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		<title>Art of Nature</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2011/04/05/art-of-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2011/04/05/art-of-nature/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ron&#8217;s Newest Exhibit Opens April 5, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald will be displaying his Everglades paintings in “Native &#038; Natural: Seminoles &#038; Tropical Landscapes.” Four new pieces have been added to this joint exhibit with our friend and award-winning artist, Muffy Clark Gill (Naples). Ronald’s paintings and Muffy’s batiks will be exhibited in the Wirtz Gallery of the First National Bank of South Miami. The bank is located at 5750 Sunset Drive, South Miami. The show, which runs until April 29th will feature a closing reception to meet the artists from 6 to 8 PM. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of art will be donated to ArtSpring, a non-profit that uses arts-based educational programming to develop self-growth and effective life skills for incarcerated women, men and <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2011/04/05/news-from-the-studio-rons-newest-exhibit-opens-april-5-2011/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bonnet House Impressions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of Ronald’s landscape paintings were chosen for an exhibition of 38 artists, “Impressions of Florida” at Bonnet House, a historic house museum located on 35 acres of some of the most idyllic land in south Florida. The Fort Lauderdale attraction is a must-see that almost defies description. The winter retreat of two artists from upper class families, Bonnet House is a true reflection of the love that Frederic and Evelyn Bartlett shared. “Cabbage Palms in the Dry Season,” one of my personal favorites, won the second place ribbon. Both it and “Last Light” hang side by side in the Weinhardt Gallery at the Bonnet House. The paintings depict the Everglades in two different seasons, winter and summer. We hope <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2011/02/15/bonnet-house-impressions/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>News from the Studio</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2011/01/26/news-from-the-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that three of Ron&#8217;s paintings have been selected for two juried art competitions scheduled for late winter. &#8220;Impressions of Florida,&#8221; an exhibition to be held at Fort Lauderdale&#8217;s famed Bonnet House, kicks off on February 11 and ends April 10, 2011. The opening reception begins at 6 PM on the 11th and more information is available on the museum&#8217;s website, www.bonnethouse.org. The works for Bonnet House include &#8220;Cabbage Palms in the Dry Season&#8221; and &#8220;Last Light.&#8221; Both acrylic on canvas paintings were developed from sketches made during frequent trips to the Everglades. Ron&#8217;s ability to accurately capture the details of palm trees, so often misunderstood by other artists, place them among his signature subjects. The <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2011/01/26/news-from-the-studio/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Immokalee Cattle Chute</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2011/01/11/reflections-on-immokalee-cattle-chute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronald Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8211;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 <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2011/01/11/reflections-on-immokalee-cattle-chute/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recharging in Saint Augustine</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2010/12/17/recharging-in-saint-augustine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2010/12/17/recharging-in-saint-augustine/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cue Music for Grant Writing: “Sabre Dance” Part Two</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/29/cue-music-for-grant-writing-%e2%80%9csabre-dance%e2%80%9d-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/29/cue-music-for-grant-writing-%e2%80%9csabre-dance%e2%80%9d-part-two/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cue Music for Grant Writing: “Sabre Dance” Part One</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/26/cue-music-for-grant-writing-%e2%80%9csabre-dance%e2%80%9d-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 19:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may remember the man on the old Ed Sullivan Show who would spin china plates on flexible sticks. While the “Sabre Dance” played in the background, the man would start each plate spinning and by the time he got to the last plate, he would run back to tend to the first plate, reaching it just before it crashed to the floor. Grant writing is lot like plate spinning. It even comes with its own form of frenetic background music. Not all grants are created equal—some are kinder to writers than others. Much of my recent professional career has been devoted to writing grants for a number of clients including a stretch with the City of Miami. <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/26/cue-music-for-grant-writing-%e2%80%9csabre-dance%e2%80%9d-part-one/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life Among the Kilowatts</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/24/life-among-the-kilowatts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurism is not an easy road on which to set one’s feet. But at the ages of 76 and 61, we decided to give it a try. No matter your political view, this country may not make it easy to start your own company but it does invite you to try. So we put together our skills, abilities, life experiences, a little bit of retirement savings and formed DMS Studio, Incorporated. Without computers and the internet we would not be able to do what we do. If you are thinking of life among the kilowatts as a means of earning a living, let me say that it requires diligence, persistence and an open mind. For those of us over a <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/24/life-among-the-kilowatts/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Faraway Places</title>
		<link>http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/22/faraway-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Shelley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dun-colored buildings under lavender skies greet me in the studio. Today, Ronald is painting architectural concepts for the Al Ain Zoo in Abu Dhabi. Through the magic of his brush, a lifetime of study and the certainty of pure talent we travel to the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean without ever leaving Florida. Capturing the client’s dream is Ronald’s forte. His atmospheric watercolor concepts are an important step in the development of an architectural project. “Your rendering sealed the deal,” wrote Twila Wilson, President of Twila Wilson and Associates Design Consultants located in Saint Croix, U.S.V.I. Like many projects Ronald tackles in the studio, the work in Saint Croix was chiefly conducted via the internet. Study sketches are scanned <a class="readmore" href="http://shelleystudio.com/2010/11/22/faraway-places/" rel="nofollow">Read more&#8230; </a>]]></description>
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