Love Birds for Valentines Day

Just reviewing a few of the “Love Birds” available from TrotterArts. Please call us if you have an idea or 2D Art need for your home. We are updating our web site’s store inventory as we just printed 50 yards. It takes us a bit of time to get product finished and on the store. However, we’re happy to work on a specific request. Enjoy some of our “Love Birds” below:

White Egret Dance

Mr and Mrs

Stick Dance

I’m Available

Nest Building

We are planning our next birding field trip. Hoping to capture some additional bird photographs as we explore some of our favorite rookeries. February birding field trips are among our favorites, always good stories to tell!

We are also working through our Spring Show schedule. So far we’re confirmed for:

April 4-6 Flowertown - Summerville, SC

April 26-27 Art Market at Historic Honey Horn - Hilton Head Island, SC

May 23-25 Hilton Head Island Art at Shelter Cove - Hilton Head Island, SC

We are excited to be the featured artist at Shelter Cove this year! Mark your Calendars.We hope to see you at one of our Spring shows!

Excited for the Historic Bluffton Arts and Seafood Festival

Trotter Arts is excited to show our photography printed on satin fabric this weekend in Bluffton, SC. This Fall has been rough with hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton impacting many. This weekend’s weather is looking pretty spectacular and so is the art!

We will be showing some photographs of Driftwood Beach taken just before hurricane Debby. Sadly, beach erosion continues to claim the beach and the driftwood trees.

Below are two of our sunrise pieces from Driftwood Beach.

We also will be showing some favorites from the Lowcountry including Low Country Life taken in Beaufort and the Boardwalk on Hunting Island.

Come visit the festival, open from 10am-5pm Saturday and 10am-4pm on Sunday. Trotter Arts will be booth #14 behind Cornerstone Church on Calhoun Street. Hope to see you!

Artist in Residence - Devils Fork State Park

Lynne was privileged to be an artist in residence and our family thoroughly enjoyed the experience with her! Recently she presented a pair of 32”x50” photographs printed on satin fabric to Ranger Rowdy. A huge thanks to the staff for all their support during our stay. We highly recommend a stay at the Villas. Bring your boat and enjoy the beauty!

Ranger Rowdy and Lynne Trotter Presentation

On the left is Laurel Fork Falls and on the right is Wrights Creek Falls, both are popular boating spots on the beautiful Lake Jocassee.

It was really difficult to select from all the pictures taken. In the end the waterfalls were selected because of their iconic status around the lake. Below are several other pictures from around the lake.

Toxaway Creek

Jumping Off Rock at Sunset

Lastly, the family had a grand time! The Grandchildren swam, slid down rocks, swam under waterfalls, jumped off rocks, fished and knee boarded for the first time. They saw Bad Creek, Whitewater River, Thompson River, Bear Camp Creek, Horsepasture River and Toxaway River and portions of the Foothills Trail. Yes, we slept good at night and many memories were made!

Foot Bridge at Horsepasture River

We will be placing some of the Lake Jocassee pictures on our web site in the portfolios section - new releases. Also, we will be taking a few Jocassee prints to our next show: Aikens’ Makin’ on Friday and Saturday September 6th and 7th. Let us know if you are interested in any of these satin fabric prints. We would be happy to work with you! Below is a button that takes you to our store. Please call if you’re interested in any piece. The 60” wide pieces are available for local pick up or at shows due to the “oversize” shipping expense. Thanks for sharing our experiences with you!

Driftwood Beach - Field Trip

We are remiss for not posting sooner, but we had an interesting field trip to Jekyll Island back in July. We really enjoyed our field trip and the island has changed since our last visit about 30 years ago! We found the island very bike friendly. One day we logged 17.5 miles. That day started early as we wanted to catch Driftwood Beach at daybreak. We were able to capture two shots that we have printed for our Fall Shows, both are 37” x 60” printed on satin fabric.

Survivor

Morning at the tree

Later in the day we circled back to Boneyard Beach. As we admired the tree at a higher tide, a local photographer told us that the tree was the most photographed tree in Georgia. We are not too sure about that “fact” but it is a recognizable site. Below is the shot. We printed it 24” x 24”.

Later in July, Lynne was selected as artist in residence at Devils Fork State Park on Lake Jocassee where we spent a week. Next week we will deliver the art to Ranger Rowdy and we’ll also post another blog with a few of the images the we printed from our fantastic week.

Fall Show season is quickly approaching! Our next show is:

Aiken’s Makin’ on Friday and Saturday September 6th and 7th. Hope to see you there!

You can also view our web site by using the button below. We will be adding these to the New Releases on the store soon. Please remember that the 60” wide pieces are offered at shows or local pick up only due to the high oversize shipping cost. Please call to order and we can work out delivery.

Chasing Rosey - Again and Open Studio

Back in 2019, we took several field trips to photograph Rosetta Spoonbills. After multiple trips, we obtained a few good photographs. However, we saw photographs of Rosetta’s on the nest and we knew that we would be chasing Rosey again! Recently, we were able to find some nesting Rosetta’s and their mating plumage did not disappoint! Hopefully we’ll get to go again and see some chicks, soon!

The colors were amazing! We’re working on printing and releasing one of our new Rosey pictures. It should look great with the satin fabric process. We’re so excited to plan our next episode of chasing Rosey. It would be amazing to see the chicks on the nest! Discovering these unique birds has been a reminder of how creative our Creator is!

Next Weekend, we will be participating in the Columbia Open Studio sponsored by 701 CCA. Our home studio at 106 Noble Court in Lexington, SC will be open Saturday and Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm. We will have our tent up in addition to our studio. We hope to see you! Below is a link with a map to the other open studios participating and a link to Trotter Arts store. Have fun exploring!

Spring Show Schedule - Getting Ready

January has been studio month as we have been busy printing, stretching and framing for the Spring. Our work is printed on satin fabric and offers sharp, bright colors all gallery wrapped and ready to hang.

Above is Morning at Botany Bay, a new size 30” x 60” perfect over king bed or over sofa or dining areas. New 60” wide pieces were introduced at our Fall Shows and were very well received. Come visit us at Vintage Market in Columbia to see whats new!

Our Spring Show schedule is shaping up. Below are our planned shows.

Vintage Market Days - Columbia, SC - Feb 2,3,4

Open Studio - Lexington, SC - March 23,24

Flowertown - Summerville, SC - April 5,6,7

Laymone Chain of Parks - Tallahassee, Fl - April 20,21

Honey Horn - Hilton Head, SC - April 27,28

Hilton Head Art Festival - Shelter Cove - May 24,25,26

We took a couple of pictures in the studio and the garage as we worked during Studio Month. The process steps are: Printing, cutting, build stretcher, cut and glue foam board, trim, stretch, frame (optional), package, store in bins and finally load bins in the trailer.

Gluing Foam Board

Lynne attaching frame after stretching

Finished, Framed, Ready to Hang - named: Tres Amigos

Loading bins in the garage, the trailer will be loaded soon for Vintage Market Days!

Getting ready for the new season can be a little chaotic and laborious but we enjoy presenting our work to everyone. We continue to receive tremendous support and it’s a blessing to create more for our customers and friends. Hope to see you at a Spring Show!