Page 12 - Southern Exposure - August '24

Page 12, Southern Exposure

arts & EntErtainmEnt

All Aboard For Art And Culture!

West Palm Beach-Based Artist Lisa Kaw’s Artwork Featured On Brightline

Passengers traveling to The Palm Beaches Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando,” explained Milton
will be delighted by the vibrant presence of Segarra, president and CEO of DTPB. “These arts-focused
tropical parrot illustrations decorating Brightline Brightline wraps help us promote summer visitation with
trains this summer. easy accessibility to Boca Raton and West Palm Beach via
Palm Beach County-based professional the train.”
artist Lisa Kaw’s artwork featuring colorful “Brightline Trains are the perfect vessel to showcase
illustrations of parrots, ocean waves, palm fronds a brand across two of the top destinations in the U.S.,”
and, of course, sunglasses and sunshine can be said Johanna Rojas, senior vice president of partnerships
seen wrapping the coaches of a Brightline train at Brightline. “We are thrilled to support the local arts
currently traveling between Miami and Orlando. community and offer our riders a unique and immersive
The work will be displayed through September experience as they travel to and from The Palm Beaches.”
and is the result of a partnership between the About Artist Lisa Kaw
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County and Based in West Palm Beach, Kaw’s lush art is a tropical
Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB) as part of a jungle of vibrant colors, posh parrots, and fancy flora
marketing initiative to drive awareness of Palm and fauna. From her sunny South Florida bungalow,
Beach County as a tourism destination. she creates playful abstracts, drawing inspiration from
“We partnered with Discover The Palm In a collaboration between the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County her radiant surroundings and avid adventures to exotic
Beaches and Brightline to not only promote The and Discover The Palm Beaches, Kaw’s tropical artwork will inspire those locales. High-impact minimalism marries playful palettes
Palm Beaches’ vibrant collection of hotels and traveling between Miami and Orlando to make a stop in The Palm Beaches. to transport the onlooker into a world of pure imagination.
beaches, but to specifically highlight that Palm Professional artist Lisa Kaw’s artwork can be seen wrapping the coaches Uplifting and inspiring, Kaw’s charismatic creations evoke
Beach County is Florida’s Cultural Capital,” said of a Brightline train this summer. Photo by Jacek Gancarz a childlike spirit where creativity runs free and every day
Dave Lawrence, the Cultural Council’s president has a 100 percent chance of pure artistic sunshine. To see
and CEO. “The Palm Beaches have an incredible array of Mizell @theflohemian, “Blue Parrot” Corey Morrow @ more of her work, visit www.palmbeach.artistcollectives.
arts and cultural arts offerings, as well as talented creative coreylovescolor, and “Yellow Parrot” Sarah LaPierre @ org/collections/lisa-kaw.
professionals like Lisa Kaw. We are thrilled to feature the thickpaint. For more information and a comprehensive
artist’s colorful artwork that evokes our tropical destination “I wanted to create something that helps people feel calendar of cultural events in The Palm Beaches, visit
in such an attractive way.” everything that The Palm Beaches represent when they see palmbeachculture.com.
Dubbed “Palm Beach Posh,” Kaw’s artwork features her it – the chic shopping, dancing palms, cool ocean breezes, For more information about The Palm Beaches, visit
take on the Cultural Council’s signature “Shades of Culture” delectable dining and a vibrant art scene,” Kaw said. “My www.ThePalmBeaches.com or follow on social media
sunglasses. In addition, her designs showcase The Palm artwork communicates the wonder of our natural world, and on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X, Threads,
Beaches’ signature natural beauty, including palm fronds, I love living and working in The Palm Beaches. It truly is a Pinterest and LinkedIn.
waves, coral, sunshine, hibiscus flowers and four whimsical tropical paradise.” For more information about Brightline, visit www.
parrots inspired by and named after four of her fellow Palm “The Palm Beaches are known as ‘Florida’s Most gobrightline.com and follow on Facebook, Instagram
Beach County-based professional artist friends: “Pink Parrot” Stylish Vacation Destination,’ and a partnership with and X.
Devin Noel @devinnoeldesigns, “Turquoise Parrot” Mandy Brightline allows us to reach our top regional markets of