Bluffton Seafood Festival Oct 21-22

Trotter Arts is busy getting ready for the Bluffton Seafood Festival Oct 21 and 22. We always enjoy this event and the high-quality art presented. By request, we have created some larger pieces, for spaces over king size beds and sofas. We’re preparing some 60” wide pieces to fit these spaces. As always, printed on satin fabric and gallery wrapped. Below are a few pieces that we’ll have available.

We will also bring some favorite Triptychs. Please come out and enjoy this event, support the Bluffton Rotary and stop by our booth. Our Booth is #13 and its located-on Calhoun St near the Cornerstone Church Parking lot (back entrance). We’d love to see you next weekend!

If you’re unable to visit us in-person, feel free to visit our web site or call us at (864) 981-0139.

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Guess Who is Flying In for the Atalaya Arts Festival

Some of Trotter Arts favorite feathered friends …. that’s who! White Pelicans, Roseta Spoonbills, Wood Storks and Sand Pipers will be visiting our Booth # C24 at Hunington Beach State Park’s Atalaya Arts Festival this weekend. All available as 20” x 40” limited edition prints which are printed on Satin fabric. But hurry our feathered friends may just fly away!

We would love to see you at the Festival ! The Weekend weather forecast looks wonderful 80 degrees and low humidity…..come on Fall weather!

Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center Field Trip

We have been on the waiting list to visit Tom Yawkey Wildlife Center and afforded the opportunity this past week. Wow, what a great tour of this 24,000 acre preserve! This property is managed by SCDNR and is comprised of Cat Island, South Island and North Island on Winyah Bay and the Santee Delta. Its 31 square miles of marsh, wetlands and forest all managed for wildlife diversity. We saw gators, black whistling ducks, spoonbills, egrets and wood storks just to name a few. The history of the islands and the generosity of the Yawkey’s is fascinating! I particularly liked the family mantra; Do the right thing, Do it quietly and expect nothing in return! We can’t wait to go back!

Spoonbills and Egrets

Live Oak Pathway

1886 Cast Iron Bell at St James Church

St James AME Church

Spectacular Live Oak Photograph - ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge - New Release

New Release: Grove Plantation House, offices for the US Fish and Wildlife Services Earnest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. Dye-sublimation printed on Satin Fabric 32”x50”.

There is a treasure in South Carolina known as the Grove Plantation which was originally a land grant to Robert Fenwick in 1694. The Grove House was built in 1828 by George Washington Morris. It is built in the late-Federal-period plantation style of architecture and has the unusual feature of polygonal rooms and projecting symmetrical polygonal bays. The plantation has an interesting history of owners including abandonment following the Civil War. It is note worthy that this rice plantation house is one of only three antebellum mansions in the ACE Basin that survived the Civil War.

But wait, there is more! The magnificent Live Oak trees that align the entrance from the Edisto River drew our immediate attention as photographers. The Spanish Moss and the Resurrection Fern was spectacular during our field trip. We knew that printing on satin fabric would only enhance the beauty we experienced.

So why do we print on satin fabric? Dye-sublimation printing yields beautiful and permanent colors that are impregnated in the satin rather than printed on the surface. When trying to describe the results, visually it is crisper than a photograph/ giclée printed on canvas and softer than a photograph printed on metal.

The 32” x 50” portrait orientation is a proper size for our foyer and we enjoyed pairing it with the Cypress Trees. Are you thinking about redecorating in your home or office? We would love to help you! We hope that you will visit our store or give us a call soon!