By Chelsea Reed
Many folks know about the famous wild horses of Corolla, but have you heard about their southern cousins? The Ocracoke Banker Ponies are some of the island’s oldest residents. It is believed that these gentle souls came from the equine survivors of shipwrecks long ago and have lived there ever since. After the highway was built in 1957, the National Park Service decided to fence their grassy pastures in order to protect the ponies from the road, and they have been caring for the ponies ever since.
It’s the truth: life would not exist without light. From the greatest to the smallest, light is essential for most living creatures on Earth to survive.
One of an artist’s greatest achievements is depicting the mastery of light in paintings. There’s no such thing as a pigment in “light” color, so painters must diligently express the illusion of light by employing a complexity of colors that depict placements of shadows, sunny areas, reflections, and so on to the naked eye.
Majestic and awe-inspiring, Lorraine Dey’s acrylic paintings harness nature’s extraordinary moments on the canvas. Her award winning work is showcased far and wide in the United States, Canada, and even Finland.
