Down by the Bay

Boardwalks of worn wooden planks lay along hot summer sand, connecting families, childhood memories, and vintage cottages along the shore. Rickety stairways plummet down the steep sand dunes of northern Michigan, while wind-bent pines hold on to the collapsing bank of beach grass. These memories mingle together with more recent walks with my family along the May River of Bluffton, SC. Along the century old dirt roads of Old Town, classic white cottages propped high on stilts are protected from ocean flooding and create shade from the blistering sun.

Blue cottage with orange door on sand dunes acrylic on 10x10x2 wood cradle

Cottage with blue roof and gulls on rocks acrylic on 10x10x2 on wood cradle

Sleeping Bear Dunes and gulls on rocks acrylic on 10x10x2 wood cradle

Sleeping Bear Dunes with inlet acrylic on 10x10x2 wood cradle

Stacked "Down by the Bay" small works series on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Blue cottage with yellow door acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Sunset and seagulls on posts acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Striped cottage with deck and pine acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Pine and sand dunes acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

White cottage with ladder and pine acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Cottage with propped shutter acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Pine and garden acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Two cottages on the shore acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle SOLD

Cottage with blue roof and orange door acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Yellow cottage with blue door acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Cottage with pink window and orange buoys acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

White cottage with teal roof and sand dunes acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle

Stilts, ladder, and green door acrylic on 4x4x2 wood cradle