Venice, a portray by Joe Farr, a self-taught artist who works primarily with oil paint on canvas, has been included in a nationwide calendar. Yearly, Watermark Retirement Communities produces an award-winning full-color wall calendar that celebrates energetic growing older and the humanities. Farr’s piece was chosen from greater than 200 submissions from proficient residents at Watermark communities across the nation and is featured within the Artistic Inspiration part of the 2023 Expressions Calendar.
A 3-year resident of Watermark Retirement Communities’ The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods, an unbiased and assisted dwelling group in Sarasota, Farr rediscovered his love of portray a decade in the past, after not having painted since childhood.
“About 10 years in the past, my accomplice inspired me to strive oil portray once more, since I used to be now retired and had the time,” Farr stated. “I used to be fairly rusty, and it took some time to develop my type and expertise.”
Farr has honed his craft by watching on-line portray tutorials, and he at all times has a undertaking underway in the neighborhood’s Nat Krate Artwork Studio, named after completed realist painter and former resident of The Fountains, Nat Krate. The group constructed the artwork studio a number of years in the past primarily based on requests from residents who had been keen on having an area through which to create. Farr and different resident artists use the studio to create and admire one another’s work in media that embrace oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, ceramics, clay, textiles and printing.
“We’re dedicated to creating an surroundings the place residents thrive, and now we have so many artists – some formally skilled, some self-taught – who reside right here,” stated Peggy Beasley, government director of The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods. “We’re so glad to supply them a devoted area to apply their craft within the Nat Krate Artwork Studio. Seeing Joe and all our different residents doing one thing they love is such a pleasure, and it makes our jobs extremely rewarding.”
The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods additionally gives residents common artwork lessons for energetic and aspiring artists by means of Watermark College, and plans common resident outings to the opera, theatre, orchestra and artwork museums. The group additionally hosts an “Artist of the Month” celebration, showcasing a resident artist’s work in a show within the foyer throughout the month. The month is kicked off with a champagne reception to honor and toast the chosen artist.
Farr was featured because the group’s Artist of the Month in January. Over the previous a number of years, he has produced roughly 40 oil work. He lately donated two items to a fundraising exhibit to lift cash for Watermark Youngsters, a nationwide non-profit group with a mission to scale back limitations so that each one youngsters can thrive.
For 25 years, the Expressions Calendar has been printed by Watermark Retirement Communities, a nationwide senior housing operator that manages greater than 70 communities nationwide, together with The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods. The calendar has been awarded a Mature Media Award from the Assisted Residing Federation of America (ALFA) and an ADDY Award® from the Tucson Promoting Federation.
Watermark Retirement Communities printed 4,000 copies of the Expressions 2023 Calendar, which can be found at its communities all through the nation, together with The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods.
Since 2018, eight residents of The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods have been featured within the Expressions Calendar.
About The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods
Positioned at 3260 Lake Pointe Blvd., The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods is a retirement group in Sarasota, positioned on a 53-acre property with lakes, strolling trails, mature bushes, native wildlife, migrating birds and gazebos. The group gives unbiased and assisted dwelling with quick and long-term expert nursing and rehabilitation at The Springs, an on-site well being heart operated by Summit Care. The Fountains gives a rustic membership way of life that includes three eating choices, an intensive calendar of occasions, outings, lessons, golf equipment and health alternatives. Managed by Watermark Retirement Communities, The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods is dedicated to creating a unprecedented and modern group the place folks thrive. For extra data, go to http://lakepointewoods.watermarkcommunities.com.
About Watermark Retirement Communities®
Watermark creates extraordinary and modern communities the place folks thrive. We consider growing older is about renewal fairly than retirement. Watermark communities are recognized for extremely skilled and caring associates, a way of life constructed on selection, positive facilities, integrative wellness and modern applications together with the award-winning Watermark College that includes all kinds of participating lessons for residents and space seniors. Watermark has been named within the prime 25 Finest Workplaces for Getting old Providers in a nationwide program performed by the Nice Place to Work Institute and printed on Fortune.com. A privately held firm with a status for over 30 years for service, innovation, integrity and monetary stability, Watermark manages greater than 70 retirement communities in 22 states coast to coast. Primarily based in Tucson AZ, Watermark is ranked because the nation’s Ninth-leading senior housing operator by the American Seniors Housing Affiliation. Go to watermarkcommunities.com for extra data.
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