{"id":561,"date":"2018-05-03T22:45:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?page_id=561"},"modified":"2018-05-03T22:52:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T02:52:18","slug":"east-end-stories-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?page_id=561","title":{"rendered":"EAST END STORIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium-alternate fusion-blog-no\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-no fusion-no-meta-info\" data-pages=\"0\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-426\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-426 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">24<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=426\" aria-label=\"East End Stories; An Online Exhibition\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4982-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sunrise on the East End\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4982-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_4982-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=426\">East End Stories; An Online Exhibition<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Sunrise on the East End  E a s t\u00a0\u00a0 E n d\u00a0\u00a0 S t o r i e s East End Stories is an online retrospective show accompanied by a narrative blog, a journal recounting my impressions of moving to Eastern Long Island thirty years ago this summer. The stories are written as entries and the paintings are in the gallery section of the site. It chronicles my experiences and the artwork I made just before and after I moved here. Many of the works in the show chronicle the changes I've witnessed to the East End, before<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=426\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-439\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-439 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">25<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=439\" aria-label=\"The Last Time I Saw Dina Merrill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dina_Merrill_1968-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dina_Merrill_1968-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Dina_Merrill_1968-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=439\">The Last Time I Saw Dina Merrill<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The last time I saw Dina, 2012  I first visited East Hampton in the early 1980s with a girlfriend, singer actress Christine Andreas, from NYC. I was living and working part time in a loft in SoHo at the corner of Broadway and Broome St,\u00a0working for artist John Alexander when I met Christine. Christine was in the original Broadway cast of Oklahoma and could sing as well as anyone on the planet, seriously! She was giving a performance that summer of \u201cSongs by Sondheim\u201d at Guild Hall of East Hampton and asked if I wanted to come out<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=439\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-447\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-447 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=447\" aria-label=\"Finding a Studio, 1988\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Me-1988-1-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Me-1988-1-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Me-1988-1-700x441.jpeg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=447\">Finding a Studio, 1988<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Around the turn of the century when this area was a quiet retreat from the city, where artists like Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase\u00a0and Childe Hassam lived and worked, long before the developers showed up, the small town of Bridgehampton and it\u2019s surrounding landscape was a rural farming community. By the 1930s and 40s Long Island had become the bread basket of the East Coast. Local farms produced some of the finest potatoes in the rich soil left behind from the Wisconsinan glacial age, on what is now Long Island. Potatoes were harvested, brought to larger facilities where they were<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=447\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-450\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-450 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=450\" aria-label=\"The Baymen, A Dory\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N1-OverturnedDory-copy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N1-OverturnedDory-copy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N1-OverturnedDory-copy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=450\">The Baymen, A Dory<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the late summer and fall the shoreline around the East End is abundant with Stripped Bass and Bluefish. Surf casting is as easy as throwing out a line. If I was fishing at Town Line Road it was no fluke to reel in two fish on one lure. The first sign of a school are seagulls working the water\u2019s surface. They're dipping down to pick up scraps churned up by the feeding frenzy going on just below the surface. A school can move closer to shore, running the baitfish in that are literally jumping onto the beach to escape.<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=450\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-456\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-456 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=456\" aria-label=\"The Move Up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-320x202.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-200x127.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-300x190.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-320x202.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-400x254.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-500x317.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-600x380.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-700x441.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-768x487.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-800x507.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-1024x649.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-1080x685.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988-1200x761.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Barn-1988.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=456\">The Move Up<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> 1988, right after I moved into my studio.  By the summer of '88 I had moved into my new studio and life seemed to be on the right track. After nearly ten years of going back and forth from Texas to New York, working odd jobs, getting let go, going home with my tail between my legs, groveling up to my old boss, to my old job working for an art handler in Houston, saving my money and going back to NYC, I\u2019d found my own place on the East End and could finally settle in. I had<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=456\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-463\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=463\" aria-label=\"Nautical Charts, Nautical Drawings\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N4-Montauk-Dories-copy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N4-Montauk-Dories-copy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/N4-Montauk-Dories-copy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=463\">Nautical Charts, Nautical Drawings<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Double Dories, oil painting on collage, 44\"x77\"  I found an old set of nautical charts in my studio when I moved in. I pinned the charts on the wall and noticed how they connected from Eastern Long Island to Cape Cod. It wasn't long before I began to use them in my work, at first drawing simple nautical images over the chart. The I started taking a chart, making a collage and reformatting the area I wanted to draw on, tearing off the borders, laying them out to the size I wanted, making a smaller chart that would<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=463\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-473\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">04, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=473\" aria-label=\"East End Lighthouses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cedar-Point-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cedar-Point-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cedar-Point-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=473\">East End Lighthouses<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Montauk Point Lighthouse,pencil on collage, 30\"x24\", private collection  In the summer of 2000 I was drawing the lighthouse from the parking lot at Montauk Point, a great view to set up and work. I\u2019d gotten used to working on location, dealing with wind, rain or blistering sun and people coming over to watch and ask intuitive or sometimes simply dumb questions like, \"Are you painting?\" I've been working outside painting for a few years, dragging my folding easel and paints around with me wherever I\u2019d go. A friend from Texas, Jim Gingrich got me interested. It\u2019s something I<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=473\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-495\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-495 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">1<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=495\" aria-label=\"Barcelona Point\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Barcelona-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Barcelona-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Barcelona-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=495\">Barcelona Point<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The population swells from Memorial Day to Labor Day as the summer people and tourists flood in by car, limousine, motorcycle, helicopter, jet, train, boat, bicycle, backpack. It\u2019s already bad every weekday morning and afternoon as the trade parade flows in and out for work. Full time residents complain about the traffic. They jockey for position on Highway 27, the main artery, with Maserati\u2019s and luxury Range Rovers or for a parking space in the parking lot at the Commons or while waiting in the check out line at the grocery store or their favorite restaurant. Some people take up<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=495\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-503\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-503 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">1<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=503\" aria-label=\"The Bluffs in Montauk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/te_landscapes_06-Camp-Hero-to-Block-Island-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/te_landscapes_06-Camp-Hero-to-Block-Island-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/te_landscapes_06-Camp-Hero-to-Block-Island-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=503\">The Bluffs in Montauk<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Caswell Cliffs, oil on linen, 3'x11'  Working outside is kind of like therapy for me. I can escape from everything about the day or the world that bothers me, at least for a little while. Sometimes painting is really just an excuse for being there, at a place, in the moment. Montauk is especially that way. It\u2019s a 25 mile drive from my studio to Montauk Point thru sometimes slow moving traffic, crazy people on the highway, people not paying attention, tailgating or going to damn slow, some that only drive on the weekends and forget about paying<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=503\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-512\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-512 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">1<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=512\" aria-label=\"Peter&#8217;s Pond\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AB-left-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AB-left-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AB-left-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=512\">Peter&#8217;s Pond<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It's about two miles to the beach from my studio, maybe a little more. In the summer I drive if I can get there in the morning before Town Line Road and the closest beach is lined up with tourists and parked cars. You can only park on one side of the street and that\u2019s by permit only. Sometimes I ride my bike down, take a walk and a swim. The only problem with getting to the beach by bike is that I have to cross Hwy 27, a challenge because of the constant summer traffic. It's challenging enough in<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=512\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-569\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-569 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">4<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=569\" aria-label=\"The Boathouse on Dune Road\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Second-Boathouse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Second-Boathouse-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Second-Boathouse-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=569\">The Boathouse on Dune Road<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the mid 80s before I moved to Bridgehampton my work was \u201dabstract\u201d. I wasn\u2019t always an abstract painter. Growing up I related more to the recognizable, imagery and subjects that when painted or drawn you know exactly what it is. Frederic Remington and Andrew Wyeth were my favorite artists as a child. That changed as an undergraduate at Sam Houston State University. I loved life drawing. As well as I could draw the figure, it was a departure point to abstract the figure and that's when my work changed. When I was in graduate school I wrote my thesis<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=569\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-592\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">4<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=592\" aria-label=\"Town Line Road\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/9-Townline-Moonight-copy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/9-Townline-Moonight-copy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/9-Townline-Moonight-copy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=592\">Town Line Road<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Townline Sunrise, oil on canvas, 30\"x40\", private collection  Town Line Road, like the name implies divides Southampton and East Hampton. When you're driving east from Bridgehampton, Town Line Road is on your right just after Town Line Bar-B-Q. Turn right and two miles down the road is the beach referred to by the same name. To the east you can see the late Michael Kennedy House, now for sale, on the dunes and the jetties just past Georgica Pond. To the west lies Peters Pond. Town Line beach is usually easy to access but in the evening there<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=592\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-613\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-613 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">6<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=613\" aria-label=\"Strong&#8217;s Barn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Watercolor-Strongs-barn-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Watercolor-Strongs-barn-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Watercolor-Strongs-barn-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=613\">Strong&#8217;s Barn<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Strong's Barn, watercolor, 18\"x24\"  Most of the countryside around Strong\u2019s barn is still farmland. The barn was still being used last year to store potatoes but I've noticed a for sale sign posted. Peter Dankowski who's family has been living and working there for several generations still farms the land around here. This barn and others like it have a long footprint so trucks can bring potatoes from the field, back in and unload. They're piled to the upper level floor joists, 10'-12' high, from back to front during harvest. There are two levels, the lower for trucking<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=613\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-655\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-655 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">13<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=655\" aria-label=\"Smith&#8217;s Corner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Smiths-Corner-28x44-copy-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Smiths-Corner-28x44-copy-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Smiths-Corner-28x44-copy-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=655\">Smith&#8217;s Corner<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Smith's Corner, oil on canvas, 28\"x44\", private collection  Smith\u2019s Corner lies\u00a0in the middle of some of the most desirable farmland in Bridgehampton just to the east where Bridge Lane crosses Sagg Pond. The old Smith family home still stands on the west side of the pond but I'm not sure the two are related. I met Dinwiddie Smith by chance in 2007. I was a volunteer EMT with the Bridgehampton FD. John White another member and EMT asked if I could help drive \u201cDin\u201d to the Hospital in NYC. Din was a past volunteer at the Fire Department<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=655\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-663\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-663 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">17<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=663\" aria-label=\"Wainscott Pond\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WP2017-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WP2017-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WP2017-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=663\">Wainscott Pond<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Pond, 2017. oil on canvas, 56\"x74\"  Wainscott Pond looks today much how it has looked for the last several hundred years. In my opinion it is one of the most beautiful undeveloped panoramic vistas on the East End.\u00a0A thousand cars drive by here everyday and rarely does anyone pull over to take notice. That's especially true on the weekend in the summer when there are even more cars going up and down Wainscott Main Street. Some people are in a hurry to get home, or they're on the way out from the city to their second home<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=663\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-684\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-684 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">19<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=684\" aria-label=\"The Hendrickson Farmhouse\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-200x126.jpg 200w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-400x252.jpg 400w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-500x315.jpg 500w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-600x378.jpg 600w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-700x441.jpg 700w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-800x504.jpg 800w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-1080x680.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BridgehamptonFarmhouse-1200x756.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=684\">The Hendrickson Farmhouse<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>As soon as you cross the railroad tracks going north on Lumber Lane it\u2019s hard not to notice a beautiful old farmhouse on your left with it\u2019s half round gable window and Italianate style porch. The barns around it and old chicken coop out buildings seem out of time and place compared to the second home building boom going on around the East End. I\u2019d driven by here many times before I took an interest for the place and probably many more times before I actually committed to the idea of painting there. One afternoon in 2003-4 I set up<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=684\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-747\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-747 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">31<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">05, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=747\" aria-label=\"Studios by the Sea\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC_0001-1-1-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC_0001-1-1-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DSC_0001-1-1-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=747\">Studios by the Sea<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>In the summer of 2002 my studio and work, was published in Studios By The Sea, Artists Of Long Islands East End, photographs by Jonathan Becker, text by Bob Colacello.  Studios By The Sea, by Jonathan Becker and bob Colacello  Here's an appropriate quote from the book by it's author. \u201cThis book is not about how horrible the Hamptons have become, not about Hollywood east, hip-hop invaders or Ira Rennert\u2019s mega-mansion in Sagaponack. It\u2019s about a whole other, largely unreported, but quite glamorous life on the East End of Long Island, which centers on work instead of play,<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=747\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-763\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-763 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">10<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">06, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=763\" aria-label=\"Play Ball\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whap-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whap-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Whap-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=763\">Play Ball<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>A few days ago I was sailing out of Sag Harbor with some friends including Russell Blue and\u00a0Eric Ernst\u00a0who, over the years, have helped keep the Artists Writers Charity Softball Game alive. Naturally the subject came up and I thought about my outfield sign at the ball field next to the Bridgehampton Volunteer FD. I was a member there for 17 years, most of that time as an EMT. That's another long blog entirely by itself. Anyway, during the summer you can catch these guys warming up on Sunday morning for their once a year debut. In the late spring<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=763\">... [Read more]<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-732\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-732 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-east-end-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">26<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">06, 2018<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=732\" aria-label=\"Dunes in Nappeague\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2275-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2275-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/IMG_2275-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=732\">Dunes in Nappeague<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>At one time Cape Cod was my annual summer retreat to visit friends in North Truro. There are some striking similarities between the dunes on the East End and what you can find in the National Seashore on Cape Cod. Pockets of dunes, grasses, shrubs, pines and other plants are in some ways indistinguishable. I painted in the National Seashore year after year and never ceased to be amazed walking in with my painting gear. It's breathtaking to walk up a 30' high dune and discover another section 200 yards beyond that is much higher and when you make it<a href=\"https:\/\/terryelkins.com\/?p=732\">... 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