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

Chasing Rosey - Part 3

After chasing Roseate Spoonbills all Spring, we finally created three pieces for our last show and they were received well. They became quite the conversation piece in our booth. We heard questions like; Is that bird really pink? Is that a flamingo? Is that bird really indigenous to South Carolina? Where can I go to find these wading birds? So our answers were: Yes, they are pink and their diet will dictate their color with a shellfish diet producing more pink; They are not related to the flamingo (color is the only thing in common); yes you can find them in South Carolina and some good places to look are Bear Island WMA and Donnelley WMA. It’s always fun to introduce people to something new and unusual! We enjoyed the chase and it reminded us that God’s creation is always interesting and inspiring!

Below are the three pieces:

We framed this triptych - the cedar frame was stained dark walnut.

We just updated our Web Site and have included these three pieces the store. I’m sure that there will be future Trotter Arts field trips chasing this interesting bird!