Today is a very special day. We, the artists of Dalvero Academy, are celebrating with our friends, family, and the people of Mystic Seaport Museum at our exhibition, Restoring a Past, Charting a Future. Thank you all for your art, your vision and your passion and beliefs.

Cheers!

Margaret Hurst

When I was making pen and  ink drawings and illustrations for the Arabian Nights I also experimented with some color drawings and illustrations. I attempted to create the illustration under the influence of the Persian Miniatures that I had seen at the Met. Thought it might be fun to post one of them!

Margaret Hurst

At our Dalveromystic Exhibit we have a wall of Cinderella Stamps created for various topics the artists wished to create from their drawings and research of the  C W Morgan, the last wooden whale ship in the world, at Mystic Seaport Museum. This is one of the three Cinderella stamps that I created talking about the multitude of patterns found at the Mystic Seaport.

Margaret Hurst

The Dalvero Academy’s exhibit opens today at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut. The name of the exhibit is, Restoring A Past, Charting A Future.

This drawing is a part of my artwork contribution to the exhibit. There are 24 artists included in the exhibit and 4 artists exhibiting single pieces of artwork. The show is incredible, the artists work is amazing and theme varied according to what they have chosen to research and illustrate about the CW Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world. Congratulations to Mystic Seaport Museum and Dalvero Academy on a very informative and artistic endeavor!

Margaret Hurst

I listened to some recordings of whale songs and made this drawings while I was listening to them. The whale songs are beautiful and soulful. I used these whale song drawings in my art for the Dalveromystic Exhibit which will be opening at Mystic Seaport on April 28, 2012, at Mystic, Connecticut. The exhibit is incredible!

Margaret Hurst

In honor of yesterday’s beautiful weather!

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Another memories storyboard panel.

Margaret Hurst

This is one of a series of drawings I made for a storyboard about how we store our memories and culture. Lots of patterns!

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Many years ago I went to the racetrack and thought it might be fun to draw the horses and their riders.

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Mista Mocko Jumbie strikes again!

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Mista Mocko Jumbie! Carnival time is coming soon in the USVI. The Mocko Jumbies will be out in full force! Wish I were going to be there…

This is a drawing from one of the Carnival parades on St. Thomas.

Margaret Hurst

A drawing/painting at the China Pavilion at Epcot. A little color, a little abstraction, a lot of fun…

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So, I like pigeons. I don’t think they’re rats with wings!

Margaret Hurst

I don’t know how I determined this, but vines have/need angels!

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A drawing I made for a Caribbean Anansi story, Crab.

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The Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaling ship in the world.  Hard to believe, but true. This is a drawing made at  Mystic Seaport: The  Museum of America and the Sea, at Mystic, Connecticut, of the volunteers scraping the bow of the Morgan. She is a beautiful ship and the museum and her volunteers are doing an incredible restoration job!

Margaret Hurst

I found another of the series of ink and washes drawings of Mama and Baby elephants. This one is a protective hug and trunk caress by Mama of her little baby.

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Number three in the Patterned Fantasy Landscape.  This is my triptych vineyard fantasy…

Margaret Hurst