Sarasota's Bayfront Park hosts a sculpture featuring a sight everyone loves to see -- dolphins breaching the water. The Park is a perfect location for the sculpture since it’s home to Marina Jacks, multiple charter boats and an array of personal yachts. Dolphin spotting opportunities abound when you’re on Sarasota Bay.

“Dolphin Fountain” was purchased by Marina Jacks and Sarasota’s Public Art Fund in 1995. (The City’s public art collection currently boasts more than 85 works.) The bronze sculpture stands 12’ tall and is 40’ in diameter. A similar sculpture by Dickey can be found at the South Beach-Franklin Delano Roosevelt Boardwalk in Staten Island. We’ll take Sarasota over Staten Island any day.

Dickey is a Tampa-based artist whose work can also be seen on the Tampa Riverwalk.

Artist

Janet P. (JanP) Tombros, a resident of Apopka, Florida, is a certified “Master” Street Painter through Florida Chalk Artist Association and an established acrylic artist on both canvas and murals in the central Florida community.

Janet is the daughter of a diplomat with the armed forces and has been traveling the world her entire life Art became a comforting outlet for Janet to express her emotions in her ever changing world. Janet’s art reflects the broad cross-cultural influence that evolved from her extensive international travel experiences. From the Brazilian tropics to the surrounding riches of Sicilian antiquity, Janet’s vivid color palette reflects these carefree cultures.

Janet has been participating in the Sarasota Chalk Festival as an artist and a project captain for over 10 years. She is an eager participant in projects that engage community attention to arts and culture. Janet was among the first to put paint to concrete helping celebrate the colorful and lively city of Sarasota’s during their centennial.
"My art is about telling a story. I try to think from the perspective of my audience to convey the emotion that I want to illicit.”