I'm Lonely Without You Card
by Sharon Williams Eng
Title
I'm Lonely Without You Card
Artist
Sharon Williams Eng
Medium
Mixed Media - Art With Text
Description
Many years ago, while visiting Nantucket, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, we stopped into the Whaling Museum. The museum was undergoing some renovations. As we approached, I spotted this lookout in an upper window. I've always liked this whimsical image and thought it would make a fun greeting card - perhaps to tell someone you're anxious for their return.
Wikipedia tells us that the building which currently houses the Whaling Museum was originally a candle factory, built by the Mitchell family shortly after Nantucket's Great Fire of 1846. Two years later, it was purchased by local businessmen William Hadwen and Nathaniel Barney, who continued to use it in the manufacture of candles. Following the decline of whaling in the mid-19th century, the building was converted to warehouse space in 1860 before being reconverted into offices for the New England Steamship Company in the 1870s. In 1919, the building was again used for storage and also housed an antiques shop. In 1929, the museum was created and then fully restored in 2005.
Nantucket lies about 30 miles south of Cape Cod and is a popular tourist destination in the summer months. It was a whaling community originally and the cobblestone streets were created from ballast from those whaling ships. Many of the old, historic homes feature 'widow's walks' where the whalers' wives could have a high vantage point to watch for their men to come home from the sea.
I am an exhibiting artist in southwest Florida and my art has been exhibited in galleries in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina and is in collections nationwide. I create abstract photography, mixed media photo painting, acrylic mixed media, and acrylic paintings. Many would make great decorative throw pillows or shower curtains. I've even had a couple abstracts made into my personal cell phone covers. Please check out my Facebook page Doodleng Art by Sharon Eng for announcements and more information about my art.
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June 9th, 2020
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