With a great appreciation of the now-too-rare natural Florida landscape, Dean Saunders pursued ways to capture and preserve the state’s natural beauty. He is an eighth-generation Floridian who knows that the natural Florida landscape he enjoyed as a young man is a precious commodity for our future.
From those roots, Dean built a successful land company that guides landowners through the many facets of land transactions and conservation easements. This is what brought him to the idea of capturing Florida's natural beauty through authentic landscape paintings of well-known artists, such as naturalist and landscape artist, Thomas Brooks, Lakeland, FL; nature and landscape artist David Escadero, New Mexico; and natural landscape artist, Michael J. Nowak, Lakeland, FL.
Each year, a Florida location is selected by Dean for a new addition to The Saunders Art Collection. In recent years, Dean has expanded The Saunders Art Collection to include Georgia scenes and paintings as well. The commissioning culminates at an annual corporate event or Lay of the Land Conference, where the commissioned painting is displayed, and prints are given to each attendee.
2025 - Georgia
"Pines at Sundown"
by David Lanier
2025 - Florida
"Red-cockaded Woodpeckers"
by Danny O'Driscoll
2024
"Florida's Gentle Giant"
by Sophie Green
2023
"Ghosts of the Glades"
by Leon Fouché
2022
"The Morning Post"
by Danny O'Driscoll
2021
"Hope Song"
by Stephen Koury
2019
"Everglades Feeding"
by C. Ford Riley
2018
"St. Johns Riverboat"
by Thomas Brooks