PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER, PUBLIC ART AND LANDSCAPE PROJECT
PROJECT NO 05234

PRIME CONSULTANT: TED JECZALIK
SUB CONSULTANT: TAMARA GERKIN

LETTER OF INTENT

TED JECZALIK DESIGN FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER - FLORIDA.
PROJECT INCLUDES ADMINISTRATION AND FINISH OF PROJECT CALLED PUBLIC ART AND LANDSCAPE PROJECT AT PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER LOCATED AT 650 OKEECHOBEE BLVD, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA.

THE DESIGN IS MADE BY TED JECZALIK.

TED JECZALIK RESUME:

TED HAS BEEN ART DESIGNER, ART CONSULTANT AND ARTIST TO ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE PROJECT MANAGERS.
HIS WORK INCLUDES DESIGNS OF ARTISTIC MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE STRUCTURES AND PLAZAS  FOR COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE USE.
TED HAS BEEN ALSO FINE ART ARTIST WITH OIL PAINTINGS. HIS ART COLLECTION CAN BE SEEN AT WWW.TEDJEC.COM
HIS FINE ART WORK IS IN MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AS WELL AS PUBLIC PLACES. HIS WORK WAS SHOWN IN GALLERIES IN CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES AND SOME EUROPEAN CITIES.
TED LIVES IN NEW PORT RICHEY, FLORIDA WHERE IS HIS ART STUDIO AND PRIVATE COLLECTION OR FINE ART.
TED HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ART DESIGN AND ART CONSULTATION.

TAMARA GERKIN RESUME:

Tamara has painted and drawn all of her life and has won numerous awards since she was 8 years old. Her formal art training began at Glendale
Community College in Arizona, where she learned drawing, composition and painting before transferring to Arizona State University, where she
earned a BFA Degree. During this time she also studied portrait painting with Muller Lux. She later continued her passion for learning at the
NYC Art Students League and Nat’l Academy Of Art & Design, where she studied under some of America’s top Portrait & Landscape Painters. Since
1986, she has created numerous paintings, pencil drawings and 84 murals that are in distinguished collections world-wide. In addition to painting,
Tamara has worked as an Art Consultant and Gallery Owner/Director in Scottsdale, Arizona. Today she resides in Port Richey, Florida where she
specializes in creating exterior and interior Tropical Landscapes, Marine Life and figurative paintings and murals.
 
 

SERVICES PROVIDED BY TED JECZALIK DESIGN TEAM:

TED JECZALIK WILL PROVIDE DESIGN, PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND FINAL FINISH.

TAMARA GERKIN WILL DESIGN ANY MURALS AND OUTDOOR PAINTINGS, FINAL DETAILING AND CONSULTATION ON PROJECT SITE.

TED JECZALIK AND TAMARA GERKIN HAVE FINISHED BOTH MANY CONSTRUCTION AND OUTDOOR ART PROJECTS.

BELOW ARE SAMPLES OF FINISHED PROJECTS:


 
CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY
BY TAMARA GERKIN
CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY
BY TAMARA GERKIN

 


Fiesta Key, Florida BY TAMARA GERKIN
Size: 6'x73'    Medium: Artist Acrylic Paint


 

Friends Forever by Tamara Gerkin

Tamara, Joe Karl & Mayor Dan Tipton of New Port Richey
Photograph by: Jeff Miller 

TROPICAL LANDSCAPING DESIGNS BY TED JECZALIK


 

Above photos represent styles and ideas from designers that were implemented for project of Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida
 

PROJECT DETAILS

THE MAIN SQUARE IN FRONT OF PALM BEACH CONVENTION CENTER HAS BEEN DESIGN TO PLACE STRESS ON
NATURAL BEAUTY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND IT'S TROPICAL CLIMATE.
WE USED EXISTING FRONT CONCRETE BLOCK POLES FOR PERGOLA THAT WILL PROVIDE PLACE FOR VINES GROWTH AND CREATING SOME SHADE AREAS.
 

IN THE MIDDLE IS SPANISH STYLE FOUNTAIN.
AROUND FOUNTAIN IS CIRCLE AREA WITH BENCHES TO SIT AND RELAX.
BEHIND BENCHES WE PLACES ANOTHER RAW OF PERGOLAS ON BOTH SIDES.
UNDERNEATH OF PERGOLAS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SETS OF BENCHES FOR PEOPLE LOOKING TO RELAX IN SHADE.


PERGOLAS IN FRONT OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE SQUARE. CONCRETE SURROUNDING CREATE SPACE FOR SOIL AND SECURITY OF POSSIBLE CAR RUNDOWN OF THESES CONCRETE BLOCK POLES. FROM CONCRETE SOIL HOLDERS THERE AE VINES TO BE GROWN FOR THE TOTAL AREA OF PERGOLAS CREATING SHADE IN HOT SUMMER DAYS.



MAIN SQUARE AND SPACE AREA TO THE LEFT HAS SIMILAR DESIGN - FOUNTAIN IN THE MIDDLE PLUS PERGOLAS AND BENCHES.

BEHIND PERGOLAS THERE IS AREA WITH CONCRETE ROUND SOIL HOLDERS ( LARGE CONCRETE PIPES USED FOR DRAINAGE)
EVERY HOLDERS HAS FERTILE SOIL TO GROW PALM TREES AND OTHER TROPICAL PLANTS.

                                                                                  ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING
THE DESIGN INCLUDES 3 COLOR LIGHTNING INSTALLED AT BOTTOM OF EACH CONCRETE HOLDER WITH PALM TREES.

LUSH FULL TROPICAL PLANTS CREATE VERY UNIQUE PLACE TYPICAL FOR SOUTHERN FLORIDA CLIMATE.
THIS DESIGN INCLUDE LIGHT AND TRANSPARENT ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
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ALL CONCRETE STRUCTURE, FOUNTAIN AND PERGOLAS WILL BE DECORATED BY TAMARA GERKIN

DESIGNED AND SUBMITTED BY TED JECZALIK, 8745 ANGOFF DR, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34653, USA, 12-12-2005
TEL NO. 727-641-6709
ALL COLOR PHOTOS AND DESIGN IS LOCATED AT www.tedjec.com/palmbeachconventioncenter