Treasure fest is honored to have the ultimate pirate artist Don Maitz. Don Maitz's art has been featured in countless television shows and books. Don's work can also be seen in numerous museums. Don will be bringing some of his favorite works of art to Treasure Fest, hand selected by the master himself. You will also have a chance to buy a signed copy of Don's art book. Don is best known for creating the Captain Morgan from Captain Morgan rum. Don will have his had selected works available for purchase at Treasure Fest. Don't miss the opportunity to meet one of today's greatest artists.

A painter of remarkable maritime authenticity, imagination, and wit, artist Don Maitz breathes new life into the Golden Age of Exploration. His sense of adventure, sometimes spiced with humor, adds depth to the careful research and extraordinary attention to detail found in the works which are executed using traditional painting techniques and materials.

The iconic character he created for Captain Morgan Spiced Rum is his most widely recognized work in a professional arena that includes National Geographic publications. Don Maitz art has been featured in broadcasts of the Today Show, Dateline NBC, The History Channel, an episode of Wife Swap, and WEDU's A Gulf Coast Journal With Jack Perkins, an award winning Florida based public broadcasting documentary.

His works have been a favorite installment in pubic exhibitions at the South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL; the History Museum, Raleigh, NC; the North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beauford, NC; the Maritime Museum, Newport News, VA; the Door County Maritime and Lighthouse Museum in Sturgeon Bay, WI; the South Florida Museum, Bradenton, FL; the Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, WI; the San Diego Maritime Museum, CA (aboard the museum bark, Star of India); and the Orlando History Museum, Orlando, FL.

Odyssey Marine Exploration's presentation, "Shipwrecks, Pirates, and Treasure Exhibition", with ten Maitz images has been hosted at Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Tampa, FL; the Science Museum, Detroit, MI; The Science Museum of Oklahoma; and North Carolina’s Discovery Place. Ripley's Believe It or Not Aquarium of the Smokeys in Gatlin, Tennessee incorporated his art in their "Predators of the Sea" exhibit. A one man show of fifty original works, Ahoy Maitz, went on public display at the Key West Museum of Art & History, and continued showing at the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg, FL.

Maitz has been recognized by a certificate of merit from New York City's Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition committee for "Forty Thieves". Watercolor paintings by Maitz have been a yearly installment in Gallery One Masterworks in Miniature exhibitions, and his art has also been juried into the International Marine Art Exhibition at the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT, where his oil painting, "A Sheet to the Wind", received an Award of Excellence.

Imaginative paintings by Don Maitz have been displayed in group shows at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; the Delaware Art Museum,DE; and the Canton Art Museum, Canton, OH. Each of these exhibits drew record attendance.

Don Maitz is an artist member of the American Society of Marine Artists ( ASMA).

Both The Delaware Art Museum, and the New Britain Museum of American Art have one of his oil paintings in their collections. Major works have been privately purchased, or commissioned, by numerous celebrity collectors. Maitz resides in Florida with his wife, Janny Wurts, a published novelist and artist.

Don Maitz will be appearing at Treasure Fest at DePaula Jewelers in Tavernier, FL on April 9-10 20011.