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10TH ANNIVERSARY SMOOTH JAZZ PENDANT CREATED TO CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF SMOOTH JAZZ!
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Seabreeze Jazz Festival with this custom pendant created by Creative Gems of Panama City. Crafted of gorgeous 14k white and yellow gold, this piece "celebrates" the feeling of smooth jazz -- upbeat, fun, and contemporary!
This is a one-of-a-kind piece -- no other one like this exists. Valued from $3800.00 - $4500.00 -- you will have an opportunity to bid on this exceptional work of art during a silent auction underway throughout the jazz festival weekend. Proceeds from the event will benefit Music in The Schools.
Thanks to Creative Gems of Panama City for such a COOL and stunning piece of jewelry to commemorate the 10th Anniversary! It's the type of jewelry any smooth jazz fan can wear proud!
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2008 SEABREEZE JAZZ FESTIVAL
10th Anniversary Poster and T-Shirt
Never before has a piece of art communicated the power, energy, fun, and essence of smooth jazz more than our 2008 designed appropriately titled "All Jazzed Up!", Created by local artist Marti Schmidt Marti Schmidt of Santa Rosa Beach, FL -- this piece is a TRUE CELEBRATION of 10 years of great smooth jazz performances at the Seabreeze Jazz Festival. Incorporating numerous painting, layering, and stamping techniques, Marti's Schmidt's 2008 Poster and T-Shirt design will "get you up on your feet" with all the images of festive fun, cool vibes, and of course-- the beautiful white sand beaches! Look closer and see all the unique images all throughout this "jazz evoking" piece. Available in t-shirts, posters, and signed and numbered limited edition prints --- don't leave this year's party without this Special Edition 10th Anniversary image!
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist/Print Maker Marti Schmidt combines ancient art forms with modern impressionism and adds texture, shapes and silhouettes that evoke a style distinctly her own.
Marti's art reflects the tropical ambiance of the pan-Caribbean, the exotic mysticism of the south Pacific, and the infusion of European flavor. Her textile and ceramic tile designs are influenced by tropical patterns in the flora and fauna of Florida and the Caribbean, the intricate curves of New Orleans ironwork, Art Deco geometry, Byzantine Mosaics, Textiles from India and Japanese woodblock.
Marti has over 25 years of experience in art, design, woodblock printing,etching, silk-screen and various dye and resist techniques, including Batik. Batik is the process of layering molten wax, dyes & pigments to create imagery, color & design. A technique thought to be thousands of years old, first used in China and ancient Egypt, Batik is still practiced in Indonesia, Java, Hawaii, India and other islands all over the world. Marti has perfected her signature style in this medium. Her original Batik paintings hang in some of the most prestigious homes, resorts and galleries throughout the world,
The exotic imagery and bold approach to color draw you into her paintings and leave you with the feeling of having visited an island paradise. Marti's work featured at the Biras Creek Resort, a Relais & Chateaux Hotel, nestled in the British Virgin Islands on Virgin Gorda. Her custom fabrics, tiles and original Batiks are featured throughout this world famous resort.
Marti's work has also been featured in the 2001, 2006 Southern Accents Show houses in Rosemary Beach, Florida, the Coastal Living Magazine Idea House in Carillon Beach, Florida. She has most recently been chosen as one of the feature artists for the 2008 Stetson Mansion Showcase Home in Deland. Florida.Her work has been seen Veranda Magazine, Better Homes & Gardens Bedroom & Bath Magazine and Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Magazine and also Casa & Estilo International.
Marti maintains studios in Orlando and Santa Rosa Beach Florida
For more information, please call Marti at her studio 850-974-8543 or email to info@martischmidt.com
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