I've never heard of Edwin Douglas, and the magic of Google isn't offering much insight either. Perhaps you recollect a painter by the name of Edwin Douglas setting up an easel in/near Beggs Park some time around 1969? Or perhaps the mysterious painter never set foot in our … [Read more...] about Lake Champlain from Beggs Park by Edwin Douglas
Essex New York
The Birth of ECHO, the Essex Community Heritage Organization
A brief telling of the beginnings of the Essex Community Heritage Organization (ECHO, now Historic Essex) and the subsequent placing of the entire hamlet of Essex on the National Register as told by a survivor. Expo 67 in Montreal In the summer of 1967, the Northway being … [Read more...] about The Birth of ECHO, the Essex Community Heritage Organization
Essex Community Garden
August is harvest, harvest, harvest time, and nowhere is this more evident than the new Essex community garden. If you haven't visited the lawn behind Essex Town Hall lately, you're in for a surprise. Veggies galore! Essex Community Garden: Back Story I stopped in to speak … [Read more...] about Essex Community Garden
Daily Doodle: Kevin Raines Sketches Stuart Brody’s Cabin
I recently had the good fortune of pondering doodles, cartoons and sketches with Wadhams-based painter, Kevin Raines (www.kevinrainesart.com). Kevin is an art professor at Notre Dame of Maryland University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a world class artist and avid … [Read more...] about Daily Doodle: Kevin Raines Sketches Stuart Brody’s Cabin
Doodle Essex, New York Architecture: Beta Edition Launched 8/2
I'm thrilled to announce that the first Essex handbook is now available for purchase. After many months of researching, doodling, editing, revising, layout and publishing, the beta edition of Doodle Essex, New York Architecture is finally available. We treated last Saturday's … [Read more...] about Doodle Essex, New York Architecture: Beta Edition Launched 8/2