Celebration of the Compassionate St. Augustine Obelisk Art 450 Project begins at Amiro Art + Design during July First Friday Art Walk by featuring four participating artists. Exhibit will continue through the month of July.
Pablo Hugo Rosada Pena from St. Augustine's Sister City, Aviles, Spain presents vibrant
watercolor abstractions in both 2 and 3D. Arriving in the U.S. on July 7, Rosada Vena
will be painting his obelisk and visiting St. Augustine in conjunction with the Sister City student
exchange from Aviles. His counterpart, Jan Tomlinson Master, who traveled to Spain last
April to participate in White Night ( La Noche Blanca) by interpreting an obelisk in Aviles,
will show her " Reflection" mirror series that will be the basis of her obelisk in
St. Augustine. Xavier Brunet and Wendy Mandel-McDaniel both work in found object mixed
media constructions. Brunet's furniture and Mandel-McDaniel's textural wall pieces will
be on view. Flagler Professor of Art and Design Don Martin will be showing a new series
of prints. A master print-maker, Martin has exhibited at the International Print Center New
York in 2014, Bradley Biennial International Drawing and Print Exhibition and the
Boston Printmakers Biennial Exhibition in 2015.

The Labyrinth series of paintings by Iowan artist Diane Naylor have messages and a rune decoding system to unravel them. For the past 20 years Naylor has shown in galleries and museums throughout the mid-west and abroad. "My love for the planet inspires my artwork to communicate the importance of all beings great and small. My wish is to create compassion and to raise the consciousness of your atmosphere with my artwork".
 Dark and mysterious,  Naylor's detailed work isolates shells and pieces of the sea in a way that draws her audience  in to examine the process and solve the secrets told in rune. 

Fine craft continues to be shown with sculptural musical instruments by ceramic artist
Ken Jensen and Estella Fransbergen's raku torsos. Gabrielle Gould's finely crafted silver,
gold and enameled jewelry will continue to be viewed at Amiro Art + Design. Also of St. Augustine, Tracy Womak, with 30 years experience,  exhibits her lamp worked glass jewelry and thoughtfully crafted nautical glass ornaments.