Connie Landis captures Charlevoix Venetian Festival in 'Flying Colors'

CHARLEVOIX — Connie Landis' painting "Flying Colors" has been chosen as this year's Venetian Festival artwork.

The piece portrays the excitement of the annual Charlevoix Venetian Festival with the nautical flags that have historically been used at sea for communication between ships to convey short messages, each flag representing a letter of the alphabet, spelling out "Charlevoix Venetian."

The Venetian Festival painting is an original piece of artwork hand-picked to be emblazoned on event t-shirts and brochures and auctioned off to the highest bidder, raising funds for next year’s activities.

Landis' creation is the 23rd painting to be selected as the annual logo for Charlevoix’s largest event of the year, the Venetian Festival. The festival is a weeklong series of concerts, sporting games and carnival rides that brings nearly 100,000 people to a city with only 2,500 year-round residents.

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Her original painting will be sold at auction after the Miss Charlevoix coronation in the Odmark Pavilion on Wednesday, July 24. Those wanting to place a silent bid or arrange for a proxy can call Anne Golski at (231) 675-2164.

Posters will be available for purchase at the Venetian merchandise booth located on Bridge Street the week of July 20-27.

Complete festival event listings can be found in the printed festival booklets and flyers around town, as well as at venetianfestival.com .

— Contact reporter Annie Doyle at (231) 675-0099 and adoyle@charlevoixcourier.com

This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Connie Landis captures Charlevoix Venetian Festival in 'Flying Colors'