Oysters and Pearls
Oysters and Pearls
Dave and Sharon
I lived in Cape May, NJ for six years. There was a little shop that featured an aquarium filled with oysters. You could pick an oyster and the shop keeper would shuck it for you. You were guaranteed a pearl in every oyster.
Years later my friend Sharon and I were sipping wine at the Apollo Grill. She had never tasted oysters on the half-shell, so we treated ourselves to six. Needless to say, she loved them. We ordered six more ... Now Sharon, her boyfriend Dave and I love to stop in Youell's Oyster House. When you sit at the bar and order a beverage (Monday-Thursday 5:00-7:00), you are treated to four oysters on the half-shell. Complimentary! You just can't beat that!
Dave and Sharon are two of the most thoughtful and generous people that I know .... and they're fun, fun, fun! So, for Sharon's birthday I wanted to present a painting to her that would have special meaning. So here you go -- Happy Birthday, Sharon!
And if you know Sharon and Dave, you'll know that they are truly the finest pearls in the oyster.
posted by PaintingEachDay at 11:54 AM
5 Comments:
excellent treatment of a difficult subject (I am guessing...never painted an oyster)...and the story is nice, too
Wonderful painting and one of my favorites on here-- beautifully done.
Here I've been admiring your paintings and I read that you used to live in Cape May. It's nice to see a blogger who is (or was I should say) not so very far away.
Very Fine study of the Oysters.
...chuck
One of my favorite paintings on your site!
-Drew
...ditto to all the other comments...Sharon is a personal friend and I couldn't agree more about the two of them! ~ Sylvia
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