To honor our 125 year history, we’ve commissioned paintings from noted Highwaymen R.L. Lewis.
R. L. Lewis is one of the creative and versatile figures of the Florida landscape artist tradition known as The Highwaymen. Lewis, who has spent most of his career in Central Florida, painted four scenic paintings depicting Eustis’ landscape history for the event.
All paintings will be auctioned off during the GeorgeFest weekend celebration in February. Prints and souvenir post cards of the paintings will also be for sale. Lewis, himself, will be on hand to demonstrate his artist talent and to sign autographs.
A native of Cocoa, Florida, Lewis was an art teacher in Brevard County for 32 years and an adult education art instructor at both Brevard Community College and the Cocoa Village Adult Education Association. He specialized in still life scenes and portraits and began selling his Florida art in 1967 throughout Central Florida.
More recently, he was selected to be part of the Smithsonian Institute Exhibition on Highwaymen art in 2004, became a Florida Artist Hall of Fame Inductee in 2004, and was the recipient of a National Endowment of the Arts “Preserving the Highwaymen Tradition” during 2003-2005.
R.L. Lewis and his son, Robert, own and operate the R.L. Lewis Art Gallery located in Cocoa, Florida. More information about the gallery and art can be found at www.rllewisartist.com.
A short history of the Highwaymen is available here.
