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| Savannah artist Betsy Cain has donated this 2021 work. oil on yupo paper 26 x 20 inches framed (28 x 22”) |
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| Among photographer Nancy Marshall’s accolades is that she is an Ossabaw Genesis member. The Genesis Project–a cooperative, semi-sustainable community–operated at historic Middle Place on Ossabaw Island from 1970 to 1983. Through the years she maintained a close relationship with Mrs. West, Ossabaw Island's last private owner. Nancy used an experimental camera to take this image of some Ossabaw pigs gathered around the fountain in the rear of the Torrey-West house. Photograph , Archival Inkjet 14 x 14 " |
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| Photographer, France Dorman, taught photography and sculpture for 34 years. He has led many student trips to Ossabaw Island over the years. 18.5 x 28.5 image size. Framed size is 25.5 x 35.5. Framed photograph under conservation clear plexiglass. Printed on Museo Silver Rag paper. Taken in 2015 on Ossabaw Island. |
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| Kathryn Kolb, photographer, has led many photographery retreats and workshops on Ossabaw Island through out the years. This is taken on the causeway leading to the dock. Date: 2020 Image size: 28" x 18.5" (print only, unframed) |
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| Poet and photographer Danelle LeJeune explored the Ossabaw Island junk yard and photographed this image. She printed the photograph on copper sheeting. The artwork measures 24 X 48. Danelle and her husband run the spring and fall Ossabaw Island Writers' Retreat. |
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Claire Newton
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| Kathleen Kollock painted this watercolor. "I had south end in mind, as well as, other images and writings of the island but not a specific location or structure. I call it "Almost Home". Kathleen is a descendant of George Kollock who owned the Suth End Plantation site on Ossabaw Island from 1849-1865. |
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Miles K Thoroman
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| Blanche Nettles Powers Graphite on BFK rag paper 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches 2019 http://blanchenettlespowers.com/ |
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| Anne Brodie Hill first came to Ossabaw Island with the the Ossabaw Artists' Collective two times, in 2016 and 2017. Anne painted this 5" x 7" framed oil painting on February 11, 2017. This painting was done "en plein air" while sitting on the picnic table behind the Club House. The subject is a really cute armadillo, who was rooting around in the grass for a long time - giving me time to take a photo, do a pen and ink and watercolor sketch, and this oil painting. The value is $200.00. |
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Liz Lampton
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| Leah Medders took this image of Penelope the Ossabaw pig! Who could resist such a sweet eye? Robert Medders collected the drift wood from Ossabaw Island and made the frame. |
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Phyllis Balmes
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| Raven Waters has creatd this 24" x20" oil painting |
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Betsy Cain
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| Jack of all trades, Robert Medders, has hammered this full size replica of a loggerhead sea turtle shell out of copper sheets. He then patinates the shell to give it a green verdigre look. This is the best way to own a turtle shell! |
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Kathryn Collura
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| Painter Alan Campbell has a long history with Ossabaw Island! He was one of the Ossabaw Island Project members in the late 1970s. He tells a story of how Sandy West encouraged him to paint want he knows, images from the south. The late Savannah photographer Jack Leigh and Alan spent weeks on Ossbaw Island while working on the University of Georgia Press book "Ossabaw: Evocations of an Island". This painting was created during that stay. This was painted prior to the Save America's Treasures grant that restored the tabby building. This is #32/150 Framed/Signed/Numbered Limited Edition Print - 15” x 22” |
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| This basket is designed and woven by Pam Bullock. This extra large basket features an image of the Main Road which runs the spine of Ossabaw Island. 8" tall 13.5" x 19" 51" around Pam is a part of a group of educators from Tennessee. Group leaders Barbara Vaughn and Gwen Morris, teachers from Tennessee, first visited Ossabaw Island in 2003 as part of a "Teacher Training" program. The group spent a week camping at the South End Campsite. Year after year the group from Tennessee attended other teacher training summer programs. About ten years ago this group of in-service and retired teachers began visiting Ossabaw Island in the spring and as an added activity they crafted baskets using some of the island's shells, grasses and branches. |
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| Basket, 10½" x 4½" Artist: Debra Shea Ossabaw Island sweetgrass, seashells, beach wood, longleaf pine needles, Irish waxed linen thread, hand cut copper pig. Coiled using plain stitch, diamond stitch, spiral wheat stitch. Faggoting stitch used in the portals mimics fisherman's netting. Braided sweetgrass stitched to rim, and undulating sides of basket represent the ocean waves. A bit about the artist: I am mostly self-taught in pine needle basketry. About 25 years ago I participated in a one-day class in coiling pine needles for baskets. I found it interesting to make something beautiful as well as functional from nature's cast-offs of needles and cones, but I didn't pursue it. Years later we bought an old farmhouse with longleaf pines on the property. This inspired me to seriously take up this craft. There is much involved prior to even beginning a basket. Needles are harvested, triaged, washed, and dried. They can be dyed, fumed, painted, glycerined, or left natural. Once made, the end product can be left as is, or a protective coating of urethane or beeswax applied. Often the baskets have a mind of their own, and what I envisioned creating at the start will turn out differently in the end. To me, coiled baskets are a reminder that life's journey doesn’t always follow a straight path, but that can often lead to something even better! A visit to Ossabaw Island inspired this basket. It is my first time using sweetgrass. I have tried to incorporate many of the things seen and found on this beautiful, bountiful island. |
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| Artist Cora Morris has donated this 8X8, Photo Encaustic/Mixed Media http://coraennismorris.com/ This image is a detail of the gates to the Torrey-West Estate. This estate was established in 1924 when the Torrey family from Grosse Pointe, MI purchased Ossabaw Island for their winter retreat. |
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Diane Kaufman
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| This basket is designed and woven by Deborah Palk. It features beautiful mahogany handles and an image of Buckhead Creek at low tide. 4" tall 14" x 18" 48" around Deborah is an educator from Tennessee. Group leaders Barbara Vaughn and Gwen Morris, teachers from Tennessee, first visited Ossabaw Island in 2003 as part of a "Teacher Training" program. The group spent a week camping at the South End Campsite. Year after year the group from Tennessee attended other teacher training summer programs. About ten years ago this group of in-service and retired teachers began visiting Ossabaw Island in the spring and as an added activity they crafted baskets using some of the island's shells, grasses and branches. |
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| Ossabaw Island Foundation's late Jim Bitler (1955-2011) painted this watercolor of the Middle Place Tabby for Nancy Marshall, an Ossabaw Island Genesis member, in 2003. Jim must have painted this piece in the fall since he depicts the Wing Stem in full bloom. Nancy has generously donated this watercolor to the Ossabaw Island Foundation for this silent auction benefiting the work of the Foundation in honor of Jim Bitler’s memory. Size is 6x9” watercolor paper, image is 4x7” |
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| Marc Hanson Size: 12”x24” Medium: Oil on Panel Date Created: 8/2021 Value: $2,300.00 Marc R. Hanson P.A.P.A., O.P.A.M., P.A.P.S.E. Tybee Island, GA https://linktr.ee/marchanson This beautiful image was painted in the studio after Marc attended a creative day trip hosted by the Ossabaw Island Foundation. |
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| Educator and photographer Ben Wells donates this sepia toned photograph. 44.5 X 20.5 framed image. Ben mentioned he had been working on capturing this particular tree over several visits to Ossabaw Island. |
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| Barbara Vaughn and Gwen Morris, teachers from Tennessee, first visited Ossabaw Island in 2003 as part of a "Teacher Training" program. The group spent a week camping at the South end Campsite. Year after year the group from Tennessee attended other teacher training summer programs. About ten years ago this group of in-service and retired teachers began visiting Ossabaw Island in the spring and as an added activity they crafted baskets using some of the island's shells, grass. Barbara Vaughn designed and wove this basket featuring cotton spindles as handles and an image of South End Beach's boneyard. 13" tall 11.5"x 11.5" 36" around |
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| By: Dottie Leatherwood Size: 14” x 18” oil on canvas Title: “Ossabaw sentinel” Retail Value: $800 Dottie T Leatherwood Fine Art | www.dottietleatherwood.com | Dottie and her painting partner, Marc Hanson, have been attending the Ossabaw Island Creative day trips. This beutiful painting was created after this June's visit. |
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| Donkey Palooza! Becca Sipper donated a one of kind Ossabaw Donkey mug! We are pairing it with a special photo of Ode, Mary Helen's son. A plush donkey, a donkey t-shirt and donkey tote bag, with the adoption certificate and sticker. We have just added four coasters featuring Ossabaw donkeys! |
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| This large picnic basket is designed and woven by Angie Abbott. She features an image of the Torrey-West House in the floor of the basket. 7" tall 21" x 13" 55" in diameter. Angie is an educator from Tennessee. Group leaders Barbara Vaughn and Gwen Morris, teachers from Tennessee, first visited Ossabaw Island in 2003 as part of a "Teacher Training" program. The group spent a week camping at the South End Campsite. Year after year the group from Tennessee attended other teacher training summer programs. About ten years ago this group of in-service and retired teachers began visiting Ossabaw Island in the spring and as an added activity they crafted baskets using some of the island's shells, grasses and branches. |
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| Photographer Kenny Nobles has donated: 30x38 gallery canvas wrap. This image is of the 1820 tabby house built to house enslaved people on Ossabaw Island. In the 1870s this building was the home of freed man Amos Johnson who farmed on Ossabaw Island. Later many people who lived and worked on Ossabaw Island lived in this building including Roger Parker and his wife Sara. In 2004 the Ossabaw Island Foundation was awarded a Save America’s Treasures grant which was used to restore the building back to its original design. |
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| Heron Flight by Don Howe, 2021 Wood Veneer Marquetry Size: 16 x 20 Veneers include; Okoume, Chestnut, Walnut Burl, Walnut, Red Gum, Maple. Picture wraps around all side of the 1-1/4 inch thickness. Don Howe is a retired Aeronautical Engineer who now has more time for hobbies including photography and marquetry. |
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Francis Lapolla
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| Dancing Moss on Ossabaw Island by Teake Zuidema. 17" x 22" inch high quality inkjet archival print by the photographer www.teakezuidema.com Teake participated in a creative day trip hosted by the Ossabaw Island Foundation. For more information about our trips, click here. |
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| Hannah Burtnik created these ceramic items. These are all vases, 2 tree branches and the 3 acorn shapes can be a bud vase or candle holder. The tall tree branch has Turkey Tail fungus as decorations. |
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| Photographer, Janet Csadenyi took this image during Ossabaw Island Foundation's September 2021 Turtle Hatching weekend. Encaustic photograph with pastel on board, 8"x 8". |
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| By: Sheryl St. Germain It’s called “Oak with Lichen” and is based on an oak tree I saw at Ossabaw. It’s an art quilt, 15” x 16 1/2”. Made with a mix of commercial and hand dyed fabrics, machine quilted and hand-embroidered. www.sheryl-stgermain.com |
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| Regina Holderness painted this oil on canvas panel. The framed work is 15.5" x 20" Regina says, "The photo I used for my inspiration was taken on my 4th trip to Ossabaw in October 2020 after the Pig Roast. That was such a fun trip!! It was a perfect day!! It was my first visit to Middle Place and I believe this is the Tower House. This part of island was so fascinating. I loved seeing it!!" |
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| Helen Durant created this 12”x12”, mixedmedia/ acrylic , paper of two of the donkeys still living on Ossabaw Island. The story of the Ossabaw donkeys goes back almost fifty years and hovers around a charming island on the coast of South Carolina and a delightful man who owned the Island and had lived there most of his life. His great love and deep interest was animals. In his later years he decided to import many exotic animals that could, of course, survive happily in a compatible land that would provide familiar climate, food and terrain. Soon Bull island was the home of zebra, mouflon, water buffalo and a group of Sicilian donkeys. The donkeys came from Sicily in the nineteen forties. Alas, Porter Crosley, for that was the name of this remarkable man, died not too long after his wish was fulfilled, and the animals had to find a new home. They were given to carefully selected people. The news reached me eventually, just at the time of my son’s tenth birthday. I sneaked into the family Volkswagen minibus and left for Bull Island where I was greeted warmly and left with two jacks, a jenny and another jenny with a baby. They were all beautiful, lovable, friendly and peaceful. In Savannah I stopped at the post office, rushed in to get the mail, and came out to see an enchanted mob laughing with the donkeys in the bus. My son, Justin, was thrilled and so was everyone else. My Genesis biology students were delighted to be able to study wild animals loose on Ossabaw – living the life they were born to live without human tampering, experimenting and training. Three Genesis members from Penn State University received their PhDs with dissertations about the behavior of wild donkeys. ---Sandy West |
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| Photographer, Kathleen Kostra visited Ossabaw Island and said, "I lived Ossabaw from the very moment I stepped on the beach." She was fascinated by the subtle variations in the sand and the rack gathered at the high tide mark. She shot these detailed images and created a series of photographs. Set of three framed and matted beach series. Each frame is 16 ¾ x 16 ¾. |
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| Artist and Ossabaw descendant Ekron "Ches" Crow enjoys painting wildlife scenes especially ones in the low country. Ches has donated works of art to all 20 of our Pig Roast Art Auctions. Ches is a descendant of John Morel Jr. The Morel family owned all and part of Ossabaw Island from 1763 to 1863. |
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| Photographer, Lynn Daley, has visited Ossabaw Island many times. She describes this work as a black and white textured image of one if the many washed up and sun bleached trees on South Beach. The image is 26" x 20" framed. |
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| Painted by Barbara Bormes in September, 2000 for Sandy West. This painting features the front of her house on Ossabaw Island. From the collection of Eleanor Torrey West. |
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Megan Manly
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| Measuring 11"x14" and is acrylic paint on gallery-wrapped canvas, it is painted by Paige Adair an artist from Charlotte, NC who fell in love with Georgia's coast. |
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| Andre Bertolino created this linoleum cut print on hand marbelized Nepalese paper. An osprey nest is in the top of a dead pine tree just before you reach the gates to the Torrey-West Estate on Ossabaw Island. Some refer to osprey as sea hawks or fish hawks. |
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| Spend a spring weekend (April 8,9,10, 2022) on Ossabaw Island focusing on the island’s ecological and natural wonders. Renowned coastal Georgia naturalist and educator John “Crawfish” Crawford leads this three day, two night experience featuring a naturalist tour of Ossabaw Island, a trip to the beach, a trip to Middle Place and a nearby gator hole, and a nighttime naturalist program. Plus time to relax, explore on your own, and experience Ossabaw Island. Up to eight participants will stay in the fully heated and cooled 1918 Boarding House, restored in 2009-2010. More Information and photos about the Boarding House, your home away from home! Trip includes round trip transportation from Savannah, five home cooked meals and snacks, housing, and programming. The Boarding House was originally constructed as island staff housing by a group of Savannah Business men who had a plan to build a hotel on Ossabaw Island! Their hotel plan was never realized and they used the island as a hunting retreat and eventually sold the island to the Torrey Family. The Torrey’s expanded the island staff housing by turning this duplex into a triplex. Originally this house was known as the Bachelor’s House. |
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| Wilderness adventure for four, Date: Schedule to suit your calendar, any date before October, 31, 2022. With Fran Lapolla naturalist and boat captain, and Kathryn Lapolla, interpretive guide and of https://www.savannahcoastalecotours.com/ Explore and learn about Ossabaw Island’s dense maritime forest and unspoiled beach. Depart from Isle of Hope Marina, boating through the Moon River District and across Ossabaw Sound. On Ossabaw , travel by truck under the live oaks of Main Road to iconic South End boneyard beach, stopping at seldom-seen locations such as Ossabaw’s 600-year-old live oak tree. Day trip getaway includes round trip excursion from Isle of Hope Marina, tour and programming on Ossabaw Island; for up to four people. |
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| Enjoy a day on Ossabaw Island's North End with five of your friends as you dye the day away. Includes an “Indigo Workshop” t-shirt to dye. Bring your own items to turn Ossabaw blue, or purchase a silk scarf to dye. Worjshop will take place in September 2022. Join Elizabeth DuBose on a day of dyeing with Ossasbaw Island indigo. You and your five friends will harvest indigo from Ossabaw Island and create a traditional fresh leaf vat from Ossabaw's indigofera Suffruticosa. Take a break from dying and enjoy a homemade lunch and dessert. Indigo suffruticosa has naturalized on Ossabaw Island from the plantation days of the 1760s. Enslaved West Africians brought their art and technique of processing indigo to Ossabaw Island. |
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| Hosted by John "Crawfish" Crawford, one of coastal Georgia's most respected ecologists. Depart 8:00 am from Delegal Creek Marina on Skidaway Island, just outside of Savannah. After a 30-minute boat ride across Ossabaw Sound, arrive on Ossabaw Island , then travel by pick up truck to the beach to learn about turtle hatchings. Enjoy a picnic lunch (bring your own lunch) at the pavillion at the south end bone yard beach. Return to the North End as boat departs the island for the mainland at 2:00 pm. During your time on Ossabaw Island, you may have the opportunity to: Experience a variety of sea turtle monitoring techniques; Participate in a post-hatch nest excavation and data collection; Learn about sea turtle nesting and conservation efforts to restore their populations in an evening presentation; View sets of tiny turtle tracks from a nest to the beach; See a hatchling making its way out of a nest and into the ocean. What you should know: Wildlife-based events cannot be guaranteed, as they are dependent on location, weather and timing of the hatch. Fees include round trip transportation from Delegal Marina on Skidaway Island to Ossabaw Island’s North End; transportation across the island, plus the turtle program. |
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| Carol Hartley, "Ossabaw" photograph printed on metal, 23 1/2" X 17 1/2" Carol shared a story of how she waded into Buckhead creek at Middle Place to capture this image. In the background is Buckhead. Carol Hartley, has spent most of her years living on the Georgia coast. She currently resides in Richmond Hill, GA. Carol works in pastels and photography. She's in several art shows a year and displays her work regularly in various galleries and businesses in the area. |
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| 8x10” Original encaustic painting-2020 Created by Carmela Aliffi |
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| Painted by Barbara Bormes in September, 2000 for Sandy West. This painting features the staircase leading to her bedroom from the back patio of her house on Ossabaw Island. From the collection of Eleanor Torrey West. |
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| Photographer, Kathleen Kostra visited Ossabaw Island and said, "I lived Ossabaw from the very moment I stepped on the beach." She was fascinated by the subtle variations in the sand and the rack gathered at the high tide mark. She shot these detailed images and created a series of photographs. Set of three framed and matted beach series. Each frame is 16 ¾ x 16 ¾. |
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| Photographer Anne Berry first came to Ossabaw Island in 2011 with a fellow group of friends and photographers. Anne continued to co-host photography retreats know as "Pigs Fly Retreats". During a 2016 retreat in Anne photographed the donkey herd on the Main Road. The image is a photogravure, 1/10 8"x8" image, matted in 8 ply archival mat to 13"x13" |
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| Beth Reiter, a native of Savannah, is an amateur artist who uses watercolor, colored pencil and ink. Largely self-taught, she studied drawing briefly in college under Neil Welliver. She has also taken classes with several local artists. She often calls on local sites for inspiration, especially Ossabaw. 8 ½ x 11” Water color, pen and ink |
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| Photograph taken by William Harrell. This photograph is printed on paper with acyrlic sheeting. 20" x30" William aka Billy loves photography and being outdoors, especially on the water. |
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| Morey Gers created and donated this 12” x 24" metal print on float hangers. This is a vertical panorama looking down the Main Road, made during the Creative Day this past June 5th. |
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| Created by Joy Dunigan, 12x12 / 8x8, Mixed Media Black and white archival pigment print, mounted to board with epoxy Completed: August 2021 Paul Mitchell was an Ossabaw Pig owned by Mrs. West. She named Paul after the hair care products because he had such thich wild boar bristles! Taken on New Years Day 2012, Ossabaw’s Paul Mitchell struck a pose, displaying his most perfect swine profile. He knew when it was breakfast, lunch and dinner and patiently waited for delicious scraps. It was estimated that he was about 12 or 13 years old at the time. Later that same spring, he was found peacefully passed under a palm tree. |
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| Deanne Christman-Resch of Angelina's Earth Ceramic studio created this stoneware wall planter. Measures 9" x 6.5" |
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| Painter, Harry DeLorme has donated this iconic image of the three remaining tabby cabins on Ossabaw Island's north end. Medium: Acrylic on panel Size: 10 ½” x 13 ½” (framed) Date: 2021 |
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| Photographer, Vicki Hardy, printed this photograph on an aluminum panel. The work is 16" x 20" Vicki has visited Ossabaw Island with a variety of photography groups through the years. |
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| Gay Gillies, Mrs. West's Great neice has created this Mixed Media on paper measuring 7”x 11” Http://www.gaygilliesart.com www.instagram.com/gaygilliesart/ Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West (1913-2021) is Ossabaw Island’s best-known and longest resident. From 1987 to May 1, 2016, Sandy lived on the island full time. Sandy West first set foot on Ossabaw Island at age 11 in 1924. Her love of the island began in her childhood, shortly after her parents, Henry and Nell Torrey of Detroit, Michigan, purchased Ossabaw Island in 1924 as their winter retreat. In 1965 Sandy learned about several donkeys needing adoption from a former breeder in South Carolina. Sandy brought eleven of the animals to the island for pets for her youngest child. The descendents of those donkeys live today in the wild on Ossabaw Island. To protect the island from the impact of too many non-native animals, all remaining donkeys have been sterilized to prevent future generations. In the early 1970’s the rising property taxes for Ossabaw Island forced Sandy, her children and her nieces and nephews to face the necessity of giving up ownership of the island. Rather than sell Ossabaw for private development, the Torreys and the Wests sought to assure that the island would remain in the unspoiled condition that they valued and had worked to preserve for nearly fifty years. After eight years of negotiations with various state and federal organizations, the Torrey/West family, in an arrangement facilitated by then-President Jimmy Carter, sold Ossabaw Island to the state in 1978, at 50% percent of its estimated market value. The sale stipulated that Ossabaw Island be declared Georgia’s first heritage preserve—set aside in perpetuity for scientific, educational, and cultural uses only. |
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