Bowersock Gallery

Mount Dora- Friday, February 17, 2012 from 6 to 8pm with an artist reception featuring Michael Palmer 
This new body of work will take on the south's, southern charm. 

Palmer’s work has been exhibited throughout the United States and Canada. 

His paintings are part of several museums' permanent collections.

Friday, January 6, 2012 from 6 to 8pm with an Artist Reception featuring Meghan Howland and small works by Cindy Rizza.

137 East Fourth Ave, Mount Dora, FL 32757

Refreshments and wine, will be served.

Show runs through January 31st.

There are a number of reasons the Bowersock Gallery owners opened their second fine art business in Mount Dora; location, location and appreciation.

Co owners Steve Bowersock and Michael Senger used the same criteria for the second gallery as their first in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The new area needed to have a demonstrated appreciation for fine art, one with longevity, and a name that drew those with a real interest.

“We started driving down the east coast from New England stopping at a number of cities that we’d researched. We were fairly sure it would be one of the two towns in Georgia we’d heard so much about,” says Senger. “But once we saw Mount Dora everything changed. It was just what we were looking for.”

The location and actual building were impressive. Even during the investigative stage the community showed them what “southern hospitality” was all about.  But final clincher was the Lakes Region’s historical interest and respect for art.

“We felt welcome from the start,” says Bowersock. “It was also clear that this community had appreciation for fine art, not just historically, but currently and likely for the foreseeable future. That’s what attracted us to Provincetown, Mass. and now to the Lakes Region of Florida.”