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by Natalie Guess

ummertime tends to be a great time to travel, no matter Arbor, Art on Union in Traverse City, Edgewater in Leland,
where you live. Here in Naples this year, especially, there Bier Gallery in Charlevoix and Little Gallery in Mackinac
Shave been unusually high temperatures, so I went up Island. It gave us a chance for fresh subject-matter to paint,
to Northern Michigan, as Phil and I had for nearly 30 years. which was a win-win, so when returning to Naples, we had had
Traverse City is a wonderful place to be, in July when the enough of a change that we had a renewed excitement about
weather is usually quite nice! The temperature may be up in the painting Naples! A good number of our paintings are paintings
80’s, but it still cools down at night to a comfortable degree. of the original Naples that many of us moved here for the charm
That was the attraction to do the opposite of the “snow-bird” of and the colors are what invigorate us! Stop by and see the
thing, to live in Naples all year and make a change for a month charming paintings our gallery has to offer.
or so in the summer. We needed to keep working though, to For more information on these events, please call 239-659-2787
pay the bills, so I researched galleries to carry our paintings or stop by Guess-Fisher Gallery, 985 Central Avenue in the heart of
from Leelanau County to Mackinac Island and painted scenes the Design District, downtown Naples.
of those areas. Over the years, our works were in a number Come in and find your new, inspiring painting to take
of galleries and we participated in many plein air events. home and excite your life!
Currently, our paintings are in the Arbor Gallery in Glen

Guess-Fisher Gallery, 985 Central Ave. 239-403-8393 www.PhilFisherFineArt.com www.Guess-FisherGallery.com

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