jeanette drake

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Jeanette's art work is currently on display

at the Sand and Sea Gallery in Cocoa Village.

Cattleya Magic

..Jeanette Drake was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Even as a child and teenager, she was keenly interested in sketching and painting. In her spare time she visited as many art festivals as possible. It was clear to Jeanette that upon retirement from her first career as a human resources administrator at Miami Dade College she would devote more time to sketching and painting. Jeanette was drawn to the beauty of watercolor and she enrolled in classes in Botanical Illustration at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami. It was in this class that she discovered a real talent for detailed painting. Now retired in Melbourne, Florida, she pursues her passion of sketching and painting, enjoying her second career as an artist.

Cape Canaveral Pelican

Mayors Award 2006

Purchased by the city and on display at the Cape Canaveral City Hall.

..Jeanette gathers inspiration and subject matter from her photographs of the local wildlife and tropical flowers. Jeanette uses many washes and layers in her paintings to create the delicate and subtle translucency that can only be portrayed in watercolor. But it is the detail that appeals to Jeanette and that which makes her paintings come to life.

Prince of Tides

2007 Best of Fauna Award at the Brevard Watercolor Society

and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge's

5th Annual 'Images From the Refuge' Show.

..Jeanette is an active member of the Central Brevard Art Association, Brevard Watercolor Society and the Florida Watercolor Society. Her paintings are currently on display in galleries in Franklin, West Virginia; .Cocoa Beach and Cocoa, Florida; Palm Bay, Florida as well as several. local business establishments.

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Jeanette participates in local art shows and has won several awards including:

The Cape Canaveral "Mayors Award" for one of her paintings of Florida Pelicans.

The city of Cape Canaveral purchased the painting and it is on display at the

Cape Canaveral City Hall.

The Award of Honor in the Art and Photography category at the

2006 Cocoa Village Summer Art & Craft Fair

Second Place at the 2006 Central Brevard Art Association's fall show.

Best of Fauna Award at the 2007 Brevard Watercolor Society and the

Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge 5th annual Images From the Refuge show.

Honorable mention in the 2008 art show at the Brevard Zoo.

Sandhill strut

South for the Winter