THREE VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY ART — BETWEEN IMAGE AND IDEA
Thursday, November 5, 2026 to Wednesday, January 6, 2027
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Area : Hobe Sound
Venue : Midflorida Event Center Art Gallery
9221 Event Center Place Port St. Lucie 34952
Free
Arts/Exibits
Gallery Hours: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Three Treasure Coast artists with distinctly different approaches to painting come together this fall in Three Voices in Contemporary Art: — Between Image and Idea, opening November 5 at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center Art Gallery in Port St. Lucie.
Featuring the work of José Farinos, Linda Reymore, and Mickey Rudolph, the exhibition moves from figurative imagery to geometric abstraction to contemporary and modern impressionism. Rather than organizing the exhibition around a shared style, Between Image and Idea places three independent visual languages in conversation with one another.
What connects them is the act of looking. Across the exhibition, color, form, space, surface, and structure operate in very different ways, inviting viewers to move between works and consider what is immediately recognizable, what reveals itself gradually, and what remains open to interpretation.
José Farinos – SERIOUSLY WHIMSICAL
José Farinos is a contemporary figurative painter whose work blends bold color, expressive figuration, and symbolic imagery to explore the paradoxes of everyday life. His paintings draw from familiar visual language—figures, objects, and signs—reconfigured into unexpected relationships that reveal humor, tension, and contradiction.
At first glance, his compositions appear direct and accessible, yet they unfold into layered visual narratives shaped by ambiguity and irony. Rather than offering fixed meanings, Farinos constructs open-ended images that invite multiple interpretations and encourage the viewer’s active participation. The result is a body of work that is at once playful and unsettling, simple in appearance yet conceptually complex.
His background in architecture informs Farinos’ artistic perspective. He studied at the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain and at the University of Miami, where he earned a Bachelor of Architecture and a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He is an active member of the Martin Artisans Guild and exhibits regularly at the Palm Room Art Gallery in Sewall’s Point. He is also a Premium Artist Member of the St. Lucie Cultural Alliance and a member of MartinArts and Art Associates of Martin County.
His work has been exhibited throughout Florida, including at the A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery in Fort Pierce, the Courthouse Cultural Center in Stuart, the Bailey Gallery in Hobe Sound, Pedrido Arte Gallery in Coral Gables, and previously at the MIDFLORIDA Event Center in Port St. Lucie. His work has received multiple juried awards, including First Place in the Palm Room Art Gallery’s 2025 ’Tis the Season exhibition.
Linda Reymore — WHEN THE EDGE BECOMES PART OF THE COMPOSITION
Stuart artist Linda Reymore creates geometric abstract paintings that challenge the conventional boundaries of the canvas. In her newest body of work, Perimetric Systems, separate painted panels form larger visual systems in which edges, intervals, and even the open wall within and between the paintings become active parts of the composition.
The work grew from Reymore’s continuing investigation of geometric structure and spatial relationships. Individual panels are complete paintings, but when placed in relationship to one another, new connections emerge across the spaces separating them. Some works allow more than one configuration, changing the viewer’s perception of where the composition begins and ends. For Reymore, that openness is essential. Rather than directing viewers toward a particular interpretation, she uses structure to create opportunities for visual discovery as the eye moves within a painting and from one element to another.
Reymore holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and a master’s degree in Marketing Communications from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Her work has been exhibited in juried exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally, including exhibitions at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, A.E. Backus Museum & Gallery, Ormond Beach Museum & Gardens, Texas National Exhibition in Nacogdoches, Ann Metzger National Biennial Memorial Exhibition in St. Louis, and the NOOBA (Non-Objective Art) exhibit in Colorado.
Recent recognition includes the Ann & Edgar Metzger Memorial, a Merit Prize at the 54th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition at Florida Southern College. Reymore is a member of the Martin Artisans Guild and St. Lucie Cultural Alliance. She is a Nautilus Fellow of the International Society of Experimental Artists and a Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists.
Mickey Rudolph — A LIFE SHAPED BY THE COAST
For artist Mickey, the coast is more than a subject—it is a lifelong source of memory, observation, and inspiration.
Mickey spent his early years on Long Beach Island, a barrier island along New York’s South Shore, where he explored the cuts and waterways of the Reynolds Channel Estuary and the rock jetties along the beaches between his family home and Point Lookout. Those formative experiences established a deep connection to the water and the distinctive rhythms of coastal life.
That connection continued throughout his years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as through extensive world travel and a lifetime devoted to boating and fishing. These experiences have given Mickey an almost inexhaustible reservoir of coastal memories—places, people, weather, light, boats, and fleeting moments—that continue to find their way into his paintings.
Mickey’s work combines elements of modern impressionism and illustration, creating paintings that balance expressive observation with a strong sense of narrative. His coastal scenes are informed by personal experience, yet they invite viewers to bring their own memories and associations to the imagery. Although proficient in a variety of media, he works primarily with OPEN, slow-drying acrylics and water-miscible oils, allowing him to build color, atmosphere, and painterly detail while maintaining a direct and spontaneous approach.
His work has received significant recognition, including three selections for the prestigious “Best of the Best” juried exhibition at the A.E. Backus Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida. Mickey holds Professional Status with the Martin Artisans Guild in Stuart, Florida, and his work is represented by Palm Room Gallery in Sewall’s Point, Florida.
He is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA), National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS), American Impressionist Society (AIS), and the Oil Painters of America (OPA)