My View of Life on the Dock
From: Deb Clarke,
i’ve been working with kodak laminated film and aluminum leaf. started working thursday night, and have been pushing the material around since then. sleep is erratic. work is prolific. 4 drawings completed.
here’s the first completed drawing. 8×8″ on stretchers.
‘there be many’
copyright clarke
2010
gloucester ma
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OUR OWN
JIMMY T!
What a Character! You gotta love the Guy!
This poem was written by my dear friend, Bina Benestante. It epitomizes life on Cape Ann to me, so I wanted to share it with all of you. You have to read all the way to the end to catch the magic.
EDGE
(“Whoever is not living on the edge, is taking up too much room!”)
By Sabina Troger Benestante
Out on the edge again
One step away: a deep, steep abyss,
Yawning before my feet.
I’m standing on a towering cliff top,
High above the sea.
Gusts of cold wind whip my face
Spraying white foam on roaring waves
Forever breaking, breaking at the rough rock’s edge.
A carnivorous bird is shooting like an arrow
Down at some hapless creature of the sea
As suddenly the clouds rip open, like a ghoulish wound
A sunbeam crashes through, furrowing
A narrow band of fiery lava
Into the waves, stretching as far as the horizon
The wind is howling…
Other people exist in soft, lush valleys, I complain,
Above them clear blue skies, sweet air, a feathery cloud.
Completely cozy, they listen to the willows’ whispers,
Growing around a calm and shallow pond
Maybe next to a brook, sheltered by elms,
With flimsy butterflies, dancing above unruffled meadows
Of fragrant summer grass…
While I forever find myself just barely hanging in there
My nails like claws, clutching bare rock, and by my teeth’s skin merely holding on: Why me?
Yeah, God answered. But you have the view.
Some Boston fireworks and New Year wishes for everyone here on Cape Ann (or wherever you are right now reading GMG).
Photo by E.J. Lefavour of Boston’s 375th Celebration fireworks
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This is an artistic portrayal of our fearless top dog GMG leader of the pack emerging victorious from his frigid Rocky Neck plunge into the icy water – smiling with head and tail held high.
I do plan to be there without my bathing suit and with my camera to catch some shots of how he and everyone really looks during and after their New Year’s Day plunge. It looks like Paul’s deal with the kidnapped Santa might actually pay off – the forecast is for sunny, almost balmy weather. Unfortunately, that won’t make the water any warmer.
E.J. Lefavour
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/
This is a painting I just finished of waves off the rocks at Annisquam Light, after the first little storm last week. As an old surfer, painter, photographer and lifelong lover of the sea, I have long sought to catch/capture that perfect wave. This one is close, but my quest still continues.
E.J. Lefavour – Khan Studio
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/gallery_capeannpaintings.htm
I was supposed to do my post at 3:00, but instead was out walking in the start of the storm. I don’t have a proper post ready to do, so I’m sending out a painting I recently completed of sunset over Wingaersheek Beach from Cambridge Beach in Annisquam – something a little warmer and gentler than what we have going on outside right now. Keep safe and warm everyone.
This may be the last “ART, ROCKS!” of the year!
Easy place to park, draw, and meditate!
Can you find it?
Good Luck!
http://www.FrontieroGallery.com
Did you know that Halibut Point is made of sheets of 440 million year-old granite that now descend from rocky headland to the tidal pools below. Beginning in the 1840s, granite was quarried from this area, first on a small scale and primarily along the coast, and then on a much larger scale when the Rockport Granite Company acquired the Babson Farm quarry and expanded its operation. Shortly after the Cape Ann granite industry collapsed in 1929, 17 acres on the eastern side of the quarry were purchased and given to the Trustees of Reservations who manages Halibut Point State Park for scenic, historic and conservation purposes. This is a painting of a tidal pool and some of those 440 million year-old rocks. Makes me feel really young.
From Chris Frontiero
YMCA 2010 Chess Tournament Poster
Ok! When I hang out at the Dock on Sunday Mornings Joey and I usually Talk on how to make the Blog better, get more “Exposure”, and add great content.
So Here’s my Idea. Joey always wants someone to create great content. Just ask Ed Collard who almost lost his life during the Corn Dog Challenge. Or ask Sharon Lowe who spent time Traveling on the Spirit of Massachusetts Schooner. Joey always seems use the excuse that he’s too busy down at the Dock to participate in these events. But! now it’s time for Joey to show he has some Balls.
It’s time for him to take the Plunge! The Rocky Neck New Years Day Plunge, That is. Can or will he do it?
Please show your support and vote Yes in this Plunge Poll. I’m sure he’ll try to talk some of the other Authors in joining him.
VOTE TODAY! and leave some comment encouraging Joey to take the Plunge!
I talked with Joey down at the dock this morning to find out who this “EJ” was.
Of course he was no help at all. So I checked out her bio and thought I would post it so everyone would know who she is. It’s hard for some of us to explain who we are and why we want to share the Beauty of Cape Ann with all of you. Some of us are shy and humble to be a part of this exploding blog that GMG is. so here’s a little of EJ’s bio.
Gloucester, MA
Artist, researcher, spiritual traveler of this fascinating orb we inhabit, lover of life and all it has to offer.
Hi everyone out there in GMG land. My name is Ellen “E.J.” Lefavour (a/k/a “Ejay Khan” – the pseudonym I used during my years as a political activist artist). I am a newcomer to Cape Ann, and thrilled to be a new contributor to Good Morning Gloucester. I am a painter and photographer who has lived and worked as an artist for 20 years, since leaving the corporate world in 1990 to pursue my passion. My contributions to GMG will consist of images (either my paintings, photographs, or the occasional video) and a little history about the image, called “Did you Know?” I hope to come up with tidbits of information that people don’t already know, or had forgotten they knew. As I am new here, everything is new and fascinating to me, especially the amazing history, so bear with me if I post something that is common knowledge – I’ll eventually come up with something that’s new to you. Please take a minute to comment on my posts, like them or not, especially if you have corrections or something to add, as that is how I, and all of us, learn. Have a Good Morning Gloucester, and a blessed day.
http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/
Debbie Clarke’s Art Show and Sale is now Open to the Public at the Random Arts Gallery on Lexington Ave. in Magnolia.
Debbie will also be having an opening Reception On Sunday
December 19, 2010 between 5pm and 8pm
Drop in and say hello, share some cheer. (usual artist offerings: wine and cheese)
Artist in residence Sunday-Monday 1pm-5/6/7pm ish throughout December
For a private viewing or for more information call: 978-652-8273
You can check out more Photos of Debs Art that will be for sale by clicking the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46841138@N07/5238453335/in/photostream/
Fishing Boats on The Move Video Part II
From Gortons Wharf
It’s That Time of Year Again!
It’s Time for the Annual Art Auction at the Sawyer Free Library right here in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
This is your chance to win a beautiful piece of Artwork from Some Great Cape Ann Artists!
The Bidding Starts low and if your Lucky you’ll win your favorite Painting. There’s always great stuff to choose from.
From the Sawyer Free Library;
The Art Advisory Committee of the Sawyer Free Library is sponsoring the always popular “Annual Art Auction” in the Matz Gallery the entire month of November.
Patrons are invited to come in and view Original Paintings by Local Artists.
Silent bids will be accepted the entire month.
Great interest is generated throughout the month as the Bid Book fills up.
A Final Live Vocal Auction will take place on Dec. 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. A preview party will precede the auction.
The Final Vocal Auction is always an exciting event. There will be a lot of Beautiful Paintings on display.
Go Check it out! and Bid!
Below is my contribution to this years Auction.
“Glass Vase with Flowers” by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.
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Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com
Good Harbor Silhouettes
11/14/2010
A Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from Carol McKenna’s Yorkie!
hi there
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Sorry, Mr. Morrision your Scientific Theory of the Rock Jumping back into the Sea has been disproved.
Email from the Finder;
“I just wanted to let you know that I found “your” Good Harbor Beach Rock and am just delighted with it. I follow Good Morning Gloucester daily. When I saw the rock on the site Sunday morning I just knew I had to have it. So, my husband and I raced off to Good Harbor Beach because we knew just where it was perched and we believe we had an advantage because of the time change. What makes this rock even more special to me is that I have worked in the house in which you sketched on the rock for the past 23 years. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to have such a special piece of art in my home. I look forward to finding more of your Art Rocks. Thank you”
The Finder didn’t give me her name. She’s welcomed to leave a comment if she likes.
Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com
here’s the ‘back’ of the sketchbook with the necessary barcode. i wonder if they will be able to scan the code. better get out the iron and try to clean it up.
and here is the front:
i may/may not share the contents here. ready to ship at any time. unless i change my mind.
best, deb
http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/
http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
