About the Artist:
Candyce Klooster Speck is a watercolor and acrylic painter from Charlevoix, Michigan. She has been coming to Vero Beach since her childhood and she had now made Vero Beach her second home.Candyce graduated from Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1976 and worked in architectural design andbook illustration for many years. After relocating to Costa Rica, her interests quickly changed to painting landscapes, waterscapes, and horses. She opened her own art gallery and gift shop, Arte Nativo, and taught watercolor classes in the shop. She has shown her work in Round Lake Art Gallery, Circle of the Arts, Maison Jardin and The Waterfront Art Fair. All in Michigan. Artists that inspire her are Vincent Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keefe and Bev Doolittle.She has won various awards for her art and is excited to share her work with you through the Vero Beach Art Club Gallery.Candyce often accepts commissions.
