In 1975, the Indiana native graduated from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota. About 10 years ago, Lovegrove and her husband took a wrong turn and found themselves on the quaint island of Matlacha that remains stuck in the Florida of the 1950s and 1960s. This delightfully quirky artist's diverse work is displayed in galleries around the world. Her body of work includes a commissioned portrait of Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson and a portrait of former President Jimmy Carter displayed in his Presidential Library in Atlanta.
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