McClellanville 2 '08

  Today I went to the nearby fishing village of McClellanville to get some shrimp boat photos and some  lunch.  The town has a large fishing fleet and arguably the best seafood in the state. (It certainly has the freshest seafood I have ever had.)  Unfortunately, Hurricane Hugo came ashore right atop of the town, and nearly wiped the once thriving town off the map. There are whole streets no, without a single building on them.   Hurricane or no, there is a certain beauty about the area can’t be found elsewhere.  Many of the survivors decided to stay put as evidenced by all the little local shops.  I plan on coming back to paint the uniquely southern town.

Hawaii: Gallery Hopping 3 '08

One of our favorite things to do in Hawaii is go Art  Gallery hopping. That's easy to do on the Big Island, as there are a lot of fine galleries representing both off island and local artists.

Volcano Art Gallery Volcano NP HI

The Volcano Art gallery in the Volcano National Park represents the best of what the Hawaiian Islands have to offer

We attended a reception there where we met glass artist

Marian Fieldson

and bought several of her beautiful  glass plates

Each is unique and cast in lava molds

I love their organic form

And she doesn't skimp on her color... red glass is becoming very rare..

A Red Glass Plate by Fieldson

On the opposite side of the Island we visited all of the little galleries in Hawi which offer  fine art crafts from the local area.

A gallery in Hawi

One of many studio galleries in Honolua

And of course we had to visit the artist colony of Honolua  which is the home of one of my favorite regional artist: Darrel Hill

Darrel Hill Studio