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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Nancy Marshall photographed the Ossabaw junk yard in 2015. This photograph is of the Torrey family's Packard. They were chauffeured around the island by their driver from Grosse Pointe, MI. The Torrey's visited the island from late November through Easter every year. The Torrey's purchased the island in 1924 as a winter retreat from their home in Grosse Point, MI. The photograph is archival inkjet print on somerset velvet. The image size is 11' x 14" the paper size is 15" x 18” The original photo negative 8" X 10" Nancy Marshall's website Nancy has been working on Ossabaw Island since 1981. She was a member of the Genesis Project that took place at Middle Place on Ossabaw Island. The Genesis Project–a cooperative, semi-sustainable community–operated at historic Middle Place on Ossabaw Island from 1970 to 1983. Young people (mostly college students) from around the United States and several foreign countries lived at Genesis for a week, two weeks, a quarter or a semester. Residents were selected from a variety of disciplines, ranging from the creative and liberal arts to the sciences to agriculture and forestry. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Matted and framed pigmented inkjet print 9 1/2" X 9 1/2". Karey attended a photography retreat in the spring of 2020. “Unique locations, animals, people, and a variety of situations that are often overlooked inspire my photography. Beauty usually goes unnoticed and unappreciated, yet it reflects aspects of our humanity that are memorable to capture with a camera. I strive to capture moments of beauty and magic. Whether photographing people or landscapes, the same approach applies. I am placing myself at the moment, being patient, and having faith that something magical will unfold. A sense of reverence has fueled my photography for the natural world and its remarkable beauty. I resonate toward images that depict a peaceful coexistence between humans and nature. These quiet moments with my camera bring me back to my childhood: exploring, be curious, dreaming, seeing, and breathing in the beauty that surrounds me. In the evolution of my photography, trying new techniques in analog and digital photography humbles me. I’ve learned that creativity requires a perennial sense of playfulness, finding that childlike fascination for the magic contained within each opportunity in life.” Karey Walter kareywalter.com |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Medium: oil Size: 16” x 20" Dottie attended a creative daytrip to Ossabaw Island in June of 2020. Dottie wrote, "While I usually gravitate toward painting the marsh and the sky, I’ve found myself focusing on the trees on Ossabaw. We had to wait out a passing rain shower while we were on the island and my paintings were inspired by that time." dottieleatherwood.com |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Medium: Oil on linen/framed. Size: 16”x20” Date painted: 8/2020 Marc attended our June 2020 creative day trip on the island. marchansonart.com “I have pursued a career as a painter for many years now. Along the way my methods, materials and focus have evolved. A naturalist at heart, the landscape is the perfect vehicle for expressing the joy I have for the world that surrounds me. My real interest and challenge as a painter is how to best manipulate the core principles of painting into effective visual statements. I’m most successful when I’m able to communicate that joy to the viewers of my paintings.” Marc teaches landscape painting workshops in many locations nationally. “I love working with other painters in their pursuit to better their craft. My goal is not to have them assimilate my style and technique, but to teach them how to more closely examine the subject and apply the principles that representational painters must follow to become effective visual communicators.” He has shown his work in galleries and museums nationally and internationally since the early 1980’s. He is a Master Signature Member of The Oil Painters of America (O.P.A.) |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 18”x24” Sepia ink,rice paper,bees wax on canvas . Gay is Mrs. West's cousin. gagilliesart.com Gay Gillies has been an artist her entire life. She has lived and traveled worldwide—and her art integrates and reflects the emotional content and aesthetic influences gleaned from classic European cities to ancient Asian mountaintops. Recently, she has also become a bee-keeper, bringing her in intimate contact with the changing dynamics of pollination and bee colonization. Gillies studied at a variety of schools including: The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Parson School of Design; Fashion Institute of Technology; Bellas Artes (Barcelona, Spain). She makes and teaches art in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, where she lives with her husband, David; her children Merrick and Sophia; and her dog, Jack. Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West is Ossabaw Island’s best-known and longest resident. From 1987 to May 1, 2016, Sandy lived on the island full time. Born in 1913, 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 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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| 8”x8” acrylics on panel framed staciejeanalbano.com Stacie Jean Albano, originally from Long Island New York, came to Savannah in 1990 to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design. Graduating magna cum laude with B.F.A's in painting and Illustration. Starting a family and a career in landscape painting, she decided to remain in Savannah finding inspiration in the beautiful low country wetlands. Not limiting herself to the Savannah landscape, Long Island and the Blue Ridge Mountains are also frequent subject matters that she also paints. Primarily working in oils on canvas. Stacie Jean Albano has had numerous shows in Virginia, Washington DC, Eastern Long Island and Savannah, Georgia. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 11" x10" triptych collage created by Susie Clinard, past chair of the Ossabaw Island Foundation. "Ossabw Island, A Sense of Place" by Jill Stuckey is the inspiration for the piece. As the book mentions Ossabaw Island "bring to life the sounds, smells, taste and touches that all contribute to the islands power of place. The image of the girl and the boy in the tree bring to mind the experiences Eleanor and Bill might have experienced on the island. Susie Clinard, a Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) graduate in historic preservation, transferred her passion for saving and restoring historic buildings in small towns to saving bits and pieces of ephemera, household items and found objects into collages and mixed media. She explores various themes related to pop culture, devotional art, women and Western imagery. Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West is Ossabaw Island’s best-known and longest resident. From 1987 to May 1, 2016, Sandy lived on the island full time. Born in 1913, 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 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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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 11x14 inch oil wash painting in a white frame. flyyoungstudio.com Heather L. Young, lives and works just outside of her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. Formally trained in illustration at the Savannah College of Art & Design, she draws inspiration from her coastal southern heritage and love for moss-draped live oak trees. Heather’s delicate pen and ink drawings explore both the linear elements of architecture and the more organic forms found in southern flora. She has detailed the sprawling branches of live oaks from across the southeast, and her work can be found in collections both nationally and abroad. While she enjoys the technical aspects of drawing, her heart lies in painting. In 2019 she returned to the form with a solo show, CANOPY. The exhibition introduced collectors to her unique oil wash painting technique. She applies thin layers of paint to the entire surface, then carefully subtracts with erasers until she achieves a rich value. The contemporary result allows for a depth of color and surface texture, unlike traditional oil applications. When she’s not in the studio, Heather enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons exploring the ever-changing landscape of the Lowcountry. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 20" x24" oil on canvas Painting of Gail Smith of Pinpoint, GA (watch Gail's video) in Sandy's back patio. Raven Waters Art I have been creating art since the 1960s. Only in the past ten years or so have I called myself an artist. I love to use both watercolor and oil paints and, occasionally, prismacolor pencils and pastels. My favorite subjects are birds, flowers, landscapes, and people in action. I mostly paint in what is called ala prima, meaning the painting is finished in one setting, however long that might be. I earned a fine arts degree at Georgia Southern University. |
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| 18x18 Thick Black Frame, 10x10 Print on Archival Exhibition Fiber, with Super-thick Single Mat - First edition, No. 3/25 Joy Dunigan Statement: The true celebrities of Ossabaw Island… these Sicilian donkeys were brought to the island by Sandy Torrey-West. Only a few of these endearing creatures remain and roam on the island. JOY DUNIGAN Deeply connected to her Southern roots, Joy’s images reveal her endless intrigue and fascination with Georgia heritage and culture, mainly its sea islands and their dynamically stable surroundings. It serves as an ongoing inspiration for creating photographs that capture and reemphasize the importance of history and preservation of volatile places. Driven by an inherent love and beauty of her birthright, her images convey the natural through technology and back again with traditional mediums, principles and processes. Always exploring. Always experimenting. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design with a B.F.A. in Graphic Design, she has participated in several group exhibitions mainly at the Photopoint Gallery (Richmond Hill, GA), SouthxSoutheast Gallery (Modena, GA), Location Gallery and the Telfair for the Arts (Savannah, GA). She is also Creative Director at JOY Marketing. |
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| A paper cut assemblage, 12" x 12" in a white frame. PETER E. ROBERTS grew up amidst impromptu gatherings of neighbors, extended family and cronies from the Manhattan commuter train. The ribald, oft-repeated stories from those gatherings led to an early fascination of potentially explosive social situations. Exposure to a great aunt’s personal cache of Mardi Gras Krewe invitations from the 1930s cemented a lurid fascination of how the celebrated night began, why it ended and who were the guests that may have behaved “badly”. This innate love of storytelling led to a BFA in Video from Savannah College of Art and Design and over a decade in television advertising and production. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm These nesting bowls are created by Danica Arehart I am a potter, fiber artist and dancer relocated from Brooklyn, NY to Springfield, VA. Pottery: I have been working in stoneware and porcelain for half my life now. Beginning in my mid-teens and exploring and creating on and off over the years, through many moves and grooves. My main focus is functional pieces that will inspire your everyday life. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Color photograph 16 x 20 Image, 2” Double Mat, 2” Expresso Frame Ben Wells is a teacher at Oglethorpe Charter School in Savannah, Georgia. Ben is a Savannah native and has been a teacher in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System for the past 20 years. Ben has been at Oglethorpe Charter School for six years and teaches marine science to grades 6-8. Ben has had a passion for using the natural world as a tool for reaching students since he first took students to Ossabaw Island in 2006. That role has now been expanded with his most recent position. Partnerships with the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, Savannah State University’s Marine Science program, The Flying Classroom’s science and engineering curriculum, and Georgia Tech’s sea level sensor program have greatly enhanced the productivity of Oglethorpe Charter School’s Marine Science program. Ben is a graduate of Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia. He is currently pursuing a MS in Marine Science at Savannah State University. When he is not teaching, he enjoys coaching basketball, playing music, landscape photography, and spending time outdoors with his wife Stacey and son Charlie. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Black and white photograph 10 x 20 Image, 2” Double Mat, 1.5” Modern Black Frame Stacey is a portrait photographer in Savannah, GA. Stacey documents several of our Ossabaw Island events. Staceywellsphotography |
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| Collage/mixed media, framed 12' x 15" Helen Durant's lifelong love and pursuit of art has led her on exciting travels and colorful adventures. From her early childhood in Atlanta, GA., she played outdoors in the woods and creeks surrounding her home. During adolescence she spent 3 years in school in Baltimore, Md. Durant recognized her love of nature would take her somewhere that would support her sensitivity to the animal world. As she grew into adulthood drawing was her constant companion. Though mostly informally trained, Durant honed her skills recording her life through drawing. Durant found her voice expressing the gestures, energies and spirits of those animals and people surrounding her, not with a camera, but with graphite and paper. By catching her children at play or simply reading quietly she became adept at seizing the essence of a moment, capturing a fleeting move. Her travels have taken her to Europe, Africa and multiple journeys out to the Western United States. The landscape and the environs of these places all became fodder for Durant’s later work. Helendurantart.com A recent relocation in 2107 to Savannah, Ga. broadened her vision to include the history and architecture of Savannah as well as the spirits of the low country. Durant is currently represented by the Roots Up Gallery in downtown Savannah. |
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| This 6" x6" acrylic painting was painted in the summer of 2019 by Anne Ambrose of St. Simons Island, GA. Anne attended a Creative Overnight on Ossabaw Island. |
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| This 14" x 16" acrylic on panel was painted during an Ossabaw Creative Overnight in the summer of 2019. Framed in white frame. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 16" x20" color photograph matted. Bill is a nature photographer from Kingsland, GA |
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| Regina took the photo of this image at the 2019 Pig Roast & Art Auction. Framed 11.5" x14.5" oil on panel 9" x12" . reginaholderness.com Regina Holderness is a Georgia artist with an eye for the unusual. She mostly paints landscapes, but really loves it all. She is inspired by nature with its ever-changing color and form. The shadow and light in everyday settings is a painting by itself. One would call her style impressionistic realism, but she is constantly evolving. |
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| Acrylic on panel, 18" x 14" framed. Harry Delorme (b. 1960 in Savannah, GA) received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. He has worked as Senior Curator of Education at Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, GA, and as an Adjunct Art Instructor at Armstrong Atlantic State University. |
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| Oil on yupo paper, shredded 26 x 20 inches Betsy participated in Ossabaw Island Foundation's artist visitation twenty years ago. Betsy joined Mrs. West's care taking team and lived on Ossabaw Island til Mrs. West left the island in 2016. Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West is Ossabaw Island’s best-known and longest resident. From 1987 to May 1, 2016, Sandy lived on the island full time. Born in 1913, 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 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. Betsycain.com |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Collage of Mardi Gras beads on a mirror and frame. Inspired by Betty Poole and Mrs. West's book "The God of the Hinge: Sojourns in Cloud Cuckoo Land" . BIO: Jessica Leigh Lebos is a Savannah-based writer and multimedia artist who has a habit of getting lost. She exclusively uses found and donated materials in her art. The "Magic Mirror to Ossabaw" means to transport gazers to the wild places in their souls with the help of Hermes, a lifelong favorite influence of Sandy West. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 11”x14” Encaustic Painting on wood panel Carmela Aliffi Biography: Carmela Aliffi is a visual artist living in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia. She has received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Georgia and Master of Visual Arts in Drawing and Painting from Georgia State University. She has been an Artist in Residence in Cortona, Italy, Ossabaw Island, Georgia, and several cities throughout Argentina. She was a 2009 recipient of a Fulbright-Hayes Scholarship in Hungary and the Czech Republic. She has been a part of the adjunct faculty of Armstrong Atlantic State University and was Art Department Chair of St. Vincent’s Academy through May 2020. Artist Statement: My work stems from a response to music and nature. Inspired by sound, form, and place, my encaustic paintings and drawings intuitively layer images with photography or collage, wax, pigment and resin to reveal time, sound or narrative. My original nature photography has graced the books , The Woman Who Saved An Island, The Story of Sandy Westand Ossabaw Island and I Grew It My Way, How Not to Garden, by Jane Fishman. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Spend a winter weekend 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 Burnside Island, five meals and snacks, housing, and programming. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Wilderness adventure for four, Date: Schedule to suit your calendar, any date before October, 31, 2021. 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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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Color photograph on fine art paper 16" x20" Vicki writes, "I have come to really enjoy seeking out wildlife in the tidal marshes, beaches, and barrier islands of Coastal Georgia and beyond. The Low Country is such a beautiful area that great landscape opportunities abound in all directions. I feel very fortunate to have access to all it offers on a daily basis. I have been profoundly moved by the beauty, serenity and ecological importance of Georgia's barrier islands, in particular, Ossabaw Island and Sapelo Island. The Ossabaw Island Foundation will benefit from a portion of the sale of all images taken on the island. I have a gallery in Savannah, Georgia at 308 W. St. Julian Street in the Art Center at City Market, second level, Gallery 105. I have fine art prints of many of the images on this site and also hand made block prints. Please come visit if you're ever in Savannah." vickihardyphotography.com/ |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm A full scale copper sculpture of a loggerhead shell. Robert is a wildlife artist from Waverly, Ga. Creating these shell is the only way to share a beautiful turtle shell since these turtles are endangered. The copper will patina over the years. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm 11x14 framed oil painting of the view from the front of the Torrey- West house over the Marsh. |
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| Auction closes Monday, October 26 at 9:00 pm Gordon was a student of John Earl, a published nature photographer who was an Ossabaw Island Project member, whose daughter Emily continues his work. Gordon is a 40 year resident of the coast having visited every barrier island. Former Board member of the Georgia Conservancy and TOIF. His photos where exhibited at Sentient Bean - photos of “faces and doors” from rural India taken while doing polio immunizations. Gordon served as Board Member and Treasurer of the Ossabaw Island Foundation in the late 1990s. Roger Gene Parker: 1935–2020 Remembering Ossabaw Island’s Salt Water Cowboy Roger Gene Parker, known by many as Ossabaw Island’s Salt Water Cowboy, was an integral part of the Torrey/West family management team for Ossabaw Island for over six decades. He was a cattleman, a friend, a storyteller, and a master of the barbecue pit. He was a family man. He never met a stranger. He always wore his cowboy hat and was seldom far from a glass of whiskey or a cigar. Roger could repair anything on his truck, his boat and his tractor. He had a keen eye for the ladies. He knew every road, causeway, field and marsh of Ossabaw Island. Roger died at his home in Richmond Hill, Georgia on March 9, 2020, after a year-long illness, surrounded by his immediate family. He was 84. Born November 21, 1935, in Ways Station, Georgia, Roger first went to Ossabaw Island to work for his uncle, Arthur Graves, in 1951 at age sixteen. Graves managed the cattle operation known as Circle T Ranch for Bill Torrey, Eleanor“Sandy” Torrey West’s older brother. Working on and off the island during his early years, Roger returned to Ossabaw full time in 1970. With his late wife, Sarah, he helped Mrs. West and her husband manage the island for Genesis and the Ossabaw Island Project. “They asked me to be in charge of all the animals, meaning the horses, cattle and pigs,” said Roger in a 2016 interview. His first task in 1970 was to create and fence off a two-acre garden for the newly-formed Genesis program. Roger was impressed that over the Genesis years, “those kids really grew a nice garden.” Roger’s days on Ossabaw were filled with, “repairing trucks, road work, repairing cattle fencing, trapping hogs for removal by barge and moving cattle around the island.” His favorite place on the island was Middle Place and Buckhead Creek, because it was protected from storms. In the 1960s Roger purchased “90 head of cattle” from Mrs. West. From this island stock he provided meat for the Ossabaw Island Project, Genesis, and the families working on the island. In 1980 he moved the herd to Stilson, Georgia, where he continued to raise cattle until his retirement. “On the hill” (aka the mainland) and on the island, Roger was known for his BBQ butts and Sarah’s famous BBQ sauce. Roger prepared the pig for the first 16 years of the Ossabaw Island Pig Roast & Art Auction. Roger retired from Ossabaw Island when Mrs. West left the island in 2016. He continued to visit the island after retirement, preparing barbecue for TOIF events and assisting with care for the Torrey-West estate. His last trip was in December 2019. “What I miss most is the quiet place with no sirens or trucks, Ossabaw was a great place to live. No better place,” he said. Roger and Mrs. West remained friends until his death. In late February, Mrs. West and Roger had supper at his home; sitting side-by-side, he told her stories about the island and they laughed together. Roger’s death is a heartbreaking loss for the Ossabaw Island Foundation and for anyone who met him, whether on Ossabaw or “on the hill.” He was as much a part of Ossabaw Island as the trees, the birds, and the marsh. |
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| Gordon was a student of John Earl, a published nature photographer who was an Ossabaw Island Project, whose daughter Emily continues his work. Gordon is a 40 year resident of the coast having visited every barrier island. Former Board member of the Georgia Conservancy and TOIF. His photos where exhibited at Sentient Bean - photos of “faces and doors” from rural India taken while doing polio immunizations. Gordon served as Board Member and Treasurer of the Ossabaw Island Foundation in the late 1990s. |
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| 2012 Artist’s Proof No.1 of edition of 10 dimensions: 8x8.5 inches The print is a wood engraving by John McWilliams printed on the iron hand press in his studio at McClellanville, S.C. The engraving suggests the spirit of Ossabaw. The print appears in McWilliam’s limited edition artist book of wood engravings inspired by Ossabaw. About John : John McWilliams website, deepestshade.com I live and maintain a studio in McClellanville, South Carolina. My work these days is based in drawing and relief printmaking, which I have been doing for more than twenty years. Woodcuts and wood engravings, the primary means of printed pictorial information since the invention of the printing press, have held much fascination for me. The woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer and the German expressionists, the illustrations of Rockwell Kent, and the graphic novels of Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel have been an inspiration. Woodcuts and wood engravings, as they sit on the page, are a world unto themselves. The carved and engraved line has great expressive potential, revealing much about the artist’s intent. The ability to distill meaningful shapes and forms from ideas is an act that surprises and brings discoveries. The process of developing an image into a woodcut or wood engraving gives structure to my life. The image grows through the initial drawings to the carving and then the print, in which the image, if it is good, takes on a life of its own and becomes an open question. It is such sweet irony that, although the act of creating gives my life structure, it nevertheless produces an enigma, a puzzle that others may interpret through their own lives. There are no easy answers. Such is life. |
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| Enjoy a day on Ossabaw Island's North End with five of your friends as you dye the day away. Join Madame Magar, from John's Island, SC for a 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. The workshops includes Madame Magar items to dye, materials and supplies, and in depth instruction, a lunch! Learn about Madame Magar, madamemagar.com |
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