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Let's Do Art
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MEET THE ARTISTS

Kim Patton Manning
Owner / Instructor / Designer

Kim provides unique design and bold color to her silk creations. This is a carryover from several of the other creative artwork she has done in the past such as custom, hand painted wrapping paper where her bold magnificent designs capture you from the instant you see them. Her nature printing is delicate and nicely detailed creating a nice balance to this genre.

Kim changed her career from the home management business she and her husband own to turn her attention to art. She attended a silk painting technique course at Manatee Community College and realized the need to open a studio that would offer all supplies for silk painting and a flexible schedule for students. That's exactly what Let's Do Art is.

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Barbara Rau
Art Director / Instructor / Designer

Creating art on silk has become a wonderful new media for me. I love the way the paint flows across the silk with a stroke of the brush almost as if it take on an identity of it's own. The softness of the fabric combined with the natural movement of the paint allows me more freedom of self-expression. Watching my creation unfold and add the final touches to each piece is tremendously rewarding to me as an artist.
My background as an illustrator, as well as my fascination with all aspects of nature frequently influences the theme of my fabric designs.

I am a graduate of Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, Fl, class of 2000. Upon graduation I decided to become a freelance artist painting oil and watercolor portraits of family and pets.

Art is not just a profession to me, it's my passion and first love. Whether working on a website for a business or a portrait I've been commissioned to do, I feel my work reflects that love and passion.

I employ various media such as oil, watercolor, pastels, graphite, as well as computer generated artwork to help create the mood I'm trying to convey or the point I'm trying to get across.

I continue to work as a freelance artist but I have now found another great love......SILK ART!

I now divide my time between freelancing and teaching drawing, watercolor and silk painting at LET'S DO ART.

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Shary Patton
Instructor / Designer

Shary loves to experiment and customize colors on her original silk designs, which show in all her unique creations. Her creativity shows in all the endeavors of art and decor she designs.

She divides her time between Sarasota and Ft. Lauderdale, where she resides and creates her silk designs and teaches silk painting techniques to students.

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