For part of my 2025 Sea, Sand, & Shore Collection at the Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven, MA, Martha's Vineyard, I wanted to showcase some of the buoys around the island.
There are many of these marine markers to choose from...... for now. Currently there is a proposal from the Coast Guard to remove some buoys, and various mariner organizations are opposed to the idea. The Coast Guard asserts that removing 60 buoys around Cape Cod is part of an essential modernization plan and sailors, commercial fisherman, harbormasters, and others are opposed.
Here is one article published June 9, 2025
I won't use the blog to weigh in on the issue as I'm sure there is much to consider on both sides.
I will say that the allure of painting buoys will always be with me.
For the gallery I decided to paint four buoys (two red, two green), all with different shapes. The water in each painting is unique, reflecting the buoy's setting in Nantucket Sound.
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