Gail G. Slockett Aspiring Artist

      Tangier Island, VA., located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, will most likely be gone in the next twenty years.  Climate change and sea erosion have doomed this truly unique place, displacing a people and wiping out a culture that has been there for over four centuries.  The entire island is less than 740 acres, with barely 83 habitable.  It is only 4 feet above sea level at its highest point, and that is changing rapidly.  The only way to get on or off the island is by boat or plane.  There are approximately 450 residents, most of whom can trace their lineage back to the 1700's.  Primarily watermen, crab and oysters, are their bread and butter.     "Tangier Island #1", Oil on Panel, 11"x 14" "Tangier Island #2", Oil on Panel, 9"x 12"  We visited the island this past September and it made a lasting impression on me. The roads are very narrow and most people get around on golf carts, bicycles, motorcycles...

"Red-Yellow Roses", Oil on Panel, 12"x 16" I am a little behind in posting.  I finished this one few weeks ago.  "Roses with Lemons", Oil on Panel, 11'x 14"  Then I did another painting from the same setup and included the vase and the tabletop.   "One Perfect Rose", Oil on Panel, 6"x 8" And lastly I painted the perfect single red rose my valentine brought me on Valentine's Day. Roses look very complicated and can be very intimidating.  But the trick is not to see the petals as petals but as shapes.  I start by putting in just a few large shapes.  Shadowed areas first and then go into each of those shapes and break them into smaller and smaller shapes with varying degrees of shadow.  Then add the shapes in the light.  I use cadmium red light , cadmium red medium, cadmium red deep, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue.