"Sarasota Girls" Fine Art Print

“Sarasota Girls” is a tribute to the founding females of Sarasota: Bertha Palmer, Marie Selby, Mable Ringling, & Eugenie Clark. This is a fine art giclee print on archival watercolor textured paper, perfect for Lauren’s expressive paint style. 

All Lauren Marshall Art Prints are produced in the USA at a specialty printing studio, which provides superior fine art printing, widely known as giclee printing. Giclee printing is the highest quality, archival inkjet printing used to create digital reproductions of paintings.

Because of its high quality and relative rarity, a limited edition giclee is valuable from its initial printing. But these giclee prints also become more valuable over time as the artist gains more and more recognition and the edition of the print sells out.

• Proudly printed in the U.S.A.
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• All prints are final sale as they are custom printed with love for each order.

"SARASOTA GIRLS" ARTIST STATEMENT:
Bertha Palmer, Mable Ringling, Marie Selby, and Eugenie Clark are the 4 Sarasota legends honored in this painting. These adventurous females made this city what it is today, left behind conventional female roles in society to do it, and took a big risk moving here when it was still just a fishing village. I wanted to show them trading in their heels and tiaras for saltwater life, representing all they left behind from their previous and potential lifestyles.

They pushed the limits of what a woman was thought to be capable of in not only their time, but by modern day standards as well. They made massive contributions to the fields of botany, marine science, business, ranching, women's rights, and the arts. They were smart, brave, generous; their empowering message still inspires women today. They cast a long and beautiful shadow over our city and state both literally and figuratively; it leaves me wondering: what limits can we push here in Sarasota next?

Bertha Palmer: Chicago socialite who, upon being widowed, turned down prince proposals abroad to move to a little fishing village called Sarasota & learn to ranch. She created new farming practices, was known to work alongside her workers, & became a savvy businesswoman. She donated her estate which is now known as Spanish Point.

Marie Selby: Her orchid at her feet, she is dressed ready for any Sarasota outdoor sport she loved. She preferred racing boats, fishing, gardening, & horseback riding to fancy parties. She is wearing driving goggles because she was the first woman to drive across the USA in an automobile! She too donated her estate, & was involved in supporting women in all ways - especially the arts.

Mable Ringling: Her support of the arts made Sarasota the creative hub it is today. She is holding a painting of the Ringling Bridge & a watering can. I myself was married at the Ringling Mansion, graduated from Ringling College, & met my husband there, so her legacy will always hold a special place in my heart.

Eugenie Clark: aka the “Shark Lady!” Everything we know about sharks is due to her. She is the first marine scientist to study them, & because of her- the Vanderbilts built a marine laboratory here for her to continue her research. Today that lab is the incredible Mote Marine Aquarium! She is seen here tossing her heels for flippers.

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