Janet Peavy told attendees of her recent meet-and-greet at Three Island Monkeys that she often lets the shapes and colors of the seashells she uses in her art guide her vision.
“I’ve always been intrigued by anything to do with the ocean,” she said.
Peavy recently debuted her work at the Longboat Key shop. From the intricately layered scales of a mermaid tail to the circular suction cups of an octopus, meticulously placed shells make up the core of her artwork.
She has lived in the Lakewood Ranch area for the past year and a half, and she often travels all along the coast, on beaches and in shops, in search of shells for her artwork…