When I decided to do my first full fledge lighthouse trip, I visited Martha’s Vineyard. I didn’t realize they were moving Gay Head Lighthouse. Lighthouses are moved only once in a lifetime.
Decisions and relationships have consequences. I’ve been thinking a lot about that as my birthday approaches.
Birthdays have a way of being moments of reflection and times of reckoning. Many decisions and people have led me along this path.
Becoming a lighthouse artist is the result of the many people God has placed in my life.
My love of lighthouses has not only transformed the way I travel, but the way I live. When I am not traveling to a lighthouse, I am often writing about or painting lighthouses.
My art is shaped by childhood trips to historic Fort George Island. My passion for history and the ocean began early. While my father fished, I played on the jetties and splashed on the beach with my siblings.
Although my parents were baffled by their artistic child, they never discouraged me from following my dream. They supported me at Hampton University. My mother flew to my graduation from the University of Hawaii.
Whether painting lighthouses, portraits or historic buildings, I recall the fond days when my love of the ocean and history were instilled.
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