peacock dress

outside Elizabeth Verner's studio

pretty wreath on the door

Sharing some artwork by my favorite-Elizabeth O'Neil Verner. She is known as a "Charleston 'Renaissance  Artist". With a group of her artist friends, they began a cultural renewal  that led to historical preservation in our city. ( I think this was in the 1920s and 1930s)

I love her etchings, drawings, and pastels! She did such interesting street scenes, memorable people, churches, porches, and historical buildings and gates. I never tire of looking at them.

She was born in Charleston in 1883, over on Chalmers Street--remember the old "pink house" we visited a few posts back?--that street. She came from a big family--11 sisters and two brothers!

 When her husband died in 1923 she was left to raise her children alone and began selling her work to make a living. She published books of her work and sold them to tourists.

She lived to be 95 years old! (1979)

I was introduced to Elizabeth through these books:

I've been enjoying  her sidewalk scenes ever since!

 

I got a new dress this summer and it has peacocks on it, you know how much I love peacocks! It has long sleeves so I really couldn't wear it until we had a short "cool snap" a week or two ago and then I was able to finally wear my new dress.

Here are the peacocks all around the bottom of my dress:

It's a "hippie dress"...fun to wear! LOL

Beads today: my gold leaves and a very bright rainbow bead necklace

Night is softly falling. We can glimpse paintings and ornate chandeliers inside people's homes.

Streetlights glow in the October evening and someone is grilling a delicious smelling supper in their back yard! TV screens flicker inside cozy parlours as people search for their favorite shows. A few nightbirds chirp and sing.

A ship's horn bellows in the harbour and a distant dog barks. Bats swoop up and down in the cool night air.  Children are being bathed and tucked into beds. In the cool evening, century-old windows are open to the Fall evening breezes and snatches of conversations, laughter, and music are heard. Someone practices the piano.

Our city is quiet and peaceful, settling down for another night of rest.