Juno Beach Holiday Craft Festival

South Floridians should be grateful that in the middle of November, we still have the beautiful weather that allows us to enjoy a craft festival right on the beach.

The 9th annual Juno Beach Holiday Craft Festival on the Ocean is coming up this weekend.  It will take place on Saturday November 13 and Sunday November 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

It will span A1A between Donald Ross Road & Loggerhead Park.  Entry is free to the public and it will have tons of one-of-a-kind pieces for purchase.  Prices for the creations range from $3 to $3,000.

Local artist, Pat Kaufman will have a booth at the fair.  She is a self-taught artist specializing in water color painting.

Kaufman told the Palm Beach Post that she is inspired by all the colors that Florida has to offer.

“I am inspired by the wonder of color. The transparency and spontaneity of watercolors gives life to my paintings. Here in Florida and other places I have visited, there is so much color all around you. When I observe the trees blowing in the breeze, the sunlight dancing off the leaves or the light shining through blossom petals, it inspires me to paint them and see if I can capture this dance of light.”

Kaufman will also have a booth at the 11th Annual Downtown Delray Beach Thanksgiving Art Festival.


On a side note:

The Death of Socrates, Jacques-Louis David 1787, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

This very serious looking painting is called The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David.  It was painted in 1787 and pretty much depicts exactly what the title says.  Socrates was condemned to death or exile by the Athenian government for teaching his beliefs.  He chose death and here he is seated on his bed with a goblet of hemlock.  While everyone in the photo seems overcome with grief, his student Plato, at the foot of the bed is calm.