Swampy’s friends at Copperfish Books hold up a few special Florida treasures they have here at the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair in The Coliseum in Downtown St. Petersburg. Copperfish Books is in Punta Gorda. Stop by and see enjoy yourself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can read about Fred Karl at the Tampa Tribune site by clicking here.
Swampy stops at Durante Park on Longboat Key. A terrific park where it’s easy to stroll amongst the mangroves along a shell path, a bridge or boardwalks. The trail is not the typical short mangrove trails around the state. This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s on the road again. This time in Vero Beach at the 16th annual Coastal Florida Curriculum Fair. One of Swampy’s biggest supporters, The Knowledge Exchange in Palm Bay has Swampy and his handler, Rob Smith, Jr. at this event[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry to report the death of one of the last of the Jimmy Doolittle Raiders, Thomas Griffin, 96. Click here to see his page and to the main page to learn more about the group, what they did and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy and Pasco Pete canoe Fisheating Creek near Palmdale in Glades County. You can, too! Click here to learn more about heading to Fisheating Creek Outpost and enjoying a day of camping, canoeing, kayaking etc!
Hunkered down in a coffee shop working on the next Swampy’s Florida book: Swampy’s Florida: Doolittle Raiders at Eglin Air Force Base. This for the, what has been labeled as of this past weekend, the last reunion of the members[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here are the first three of a series of three Swampy’s Florida beach side watercolor paintings being made for a gallery catalogue. Above is a close up. Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr., had the opportunity to paint these in Julianne’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Spent the day filming a couple of videos at The Knowledge Exchange in Palm Bay, The first was for a DVD currently being titled ‘Drawing for 8 and Under’. The photo below shows the drawing on the dry erase board[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Swampy’s Florida Rob Smith, Jr. will be teaching four free sessions at The Knowledge Exchange in Palm Bay of Friday February 1st. The first set is ‘How to Draw’ for 8 and under at 1pm and 2pm, The second two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is Jackie Sims from Four Square Gallery going over sketches for a new set of prints by Swampy’s handler, Rob Smith, Jr. There will be 9 new ones in all. We’ll be sure to post updates of the prints[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Can you tell where this is in our great state?