The Mango Vol 1 Issue 6

She’s painted murals on million-dollar cigarette boats and designed inlay tile work for pools in the shape of dolphins. She’s created full museum exhibits and painted the creature of the black lagoon drinking tiki drinks. In 2007, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission selected her design for the Save the Manatee license plate. From dragons to hula girls to tipsy tiki scenes, she says: “Anything that gives me that vibration.” She is currently working on a new series starring pirate frogs called “Captain Croaker and the Caribbean Amphibians.” “I have found that if people laugh, they’ll buy it. How can I bring some joy into their lives?” And much like the stylings of Jimmy Buffet, “How can I make them escape a little bit?” Blauers has opened an Esty shop and is enthusiastically available for commission work. She may even take on a few art students to teach oil painting. She and her husband, Greg, occupy a 6-acre farm on the outskirts of Orlando. He owns Wop’s Hops Brewing Company in Sanford for which Blauers created all the branding

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