ST. SIMONS ISLAND GEORGIA

Cover Artist

Each quarter we feature a local artist on the cover of High Tide's Guide to St. Simons Island. This has been our tradition since the first High Tide was published in the Summer of 1982. We have enjoyed sharing with our readers the many different views of island life as portrayed by so many talented artists over the years.

Cover Artist Ellen Moriarity


Ellen Moriarty is a professional painter and photographer who decided after living in Atlanta for twenty-five years, she would make St. Simons Island her permanent "base of operation". She is the creator of "The Traveler's Sketchbook", a journal type travel article with watercolor sketches that has been published in select newspapers and magazines nationwide. Sketches from "The Traveler's Sketchbook" will be the featured exhibit in Art Downtown's Gallery 209 during the month of September. After a recent trip in to France with her stepdaughter Andrea, she was inspired to create a series of paintings depicting women titled "Women of the World" that has been exhibited in Georgia and South Carolina.

The beauty of the Golden Isles kindled a passion in her for photography leading her to develop "The Artist's Eye", a series of sepia photography depicting local landmarks, flora and fauna, and lifestyle in the Golden Isles.

"Painting Alla Prima and Pasta", Ellen's idea of a fun painting workshop, has become a favorite event at Art Downtown. In one morning Ellen will lead you to a finished masterpiece you created yourself before you enjoy a "painters' pasta" prepared by Ellen and served with wine, bread, and dessert.

Ellen is married to Bobby Rogers, is a "fantastic grandma", and a voracious traveler. She loves cooking, eating, bicycling, hiking, walking, and exploring.

"Never say it all... Suggestion allows for participation and greater involvement of the imagination for the viewer. I like to use gesture as it suggests movement and whimsy. Colorful vignette studies are a favorite because they allow me to go directly to what is personally interesting -- and the paper and watercolors pack easily into a backpack! Even with canvas work, I am more concerned with light and movement than realism. The essence of the subject is all that is needed to capture a feeling. For me, that is what it is all about - feeling. That is the artist's task, to represent feelings."


In This Issue

Great New Location for Glynn Art!


Glynn Art is moving into a new gallery, new classroom, new pottery studio, new atelier, and new gift shop, all at 529 Beachview Drive in the former Coastal Bank of Georgia building. Since 1953 Glynn Art has been the community's visual arts hub - a center for all things visual arts.

In July view the Big Photo Show by the Coastal Artists Guild. August features Beach View Blues and Hues with artists Dottie Clark, Frances Landel, Kathleen Moore, Terry Shay, Carol Jo Smidt and Kathy Stratton. September's exhibit is New on Beachview - Juried Members' Show. Mark your calendar now for the 41st Annual Fine Arts and Fine Crafts Festival on Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11.

New classes and workshops and an emphasis on children's art classes are being planned. The elegant new gallery focuses on fine artists and craftsmen with shows that celebrate the coast. Glynn Art is very proud of its members who contribute time to community outreach; an art club at Burroughs-Molette, art classes for Safe Harbor, Glynn County art teachers' continuing education and Stroke Support Group pottery classes are a few of the outreach programs.

Glynn Art has a membership for everyone in the community and welcomes all to come by and see the exciting events taking place in anticipation of the grand opening in September. Check out www. glynnart.org or call 912-638-8770 for more information.

HIGH 5 SUMMER FESTIVALS


Fourth of July Sunshine Festival
at the Pier Village Juried Art Show featuring over 65 local and regional artists, good food, family fun. Best fireworks show in Coastal Ga begins at 9pm at the Pier. St. Simons Pier & Postell Park



Brunswick's Old-Fashioned 4th of July
Games and prizes, music, free watermelon, fireworks at dark Mary Ross Waterfront Park, Downtown Brunswick. Golden Isles Arts and Humanities: 912-262-6934, goldenislesarts.org



Independence Day Festival
Family oriented festival in St. Marys with fireworks at dusk, 5/10K races, parade, food, entertainment, arts & crafts. www.stmaryswelcome.com. 912-882-4000.



Labor Day Weekend Labor Day Weekend Catfish Festival
It's the largest festival in Southeast Georgia with free concerts, arts & crafts booths, southern fried and Cajun catfish Kingsland Welcome Center 912-729-5999 or www.VisitKingsland.com .



Annual Labor Day Weekend Arts & Crafts Show
Pottery, jewelry, painting, sculpture garden art, and more! 10-5. Postell Park / Pier Village. 912-262-0628.



Explore the Majestic Marshes of Glynn


Georgia's salt marshes act as nurseries for shrimp, blue crabs and other shellfish and are home to a marvelous array of birds, fish and wildlife. You can not really understand the magic of our barrier islands without a visit to our marshes and their inhabitants.

Herons and egrets stand like statues at the edges of the tidal creeks while various sandpipers scurry over the mud flats. Male fiddler crabs wave their large, pale claws in territorial warning. As enemies approach, they retreat as one. The secretive clapper rail, or marsh hen, also races to the cover of the cordgrass as the green-backed heron flies up the creek, keeping her comfortable distance from intruders. Wood Storks soar on thermals above and marshes while other birds ride on the free lift created when winds crossing the marsh meet the tree line and are deflected upward.

Bottle-nosed dolphins pass, breathing rhythmically as they play their games - diving and surfacing, often with babies close behind.

Brown pelicans fold their wings and dive for fish, indicating a successful hunt by extending their bills upward as they swallow their catch. Small terns also dive and then fly away carrying tiny silver fish in their bills. Farther down the creek, an osprey folds its wings, plunges feet first into the water, and flies toward its nest, a fish struggling in its talons.

At low tide, beds of oysters come into view. Oystercatchers with long, powerful, deep orange bills able to open shellfish, gather to dine on exposed beds.

Toward dusk, deer stand among the trees on high ground, or hammocks. In the evening the birds return to their roosting areas. Wood storks and great egrets mingle in live oak trees next to the water while herons rest nearby in other trees, restoring themselves after their day's labors.

The human spirit too finds peace and reflection in the serenity and beauty of our majestic marshes. Stand still and quiet. You can not help but feel a profound appreciation of the miracle of nature and our oneness with it.

The Golden Isles offer many different opportunities for enjoying our most unique natural resource - our great marshes. Refer to our Fun Stuff To Do section to see how many fun ways you can discover. From guided nature tours, kayaking, nature walks or biking you'll be even more in love with the Golden Isles after experiencing our Majestic Marshes of Glynn.


Putt • Plunge • Play
New Neptune Park Fun Zone
550 Beachview Drive
St. Simons Island - Between the Pier & the Lighthouse
Pool: 912-279-3720 • Putt-Putt: 912-279-3721



Putt-Putt
Mon-Sat10:30am-9pm
Sun 12:30pm-9pm
Daily Round - $7 per person
Children 3 & under play free
10 round pass card - $50
Group Rates - $5 per person with 20 or more
must have reservation

Swimming Pools
Mon-Sat 11am-7pm
Sun 1pm-7pm
Daily Pass - $7 per person
Children 3 & under free with paid adult

Chldren under 10 must be with adult Season passes available
Swim lessons, lap swimming & water aerobics
call for times and rates

Playground
The playground is outside the pool and putt-putt area and is for families to enjoy free of charge. It has swings, a glider, as see-saw and a multi-level play area - all overlooking the beach and Atlantic Ocean!



Rumi the Red Dog: "Dog Days of Summer"


Hooray!!! Summer's finally here!!! Time to go running down the beach, playing with other dogs, stealing vacated flip-flops and checking out people's lunch baskets... or is it?

What's this I hear about new summer rules for dogs on the beach? Can that be right?? Most of the time the beaches on St. Simons are leash-free, but from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day different rules apply. My friends and I can still romp on the beaches unrestrained before 9am and after 6pm (it's too hot in between anyway), as long as we come when called and behave ourselves - that might mean no flip-flop stealing.

But, during the heat of the day, 9am-6pm, different beaches have different rules. For the area south of the Old Coast Guard Station to the St. Simons Pier, no dogs are allowed on the beach at all. They are allowed north of the Coast Guard Station, but must be on a 10' or shorter leash.

On Jekyll Island dogs are allowed on the beach at any time, but they always have to be on a leash... except at the very south end, where baby birds are sometimes nesting, can't go there.

And of course, the rule of cleaning up after yourself (or having someone do that for you) always applies.... that's just good dog manners!

Of course, plan B can always be to find a friend with a pool, a float and a tennis ball!







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