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Orlando Municipal Airport
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Linda SchapperPainting (INTERIOR)
Orange County Courthouse
About the Artwork
This painting, measuring approximately 39.75 x 29.5 inches, is located in the second floor south hallway.
About the Artist
Linda Schapper
The fabric of Linda Schapper’s life reflects her diverse experiences, as do the richly colored tapestries and primitive paintings she creates. The large 15’ tapestries hich adorn the main rotunda of the Orange County Courthouse focus on topics such as “Communities”, “Citrus”, “Education”, and “Judicial”, and are a combination of techniques - hand embroidery, applique and quilting . Her acrylic paintings depict Orange County history and are created from archival photos of actual events overlaid by her own interpretations. Schapper’s work hangs in many public buildings and places of worship. Her tapestry “The Family of Christ” was chosen to serve as the backdrop for a mass Pope John Paul II celebrated in New York’s Central Park in the mid-1990s. Ms. Schapper resides in Orlando.
Did you know?
There is a large and colorful abstract leaded glass window in the Orange County Administration Center, called Riverwalk to the Sea, that is hidden behind shutters in order to control light for the T.V. cameras which broadcast meetings held in the room. However the shutters can be opened on request.
Discover Art in Central Florida!
For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can
be regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an
admission fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area
that is normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
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