YOUR ART HERE
About Your Art Here
Arts are an essential part of the Plymouth community. That’s why we offer this forum for local visual artists to display their work on our site. We welcome images of paintings, illustrations, anime, photographs, and any other art form that translates to an online display. It’s our way of offering exposure to some of Plymouth’s many creative types. To participate, send your file to art@plymouthindependent.org. Please include your name, email, and a phone number. We encourage you to accompany your submission with a brief description of the image, or an explanation of how it came to be. Please, just one submission at a time. We don’t guarantee publication and reserve to act like a cranky curator and reject any submission. We also won’t allow “for sale” submissions, but you can opt to have your email address published if you are interested in selling a work. We hope you enjoy our growing online gallery.
Our latest submission to Your Art Here is a painting by Dan Garte, who offers this advice for these tenuous times:
“If you want to be anxious and stressed watch the news or surf the web, but if you want to restore your spirit, take a walk in nature.”
Want to see your artwork on the PI site? It’s easy. We welcome images of paintings, illustrations, anime, photographs, and any other art form that translates to online display. It’s our way of offering exposure to some of Plymouth’s many creative types. To participate, send your file to art@plymouthindependent.org. Please include your name, email, and a phone number. We encourage you to accompany your submission with a brief description of the image, or an explanation of how it came to be. Please, just one submission at a time. We don’t guarantee publication and reserve to act like a cranky curator and reject any submission outright. We also won’t allow “for sale” submissions, but you can opt to have your email address published if you are interested in selling a piece. We hope you enjoy our growing gallery of local artists’ work.
This submission is from Karen Gabriel. “I recreate interesting trees from around the world using natural jute and other fibers as well,” she writes. “This is my rendition of a tree commonly known as the Bottle Tree. Its scientific name is Pachypodium Lealii and it can be found growing in Namibia and southern Angola in semi-desert regions. This particular piece measures 36 inches wide and 77 inches high.”
This submission is from regular contributor Bob Warner. (If you haven’t watched Christopher Harting’s short video on Bob’s work, check it out here.)
Warner says he recently took a trip to Maui and Kaui, “where I took hundreds of photos, including this one at the magnificent Maui Garden of Eden along the Road to Hana. It’s a beautiful botanical garden with an abundance of tropical shrubs, trees and flowers. Highly recommended for anyone while on a trip to Maui. Readers interested in seeing more of my shots from Maui and Kauai can view them in a gallery on my SmugMug site: Bob Warner Photography.”
This Your Art Here submission is a plein air acrylic painting by Margaret Rosenbaum titled “Long Point Road.” She says it “was created for an upcoming special exhibit of local fall scenery” at the True Grit Gallery in Middleborough.
Do you know a local visual artist who might want to display an image on the Plymouth Independent site (reaching thousands of viewers)? Let them know about our virtual gallery.
This Your Art Here submission comes from regular contributor Bob Warner. “I was up early [on a recent morning] and took a ride down to Whip’s Farm in Chiltonville to take some photos,” he writes. “Mist had settled over the landscape, and I had the lane all to myself as I meandered from one end to the other taking shots as the light improved.”
You can see more of Bob’s working by scrolling through the Your Art Here section, and by going here: Bob Warner Photography.
This submission is from Alyssa Whelan. “On a recent Saturday night, I took this photo from atop the big grassy hill by Plymouth Rock,” she writes. “A waning moon and its sparkling pathway of light.”
This submission is a hand-crocheted piece from Betsy Bailey “using scraps of yarn that I had on hand.” She says her husband Scott “did the leather handles and attached them for me.”
This submission is from Ed Russell, who writes: “This mushroom was seen next to a pathway at Plimoth Patuxet Museums. The museum’s kitchen staff kindly provided the mushroom’s extra dressings and it was all left in place for museum passersby as a bit of whimsy for its short mushroom life.”
Do you know a local visual artist who might want to display an image on the Plymouth Independent site (reaching thousands of viewers)? Let them know about our virtual gallery.
By now you’ve probably seen dozens – if not hundreds – of Northern Lights photos taken on Thursday evening (Oct. 10), but we thought we’d share at least one with you, taken by Matthew Sheehan.
“I was walking near the waterfront around 9:30 p.m. and saw a shooting star, so I stopped to simply just look at the stars and sky,” he writes. “I had zero clue there was supposed to be any Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. I didn’t hear anything about it, and it wasn’t really visible to the naked eye (if you weren’t specifically looking for it). I took out my iPhone to try and snap a pic and it allowed me to actually see the true vibrant colors. I snapped a few shots showcasing the Mayflower II in the foreground, as well as another shot up on the hill looking down on Plymouth Rock in the foreground.”
This Your Art Here submission is from regular contributor Bob Warner. “As we move towards mid-Autumn, I thought you might enjoy this shot from Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary, taken in mid-November from the boardwalk,” he writes. “As we get later in the year, the sun lights up this area of the stream in the late afternoon. I’ve shot this scene many times, and this image in particular now hangs on my wall, printed on acrylic. I love how this landscape changes through the seasons.”
You can see more of Bob’s photographs on his website, Bob Warner Photography. You can get a behind-the-scenes look at how he works in this Plymouth Independent video by Christopher Harting.
This submission is a watercolor called “Morning at the Basilica, by Janice Barney. “I have been taking watercolor lessons at [the] Plymouth Center for Active Living for the past couple of years,” she writes. “This painting is of a side door at St. Theresa’s Basilica in Barcelona. I liked the way the light played off of the surfaces.”
This submission is from Aaron Keaton. “This is trametes versicolor, commonly known as turkey tail,” he writes. “It’s a polypore mushroom that often grows on fallen branches or logs on the forest floor. This is my favorite mushroom for its stunning array of vibrant colors. I photographed this specimen on a trail in the Center Hill Preserve.”
This submission is a photograph form Kathy Southern that she took on Long Beach. “Gray days can be beautiful, too,” she writes.
This submission comes from Ed Russell – a photo “captured on an iPhone.” He says it shows “one last celebratory and very youthful jump as summer ends.”
See the “about” section on the Your Art Here page to find out how to submit an image of your work for consideration.
This submission is from regulator contributor Bob Warner, who specializes in photographs of birds. “I thought your readers might enjoy this closeup shot of a Ruby-throated Hummingbird as it pulls away from the feeder that hangs off my deck,” Warner writes. “This time of year, the hummingbirds are feeding more frequently at the feeder, ahead of their migration in mid to late September. I managed to catch this image from about 15 feet away using a very high shutter speed in the early afternoon as I sat on the porch enjoying my coffee. I was shooting against a backdrop of evergreens with a low aperture but added a slight bit of texture to the background to help set off the bird in mid-air. Readers can find my portfolio here if they’re interested in seeing more of my work.”
And if you haven’t seen it, please watch video journalist Christopher Harting’s 80-second video profile of Bob. It’s fascinating.
This submission is a photograph from Linda Howes. “My photos are all natural,” she writes. “I don’t alter them other than adding a tint of color occasionally. I use my own creativity to creative unique photos. The other thing I do that is unique is light painting, using colored light, I do that naturally too, and with crystal balls.”
“I took this at Sampson’s Pond in Carver. The view through the crystal ball is upside down, so you see the sun shining at the bottom of the balls. I think nature and crystal balls go nicely together, one complimenting the other.” Howes’s website is here.
This Your Art Here submission is from Joan Patterson. “I mostly draw animals but I wanted to try a reflective piece and this glass was in my cabinet, so I decided to draw it,” she writes.
This submission is a photograph from Phoebe Flynn. “On July 22, 2022, I took this photo of Bug Light with my cell phone,” she writes. “It was a foggy morning, and we were on our way out to fish off Manomet Point. It continues to be one of my favorite photos since it reminds me both of growing up here in Plymouth and what turned out to be a fantastic day of striper fishing that summer. A friend recommended I share it, so others can enjoy it, too.”
This submission is a mixed media collage entitled “Blue Wilbur,” from Laura Fait Harvey.
This submission is a photograph from regular Your Art Here contributor Bob Warner. “I thought you might be interested in this shot of a Snowberry Clearwing Moth (aka hummingbird moth),” he writes. “I took this from about 20 feet away as it fed on the butterfly bush in my garden. These tiny creatures are great pollinators and it’s always fun to catch them with my camera.” To see more of his work, go here.
This submission is a photograph of a 16″-x-20” acrylic from Darlene Baker. “Daylilies add a little brightness as you can find them all over this time of year,” she writes. “But, alas, their bloom is short-lived. I painted this from my photo so I could enjoy them a little longer. “
This submission is a photograph from Ed Nute. “I love wandering around Plymouth with my camera,” he writes. “I borrowed a fish-eye lens from a friend. Wasn’t getting anything I liked. Till I turned the corner in Town Square. And there it was. So much art right in front of us, I will keep wandering.” Nute adds that his new work can be viewed on Instagram at enutephoto.
This submission is a photograph from Kathy Southern. “As usual, I find beautiful views during my runs,” she writes. “This shot was taken with my iPhone SE out on Long Beach. There isn’t enough ‘film’ to capture them all.”
This submission is a pastel painting of Plymouth’s Long Beach by Sharlene Cirillo.
This submission is a photograph from Bob Healy that he describes simply as “my wife’s roses.” His wife is Susan Healy.
This submission is a photograph from Bob Warner. “I have a nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds in my yard. This is one of the recently fledged bluebirds being fed by its father on my deck,” he writes. “I have a nice telephoto lens and they don’t mind if I shoot from the other end of the deck. This was taken on a rainy afternoon on May 16th. I have a series of these, including some mid-air shots. My work can be seen here.”
This submission is titled “Billows,” a 12-by-18-inch pastel from Heidi Mayo. “I see such beauty every day on my run, I have to paint it,” she says. This painting captures “a moment on High Cliff in North Plymouth.”
This contribution is from Tim Downie, who took this photo on Burial Hill in 2021. He used a Photoshop filter called Color Pop to enhance the image. “I find Burial Hill is my sanctuary and very relaxing,” Downie says.
This submission is from Melissa Pulis Wakeman. “I create large impermanent beach rock mosaics on my studio floor, wherever that may be at the moment,” she says. “The creations are often life sized. They are then extensively photographed and then the rocks are cleared away to create new stories.” This image – with Wakeman in it – is called “The Phoenix.”
She also wrote an accompanying poem:
And she became the fire
gorgeous and
magnificently wild
brilliant wings
the Phoenix
rising from the ashes
More of Wakeman’s work can be seen here.
This submission is “Jaravko Star,” an origami work from Andrea Plate. She describes it as being “folded by me from a single octagon of light pink Mulberry Tissue Paper, no glue, no cuts.” The design is by Natailia Guzowska and Jorge Jaramillo.
Plate said she offers free origami workshops at the Manomet Library on the third Saturday of each month, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. You can sign up through the library’s events calendar here. Plate also teaches a more advanced workshop online on the first Tuesday of the month, from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information on that class, email her at aspcare2@gmail.com.
This submission is from Greg Saschuk, who says he took this photograph on April 11 as the Mayflower II was being towed from Mystic Seaport in Connecticut back to its berth at State Pier Plymouth. “It was @7:30ish in the morning and the fog was just breaking at the Sagamore Bridge,” he writes. For you photo nerds, he provided this technical information: shutter speed 1/800sec, F2.8, and ISO 100.
This submission is a pastel painting from Heidi Mayo titled “Beautiful Oysters.” “I went to Wood’s [Seafood] and asked them for a dozen of their juiciest most beautiful oysters,” she writes. “They posed while I made a couple of quick value sketches and took some reference photos. Then we ate them.”
This submission is a painting by Bryan Ebbs, submitted by his proud girlfriend, Becky Simoes. “Bryan is a wildly talented watercolor line and wash artist who enjoys sketching and painting local historic sites,” she writes. “This one is his rendition of Town Square in Plymouth. As a relatively new resident of Plymouth, he is in the process of creating a collection of paintings from the many historic sites around town.”
This submission is a photograph from Janice Drew that she took nearly 10 years ago. “’The Sun and the Fog’ still remains one of [my] favorite photographs,” she says. “It was taken on the morning of August 20, 2014, as the sun came out and the fog rolled in quickly. It was one of those few times that both shallops were docked by the historic Mayflower II at State Pier.”
This submission is a photograph of a harbor sunrise in Rockland, Maine, by Peter J. Matlon. He says he took it from his sailboat, Iona, using “my old Samsung cell phone without a filter.”
This submission is from Kathy Southern, who took this photo at Plymouth Marina while on a run to “clear” her head. “It seems to work every time I take the journey around my hometown,” she says.
This submission is a watercolor titled “Immature Gull in Early Spring,” by Peter Arenstam. “I painted [it] based on a photo I took at Plymouth beach in early March,” he says.
This submission is a 16-by-20-inch acrylic by Darlene Baker, which she painted from a friend’s photograph. “While walking the waterfront last fall, I was there at the right time and was taken by the reflections on the inlet behind the ticket booths,” she says. “I’ve seen many paintings and photos of the front of the booths but on this day, the back was much more interesting.”
This submission is a photograph by John Rodgers of the fourth hole at the Jones golf course in the Pinehills development. The photo hangs in the Pinehills clubhouse.
This submission is from Beth Gragg, who writes, “I’m sure you’ve had lots of submissions from last week’s rainbow. Here is mine, taken from Manomet Bluffs. A truly lovely and amazing sight.”
This submission is from Daniel Garte. “It’s a painting I did of some boats docked along the Jones River in Kingston on a quiet morning last summer,” he says. “It is an acrylic painting, which is my favorite medium. In my work I try to take the time to absorb the beauty of the natural world around me and then express that in my paintings.”
This submission is a photograph from Paul Stanish. “Once a year at sunrise one can capture the sun passing between the Cape Cod Canal railroad bridge and the Bourne Bridge,” he says. “I was able to capture this picture from Mass. Maritime Academy. I particularly like the fisherman standing on the bank of the canal.”
This submission is a painting from Patty Dysart. “I’ve been drawn to these small shacks across from Long Beach for years, watching their slow deterioration and wondering if they are next on a demolition list,” she says. “What is their history? Who used them? What stories do they hold? I’ve heard many consider them an eyesore. I do not. I’m hoping this small painting invokes in the viewer a curiosity as to these small hard-working shacks and their important part in Plymouth’s simpler times.”
This submission is an oil on canvas painting by Nancy Donovan titled “Low Tide, Cedarville Landing.”
This submission is “Sea Glass Art,” by Liz Pretorius. “This piece was created from genuine sea glass found on Plymouth beaches,” she says. “The phrase comes from the sea glass poem. It not only describes the wondrous journey it takes to become a true piece of sea glass but is a reminder to enjoy our own journeys through life.”
This submission is a photograph from Bob Warner. “This is a shot that was taken the morning after [a] recent snowstorm, which brought brilliant blue skies,” he says. “I have a pine tree in my backyard which serves as a nice shelter for the pine warblers. They fly down from there to feast on mealworms and ‘bark butter’ that I serve on my deck, where they feed alongside the bluebirds. I stood on my deck and picked out this male sitting high in the tree. I liked the contrast between the snow, the bird, and the blue sky. This shot will likely make my year-end bird calendar and also make it into my next note cards package. This shot is also available for purchase and would look wonderful printed on metal.”
Warner can be reached at bobwarnerphotography@gmail.com.
This submission is a self-portrait collage by Sandra Shaughnessy, a sophomore at Plymouth South High School.
This submission is an oil on linen panel from Stewart Adam titled “Whispers of the Waves.”
He writes: “We eagerly await the imminent arrival of summer’s protracted days, where the sun extends its warm caress and invites us to revel in the leisurely embrace of the season. These coming moments, bathed in the golden glow of the sun, are destined to etch themselves into the fabric of our recollections, becoming a treasured fragment of time, woven delicately into the rich mosaic of our recollections, creating a masterpiece that resonates with the essence of joy and nostalgia.”
You can see more of Adams’s work at www.stewartadamfineart.com.
This submission is from Alison Thompson. It’s a photograph she took of the full Hunter’s Moon – also known as a Blood Moon – at Ellisville State Park on Oct. 28.
This submission is from Connie Melahoures (whose November submission was the first one for Your Art Here). This image, taken last summer on Plymouth’s Long Beach, is part of the Plymouth Center for the Arts iPhonography show.
This submission is a pencil drawing from David Amory titled “Ozymandias.” By way of explanation, he suggested that we publish the poem of the same name by Percy Bysshe Shelley. So, here it is:
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
This submission is from Kathleen Noone, who says she has “been enjoying the creativity of my fellow artists and crafters” in the Your Art Here section.
“Cool Breeze wind chimes are handcrafted by myself and my identical twin (Karen Shea Price), lifelong Manomet residents,” Noone explains. “We recycle the bottles from local bars/restaurants, including Uva Wine Bar and CJ’s Bar and Grille. The shells are collected from local beaches and the beads are repurposed from jewelry purchased at nearby thrift stores.” (An example of their work is pictured.)
For more information, visit the Cool Breeze Facebook page.
This submission is a photograph taken by Kimberly Needham at the Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary in Marshfield. (Readers: Can you tell us precisely what type of bird this is?)
This submission is “Bug,” an acrylic painting of a scene on Centennial Street in North Plymouth. It was painted by Jack Cleland, a senior at Plymouth North High School.
This submission is a photograph from Bob Warner. “Back in early 2021 when I was recovering from Covid, I ventured over to Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary to test my stamina after several weeks at home,” he writes. “It had snowed the night before. As I was preparing to leave the parking area, a flock of robins flew into the trees. I still had my camera on the seat of my car, so I lowered the window and took a few shots. I thought it would be interesting to convert the photo to black and white, but then bring back the color of the birds using a technique I was just learning to utilize in my photography. It was a painstaking project, and my skills have much improved since then, but I was pleased with the result and turned this into note cards. It was featured in one of my calendars.”
You can view more of Warner’s work here.
This submission comes from an artist’s wife. Beth Gragg submitted a photo of this work by her husband, Mason Young. “[He] is a wood carver and creates beautiful sculptures from cherry, walnut and other wood that he gets from friends,” she writes. “He recently plunked this beauty down on our kitchen table and I immediately fell in love. He works out of his basement in Manomet and welcomes feedback on his work.”
Young can be reached at mason@wmasonyoung.com.
This submission is from Steve Garfield, who took this photograph of ice patterns on a window.
This submission is a photograph by Terri Twyman, taken on Dec. 3, 2019, at the Plimoth Grist Mill. “I knew I had to take some pictures after that snowfall,” she says, and the mill “became my muse.”
This submission is a photograph by Colleen Costa. “My husband and I took a ride to view the ocean [at] Manomet Point one Friday evening,” she writes. “The view and colors were pretty at the Point so I took the shot.”
This submission is a pastel painting by Heidi Mayo titled “On the Rocks.” It’s a scene from Plymouth Boatyard in North Plymouth.
This submission is a photograph from Bob Warner.
“I have been attracting birds to my yard for many years, and once the cold weather arrives, so do the Pine Warblers,” he writes. “These bold little birds flock to my deck where they get a daily helping of dried mealworms and my homemade ‘bark butter,’ giving them valuable high energy calories. As a wildlife photographer, they give me ample opportunities to capture them through my lens at close range. I can often shoot from as little as eight feet away. This shot was taken [recently] during light snow that then turned to rain.”
To inquire about purchasing photos from Warner, email him at bobwarnerphotography@gmail.com.
This submission is a poster created by Big Dan x Quincy of the Quins. Yep, that’s how he wanted to be credited.
This submission is a photo by Patty Dysart titled “Cold Bottom Reflections.” It was shot in Chiltonville. “Late afternoon walks create many beautiful opportunities to capture dramatic winter skies and mirror-like reflections,” she says.
This submission is from local professional photographer Ed Nute. “Having a photo studio is the best – [there are] many great things to play with,” says Nute, who recently has contributed his skills to the Plymouth Independent. To make this picture, Nute used an old TV he found in his basement, along with some art figures in his studio. “What made this photo is the tin foil rabbit ears,” he says. You can find more of his work at nutephotography.com.
This submission is a drawing by Jill Voelker titled “Psycho-Symmetry.” She describes it as “a spontaneous art exercise.” Voelker says she created it with pencil and pen, “followed by color; usually Prismacolor pencils.”
This submission, a photo of a female bluebird, is from Bob Warner. He says he took it during a February 2022 sleet storm. “I’m able to shoot with a telephoto lens from my deck out towards the woods in back where this bluebird was resting,” he explains. “In my processing, I cropped the photo to [a] 1×1 format and added some subtle textures to the background to create this look.”
This submission is an acrylic painting by Plymouth North junior Sarah Godlewski titled “Jeff the Cat.”
This submission is from Stewart Adam, a Plymouth resident who identifies as a “self-taught artist specializing in oil paint.”
“Time and memory hold a profound allure” for him, Adam says. His art “explores how objects seamlessly blend into their surroundings” and he “finds beauty in the gradual erosion of surfaces.”
Adam describes his work as “possessing an ambient ambiance and an ethereal mood.” You can see more of it here.
This submission is “Sitting on Business,” gouache painting by Emma Pesa. She’s a Rising Tide charter school junior.
This submission is a season-appropriate photo from Tim Downie that he took a couple of years ago. “It was about midnight and a fresh dusting of snow had just fallen,” he said. Just enough to dress up the Plymouth Rock portico. This year, no snow is predicted through the end of the month.
This submission is an oil painting by Carol Raymond. The subject is Doug Gray, a lifetime Plymouth resident, artist, sculptor, former superintendent of Plymouth parks and recreation, and owner of Billington Sea Kayaks. For more, visit www.caroleeraymondfineart.com.
This submission is from Nancy Cloonan, an abstract painter who has lived in Plymouth since 1994. The painting is part of a series of four and is titled, “Outside No. 4.”
“I paint intuitively, using acrylic paint, graphite, wax crayons, grease pencils, and sometimes some collage,” Cloonan says. “I work in multiple layers, and keep painting until I figure out what needs to stay, and eventually finish the work.”
Most recently, she has shown her work in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Maryland.
This submission is from Jean L. Kreiling, a photograph taken at Plymouth Rock. Incredibly, she says no filters were used to enhance the photo. “I picked the right morning to rise early and walk down to the harbor, where I saw this magnificent sunrise,” Kreiling says.
This “Your Art Here” submission is an illustration by Plymouth artist Keith Favazza titled “The Journey.” It’s about “the adventurous journey of the herring,” he says. “For the Wampanoag tribe, it means spring and hope.” Favazza says his work “started out as a hand-painted chair on the waterfront and it turned into an illustration.” He can be reached at keith@keithfavazza.com.
This submission is from Margaret Bailey Rosenbaum. It’s an acrylic painting titled “Bramhall’s Autumn Bouquet.” The subject was a bouquet at, you guessed it, Bramhall’s Country Store.
This is a photograph of the full Beaver Moon over Nye Barn at Plimoth Patuxet Museums, taken on Nov. 27 by Marcia Martinson. She used her iPhone 12 Pro Max with the night setting. Martinson, who is a volunteer in Plimoth Patuxet’s wardrobe department, says she loves “taking photos of our beautiful town.”
This submission is from Keely Farrell, who runs the Made in Manomet shop in – you guessed it – Manomet.
“The image I referenced was from a photograph my husband took of a hummingbird in our backyard,” Farrell says. “Lucifer grass is one of my favorite plants, so I thought this image was perfect. The background is watercolor. [The] lucifer grass and the hummingbird were created using colored pencils.”
Heidi Mayo’s pastel painting of Holmes Terrace in North Plymouth titled “Holmes Run.”
The above work is titled “Fawn,” a pastel by Plymouth North High School sophomore Megan Holleman.
This picture, titled “After the storm,” was taken from her cottage on Plymouth Long Beach. She says it reflects her “passion for seascapes.” Melahoures used an iPhone Pro Max 13 and enhanced the colors through post processing. She sells some of her photos and can be reached at conmel@aol.com.