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Ronald Shelley
04.05.11
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Art of Nature

Ronald’s paintings of the Everglades have been our focus as we prepare for the exhibition, “Native and Natural: Seminoles and Tropical Landscapes.” The veracity of his style prompts me to reflect on the forces and beauties of Nature. My thoughts extend to the enormity of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan—events that were more than the heart and mind could reasonably handle. And now the specter of a nuclear meltdown haunts the television screen recalling the horrors of Hiroshima, Cold War anxieties, and kids “ducking and covering under their desks. The torrents of sea water sweeping away Japan’s attempts at establishing permanency on this Earth made us confront our follies and our sheer powerlessness against the forces of Nature. That Read more…

Ronald Shelley
01.11.11
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Reflections on Immokalee Cattle Chute

The subject of this work is an abandoned cattle chute in Immokalee sketched in the field on Florida’s west coast. Later, Ronald developed it into an acrylic painting complete with an ominous Payne’s Grey-colored sky. Chutes are used occasionally and so they wait patiently as weeds and self-seeded cabbage palms spring up around them. The artist concentrates on their shapes–wooden ribs rising up like stark sentinels while the storm clouds of summer gather. Turkey vultures wheel in the sky as they forage for food or simply amuse themselves. This unusual subject reveals a fact about Florida unknown to most. Cattle-ranching is a centuries-old pursuit that began when the Spanish brought Andalusian stock to the New World. Ronald favors locations that Read more…

Donna Shelley
12.17.10
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Recharging in Saint Augustine

Artistic inspiration is alive and well in the city that bills itself as the oldest in the continental United States.  Saint Augustine’s distinct combination of architecture and atmosphere continue to influence Ronald’s work. His interest in the city began decades ago when, employed as a landscape designer, he lived in what is now the Saint Photios National Shrine, a site dedicated to the first colony of Greeks in America, 1768. Buildings in coquina, stone, wood, Portland cement and brick reflect the conquerors, clerics, settlers, entrepreneurs and tourist trappers who came to this place on the Matanzas River. The practical and sturdy 17th century Spanish Castillo de San Marcos contrasts with the exuberant and ornate late 19th century Flagler-era hotels. Authentic Read more…

Donna Shelley
11.29.10
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Cue Music for Grant Writing: “Sabre Dance” Part Two

Despite what some shrill hucksters claim on television and the web, grants are not “free money.” Here’s why they are not free. It is work to find them; it is work to research and write them; and it is work to manage and report on them. Here’s why they are not (guaranteed) money—generally speaking, because your application is competing with thousands of others, often nationwide. All of this is why a professional grant writer is a good investment. It is also why the American Association of Grant Professionals’ code of ethics includes a word or two about how grant writers should charge for service. There must be some urban myth out there with the tenacity of crabgrass supporting the notion Read more…

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Ronald Shelley

Ronald Shelley was born and raised in Rugby, England. His early childhood was influenced by his family’s penchant for artistic pursuits and by the magnitude of World War II. He emigrated from England in 1956, arriving in the United States to work as a rodeo cowboy in Texas. He later moved to Florida, working as an actor, landscape designer, illustrator and fine artist.

Mr. Shelley has a seemingly effortless style that belies his mastery of the exacting watercolor technique.
His architectural renderings demonstrate a keen understanding of perspective, design detail and the play of light on buildings. The artist’s skills extend to his graceful depictions of cabbage palms in the Everglades, dramatic tropical skies and the subtleties of Florida’s changing seasons. Whimsy is another hallmark of his style, with fetishistic footwear, fantastic flying machines and factories powered by steel-helmeted engines.

In 2009, the artist began developing Steel Head Sculptures. SHS is a series of metal sculptures embellished with found objects. Representing mankind’s obsession with the power of machinery, the pieces concentrate on the head where ideas for engines are born.

Currently he is developing illustrations for three books in collaboration with his wife, writer Donna M. Shelley.

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