Easter Week and April Bring Artists to Sanibel

Temperatures on Sanibel Island in April are just aboutflowers or the scenes before them. Every Thursday
perfect.throughout the season starting at 9AM –the group
It is warm, sunny and bugless, with little rain and nomeets to "paint out" and has lunch at different locations
real storms. In fact, April has the least amount of rainon the island with a brown bag lunch each painter
of all 12 months of the year with an average of only 1.1brings with them. According to the group, visitors are
inches.most welcome. Car pooling is encouraged due to
As point of comparison, August has 9.7 inches. (butlimited parking spaces in many of the locations.
keep in mind most of the rain in Sanibel in summerThe April "paint outs" are as follows:
comes late afternoon and through the evening, days- April 2 Casa Ybel Resort
are generally hot and sunny!)- April 9 SCCF Sanibel Captiva Conservation
In addition, in April the Gulf is warming up, the crowdsFoundation
are leaving.- April 16 Tarpon Bay Marin
Air prices are coming down and nature is coming back.- April 23 Gramma Dots Café and Marina
Best of all, the month of April, while bringing few to no- April 30 Castaways Cottages
showers, does bring an opportunity to create beautifulThe Chairperson for the April paint outs is Randon
May flowers. No, not those planted in the ground, butEddy who can be reached at 239. 395. 4518.
those painted on canvas.Plan your vacation for Easter Week, April 11 to 18 now
The Sanibel Captiva Art League offers "paint-outs" alland you can fill the rest of winter with the sunshine of
year long. So wanna be, aspiring and even seasonedyour dreams! (and don't forget to bring your favorite
artists can join together and paint outdoors, creatingpaint brush when you do get to Sanibel!