Paul Arsenault has become a part of Naples’ modern history with his ability to tell the stories of the people and the places of Collier County through his painting. Now, he takes that skill of storytelling through art to the next level in his book, “An Artful History of Naples and Collier County.”
As Arsenault explains of his 50 years of art, “It was one thing to come home with a painting, but to come home with a painting and a story meant it was really a successful day.”
Now, his richly illustrated coffee-table book journeys through the lives of hunters and harvesters; traders and trailblazers; Neapolitans and cosmopolitans; spirits and stewards…