The idyllic Caribbean, reality and fantasy, is the world of San Francisco-born artist Don Dahlke. His beautiful paintings of brightly-colored island cottages dappled in sunlight, shadowed by palm fronds, and with views to turquoise waters through shuttered windows provide us with a perfect escape to a perfect place. Exercises in color and contrast, his vibrant paintings whisk the viewer to a place of sunshine, warm summer breezes, rustling palms, and calm, quiet contentment.
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