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St. Petersburg, Florida, "The Sunshine City" in "The Sunshine State".

This acrylic painting combines the retro-style composition of classic vacation post cards, with elements of surrealism, and "things that aren't there anymore";
The "inverted pyramid" pier, beloved by the community, but torn down anyway,
Salvador Dali himself is peeking out from the block letters,
followed by a pair of tranquil manatees,
the famous 'Coney Island Grill, located on Martin Luther King Boulevard (9th Street North),
and the renovated Vinoy Hotel.

St. Petersburg is currently in the midst of a huge urban development,
and the quaint mom and pop feel, is being replaced with glass tower skyscrapers, gentrification, and an urban overhaul.

St. Petersburg's new Dali Museum houses the largest collection of original Salvador Dali works inside of North America.

There are many bizarre and twisted tales woven inside of St. Pete's history,
these w...

Jonathan Morrill is a Hollywood-based artist. His acrylic works of many a tinsel-town icon have graced the walls of La-La Land's great haunts, including Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where he appears as himself in the HBO documentary; "The Young and The Dead" (2000), painting an over-sized portrait of Rudolph Valentino as the "The Son of The Sheik", mere yards away from the icons final resting place. The piece is featured in Tracy Ryan Terhune's book 'Valentino Forever' (AuthorHouse, 2004) In 2019, that same 10' x 10' acrylic portrait continues to be displayed at the annual Valentino memorial. The Hollywood Wax Museum featured not only some of Morrill's acrylic work, but during his tenor as assistant curator, he installed a...