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Updated Jan. 29, 2017

Landscape: Two new Florida landscapes, Split Pine and Palmettos and Managed Burn.

Figure: Miss Anon

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Updated June 5, 2016

Portraits: New paintings of Jack Keane and John Haiducek and drawings of Bill Brody, plus Sean Sexton Painting in the Pasture.

Landscape: Great Egret, from the Florida Ranch Series almost twenty years ago, finally added to the website.

Figure: Miss Rebecca the nude model, an oil painting sketch from Alaska days.

Still Life, improved color adjustments on: Red Candle, Blue Plate, and Red Candle, Blue Plate Number 2.

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Updated Nov.28, 2015

New small painting: Camping Trip, 2014-15, 5x3.25 inches, oil on hardboard. Painted on location in a Florida State Park, refined in the studio.

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Updated Dec. 2, 2014

Six new and fairly new portrait drawings: Jeffrey, Kevin Dodge, Mala, Mala Dodge Seated, Meagan, and Kaori #2, a reworked version of earlier drawing.

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Updated June 27, 2014

Two portrait drawings, Intense Cammie and Fran Goffinett, Seated were selected by curator-artist Anne Gilroy for exhibition in About Face -- Portraits with Presence June 27 - Sept. 20, 2014 at Thomas Center Gallery in Gainesville FL, celebrating its 35th anniversary.

Feb. 14-April 13, two small portrait drawings were shown at The Portrait and the Sake Cup, at Ice House Studios in McIntosh FL on US 441 twenty miles south of Gainesville, owned and operated by George M. Ferreira Jr, an exceptional woodworker.

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Updated Dec. 4, 2013

See Feature for lithograph from Alaska days

3 New Kissimmee Prairie paintings...

see Current / Newest Work or see Other Florida Landscape Paintings

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Updated Sept. 19, 2013

Now showing...

Charlotte's at Blue Cypress (above) will be exhibited in Art from the Heart of Florida, an invitational exhibition of eleven Central Florida artists, Sept. 20 thru Jan. 11, 2014 at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park FL. Curated by Executive Director Peter Schreyer and Henry Sinn, Director of Painting and Drawing. Artists: Marc Barrett, Suzanne Camp Crosby, Charles Eady, Michael Galletta, Spence Guerin, Charles Hazelaar, David Hunter, Spencer Pettit, Sean Sexton, Anna Tomczak, and Roberto Torres. Four or five of Spence's Florida landscape paintings will be shown. Spence and Cammie will attend the opening reception, 7pm Fri. Sept. 20.

Exhibition info: contact Crealde at 407-671-1886, email rberrie@crealde.org, or visit http://www.crealde.org.

New small painting...

New: View of Melbourne 01, (above) see Other Florida Landscape Paintings. On the same day Spence completed this painting, dead dolphin carcass #49 was pulled out of the dying lagoon waters not far from the painting site. The lagoon is so picturesque, but so polluted. Since January 1st, 2013, more than 60 dolphins have died in the Indian River Lagoon.

What? No more Giclee reproductions?

We've closed out 'Giclee' reproductions, and we do not expect to produce more. Quality control is time consuming and difficult, and despite the industry rhetoric, digital inks fade too quickly in many Florida conditions.

Fine Prints

We DO hope to resume making genuine prints -- etchings and woodcuts -- in the future. Meanwhile, please see Fine Prints.

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Updated Dec. 5, 2012

TWO RECENT PAINTINGS available, including Merritt Island mango and ripe heirloom tomato from Miss Cammie's Garden, see Still Life page.

SELECTED AVAILABLE WORK, see Feature page.

7 FINE PRINTS AVAILABLE, see Fine Prints.

CLEARANCE SALE ON ALL GICLEE Fine Art Reproductions including Funky reproductions.
50% Off. Limited quantities available.

HOW TO PURCHASE artwork from this website?
First, let us know which piece(s) you would like to buy. Questions?
We will reply, confirm and bill you by email. The bill will direct you to WePay, a secure and easy-to-use payment website. WePay accepts all major credit cards. Optionally, you may pay by check or money order.

Sometimes Asked Questions, cont'd:
Q: Can I first see the actual painting before buying it?
A: Yes, we can make arrangements for you to preview a painting anywhere in the USA or Canada -- please inquire. For other countries, please inquire.

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Updated Dec. 4, 2012

Current + Recent

Little League Baseball1950s Melbourne, Florida: a commissioned painting for a friend who played on that dirt field behind old school.

Portrait drawing of our friend Bobbie Richardson, see Portrait Drawings and Paintings.

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Feature

Three available works highlighted on Feature page.
-- tiny 1994 landscape, St. Johns River Series, exquisitly framed
-- 1983 colored pencil drawing, Melbourne (Florida) Causeway during construction
-- View from Hanging Rock, North Carolina, a densely worked painting from 1991
These three works are available, please inquire.

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Updated Feb. 3, 2012

New Florida still life painting, Merritt Island Mango -- 8 x 10 inches oil on hardboard, to see almost life size, click here. Other still life work, click here.

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Updated Dec. 8, 2011

The new Florida Landscape painting on home page is Double Pine. To see almost life size, click here. The small painting is oil on hardboard, 8 x 10 inches, painted from life. For other landscape paintings, click here. If you would like to know about the painting process, read discussion here.

To be added soon: two new small still life paintings, and one medium-size history painting, plus some drawings.

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Updated June 15, 2011

Just completed a portrait drawing of old high school friend and classmate, George.
Click here or see Portraits page.

Posted six small watercolors from the past, including two fishing boat paintings.
SeeWatercolor page.

New on Feature page:
Small color pencil drawing from 1983 that has never been exhibited.

Coming soon: a few new, small Florida landscape oil paintings.

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upated Jan. 26, 2011

Now featured: View from Hanging Rock, North Carolina, a refined landscape painting from the 90s.

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Updated Jan. 19, 2011

Funky: Dunno whut for, but sent a Letter to Hugh -- and you could, too -- send a letter to Hugh.

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Updated Nov. 22, 2010

Featuring a variety of selected small works --
one lithograph, one watercolor, and one oil painting. See Feature.

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Newsletter Nov. 2010

NEW ALASKA PAINTINGS
The Alcan, Naknek and Katmai Bears
Narrative about working on the new paintings, plus some snapshot photos of the Alcan journey and Naknek.
See Newsletter

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Updated Oct. 26, 2010

Six new Alaska paintings
- five from Naknek, Alaska on Bristol Bay -- home of the world's greatest red salmon fishery.
- one from the Alaska-Canada Highway, painted in May on the drive from Seattle to Anchorage.

New portraits -- two paintings and one drawing -- from Naknek, Alaska.

Coming soon from Naknek AK: we'll share a few pencil sketches, snapshot photos and narrative from our stay in Naknek, and especially for Bristol Bay fishermen and cannery workers, we hope to make available some inexpensive photos.

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Spence is in current Studio Visit, a juried artist catalog published Spring 2010,
by The Open Studios Press, Boston MA.

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Updated Jan. 8, 2010

New: portrait drawings Fran Goffinett and Tom Sawyer; small Indian River Lagoon painting, Eau Gallie Causeway Afternoon.

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Updated April 12, 2009

Spence is in current Studio Visit, a juried artist catalog published Spring 2009,
by The Open Studios Press, Boston MA.

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Funky news: Special bail-out prices for two FUNKY reproductions!
Also funky sympathy tough times kickback for Wall St. & banker execs, one time only, no questions asked!

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ATTN: Non-profits trying to save us from ourselves:
We wanna help. Inquire about special funky fund-raisers! Contact us.

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2009 Schedule for Liquid Muse Traveling Exhibition
Florida's American Heritage River: The Art of the St. Johns Region
Exhibition of 45 Florida artists, includes Spence Guerin's Tootoosahatchee

Feb. 15-Mar.31
Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville FL

Apr. 15-May 30
Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science, Tallahassee FL

Aug. 3-Sept. 9
Florida School of the Arts, St. Johns River Community College, Palatka FL

Sept. 15-Nov. 23
Museum of Florida Art (formerly Deland Museum of Art), Deland FL

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Updated Nov. 9, 2008

New Funky drawing, Reading the Paper.

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Spence is in current Southern Edition of New American Paintings “Juried Exhibition in Print” Vol. 76, published June 2008, by The Open Studios Press, Boston MA.

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Liquid Muse
Florida's American Heritage River: The Art of the St. Johns Region
Exhibition and Public Forum

Aug. 30-Oct. 19
Liquid Muse Opening Exhibition
Florida's American Heritage River: The Art of the St. Johns Region
Exhibition of 45 Florida artists, includes Spence Guerin's Tootoosahatchee
Co-curated by Mallory O'Connor and Gary Monroe
Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville FL
The exhibition will travel around FL in 2009.

Fri. Oct. 3, 2008 - 8:30am-7:30pm
PUBLIC FORUM
Preserving the Past - Sustaining the Future in the St. Johns River Region
Day long program of presentations and panel discussionsby authors, artists, state officials, including
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville FL

9:30-11:30am SESSION 1
SECRET LIFE OF WATER: HYDROLOGY OF ST. JOHNS WATERSHED AND IMPORTANCE OF WATER RESOURCES

Chair: Bill Belleville, author of Losing It All to Sprawl and River of Lakes:A Journey on Florida's St. Johns River
Panelists included: Cynthia Barnett, author of award-winning Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S.; Neil Armingeon, St. Johns Riverkeeper; and others.

1-3pm
SESSION 2
LIQUID MUSE: ART INSPIRED BY THE ST. JOHNS WATERSHED REGION

Chair: Mallory O'Connor, Professor Emeritus of Art History
Panelists included artists Sydney McKenn, Margaret Ross Tolbert and Spence Guerin
Discussion of their work, the St. Johns River, and public water resources.

3:15-5:15pm:SESSION 3
FLORIDA'S EDEN: ROLE OF THE ARTIST IN TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY IN WATERSHED

Co-Chairs: Annie Pais and Stewart Thomas, Co-Directors, Florida's Eden Project
Panelists includes others

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Thurs. Sept. 18, 2008 / 7pm
SLIDE TALK
Artists Sean Sexton and Spence Guerin spoke on Art and Agriculture in St. Johns River Basin
Harn Museum of Art, University of FL, Gainesville FL. Sean Sexton is an artist/poet/cattleman, Treasure Hammocks Ranch, Vero Beach FL.

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Posted July 11, 2008

- New portrait drawing, John Haiducek on portraits page.

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Posted June 27, 2008

- Two new Florida landscape paintings, and one small painting from Oregon, on Landscape Paintings page.
- Two new small still life paintings -- see Still Life Paintings and Drawings.

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Posted Feb. 1, 2008

- On Portraits page: Billy & Ricky, completed in December. Also a few older portrait paintings and drawings added to the page.
- Final photos for three Alaska landscape paintings, see final update, photos and story.
- Yes, various landscape paintings and other works are available. For availability and pricing, please contact us.

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Posted Dec. 1, 2007

Three Alaska landscape paintings complete. See Landscape Paintings.

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Posted July 5, 2007

Alaska painting project nears completion, see update for On the Little Su River painting.

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Posted Apr. 11, 2007

Lots of work added, some new, some old...
- New portrait drawing of Kaori and an old drawing recently reworked: Patricia
- New red rose drawings and one small painting, see Still Life
- Figure drawings, new and old

- Self portrait drawings from the past
- Landscape paintings, some old and some not-so-old
- Watercolor paintings, finally added detail views of Homer Spit in Alaska, plus other watercolors
- Funky stuff, new and not-so-old

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Posted Dec. 11, 2006:

STILL LIFE PAINTINGS
Three new small oil paintings in Candle Series.

WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
Two 1991 watercolors painted in Sudan, Texas and Cairo, Illinois on the Ohio River, published in Aramco World magazine in 1994 but never exhibited, see watercolor page.

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Posted Nov. 2006:

ALASKA LANDSCAPE PAINTING PROJECT
Two of three landscape paintings now complete*, see Landscape Paintings.
*
Later decided they were not finished and work continued on both of them.




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