A Morning Visit To Long Beach Island, NJ

Spur of the moment on Wednesday, I decided I was going to go down to Long Beach Island on Thursday, to shoot my new camera and 28-300mm lens. I called my friend, Sally, who lives on the island, to see if she wanted to meet me. She did, and said she gets up at 5am. I don't get up that early and it takes me 45 minutes to get to her house, so I was down there by 7. I should have gotten there earlier, however it was an overcast, grey, flat light, kind of morning anyway.

We visited the Barnegat Lighthouse.

This is a 5" x 7' oil painting I did of it a couple of weeks ago.

Many varieties of flowers are planted around the lighthouse and the park there.

We met some nice people.

And we watched the fishing boats head out to sea.

Then we went over to the Viking Village Marina, just outside of the Barnegat inlet. 

A leader in the Commercial Fishing Industry here on the East Coast,

much of this country's shrimp, scallops, crab and fish come through this port.

Here many commercial fishing boats and charters are docked. 

I even found one with my name on it!

Then off to the yacht club, where not much activity was taking place.

Wow, I wonder who lives there, across the bay.

After checking out the bay, we headed off to the beach side.

I took lots more photos there. I'll post a sampling of those shots next time.

Here's a parting shot of my friend, Sally Vennel in a contemplative mood.

Check out her wonderful photos on her blog here. 

Demonstration This Sunday

This Sunday, April 19th, I will be at the Tuckerton Seaport Museum doing a painting demonstration from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Learn how to go from photo, to drawing, to painting. Admission to the museum is only $8.00. The demo is free and will be loaded with insights and information. (Now is your chance to see me in action!) A small collection of my originals and prints will be available for sale. Also, view the Tuckerton Seaport 2009 Art Show and Sale with over 100 paintings while you're there. The Lovely Lighthouse Gallery is open daily from 10am - 5pm. Hope to see you on Sunday.

Shacks and Fishing Boats Have Spirit!

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 at Tuckerton Seaport

I'm getting ready for my painting demonstration this Sunday at the Tuckerton Seaport Museum, Tuckerton, NJ. Learn how I go from photo to drawing to painting from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Admission to the museum is only $3.00. The demo is free and will be loaded with insights and information. (Now is your chance to see me in action, artists! I'm not sure if or when it will ever happen again.)

Learn how I go from here:

To here:
To here:
A small collection of my originals and prints will be available for sale.

Also, view the Tuckerton Seaport 2008 Art Show "Come See, Come Sea”
in the Lighthouse Gallery - 10am -5pm.

See my newest shack and fishing boat video here: