03/05/2026
Our niece is an incredibly talented artist!
https://www.swellsartanddesign.com/aboutme
In 2024, my sister in law commissioned her to do a painting for everyone in our family as a special Christmas gift. It was by far the most incredible gift anyone could have given! (See below for Sara's website).
The painting is based on the buoys of our family. Multiple generations of lobsterman are shown here. The green and white wooden buoy on the right was my grandfathers and I carry on his colors to this day. My brothers blue and orange buoy are now carried on by his grandson, with his other grandson designing a new green and white buoy that shows below in Jenny's art work.
The gift Gail and Sara gave, is something that will carry forward for generations and thank you will never be enough to express how much love is contained within that painting.
Sara's work is available for viewing at
https://www.swellsartanddesign.com/myartwork/huddledtogether
Her black and gold wildlife work is amazing! Along with everything else she does.
Although our artistic ability does not hold a candle to Sara's, but it does in fact show the creativity that you can make when you put your mind to work. Jenny (with some help from KC here and there on the buoy cups) took Sara's buoy idea and put it on glasses bringing the shores wildlife, fishing world and ocean side to art.