an award winning world traveled realism painter. The collection includes scenes from Montana, New Mexico, and right here in Southwest Florida.The public is welcome to view the artwork and learn more about Woodis. The artwork is also for sale.

“The arts are an important part of the cultural development of our community,” said Commissioner Hall. “I believe that government can play an important role in providing assistance in public awareness, developing the use of public spaces for display and interaction of art, and for the encouragement and commitment of continued financial support both public and private of all the arts.”

Other local artists will be featured at four to six week intervals.

Hall’s office is on the first floor of the Old County Courthouse, 2120 Main Street in downtown Fort Myers.Office hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hall was elected to the Board of Lee County Commissioners in 2004 and re-elected in 2006. Her district includes North Fort Myers and the central and northern portions of Cape Coral.

Erma Jean Woodis is an award winning world traveled realism painter relocated to Florida from New Mexico where she owned a gallery and framing business. She has enhanced her formal art studies through working with private instructors and workshops laying a strong foundation for her passion to paint. She never wants to stop learning or become repetitious, she says.

This prolific artist now teaches and works in oil, watercolor and acrylic creating not only conventional size paintings but also murals and mosaics. Her subject matter includes nearly everything: people, animals, landscapes, still life, and abstract.

She was featured in an article in Dcor Art and Framing Monthly when she owned her gallery and framing business in New Mexico. She camouflages the word “love” in each of her paintings and challenges the viewer to find the “love” in her work.