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Harvey Cedars Shows Its Artistic Side.

Sarah Cornwell has a passion for freshwater pearls. So much so that she named her daughter Pearl, she said.

While her daughter stayed home on Sunday, Sarah was showing off the jewelry she creates with the tiny gems and sterling silver at the 26th annual Harvey Cedars Arts Festival held in Sunset Park on Sunday.

She was just one of more than 50 artists to participate in this year’s festival, which showcased all types of mediums from the lifelike avian wood carving of William F. Cowley to the collage paintings created by Stephanie Grabowski.

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Crowley said he could spend anywhere from six to 600 hundred hours creating one carving.

“I try to work on three or four pieces at a time to avoid burning out on one project,” he said.

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Crowley sat behind a table displaying his work, including a brightly painted cardinal that looked like it could take to crimson flight at any time.

Grabowski also spends many hours either painting or lacquering item such as menus or magazine pages to serve as the backdrop for her multicolored paintings of wine bottles, animals or whatever fits her theme, she said.

Two of the photographers there took different approaches that both proved in the right hands a camera can create art just as well a paint brush or a chisel.       
Michael Neuhaus said he often turns his lens to the panorama and the plants of the Franklin Parker Preserve in Chatsworth. His works included several macro pictures of different flowers and fauna in the preserve.

He then enlarged them to reveal the detail in every single bloom. The preserve is also home to Eagle Lake, which he captured in a wide angle shot showing the cedar stumps in the blue water and the green of the nesting trees in the background.

John Hamm, on the other hand, spend much of his time at the beach. By using slow shutter speeds, his pictures shows each nook and cranny in the black rocks of jetty, while the sea foam crashing into them appears cloud like.

Hamm then prints his enlarged pictures on canvas using pigment inks making the final product appear to be an oil painting until you take that second glance.

The festival was held in Sunday’s sunny and steamy weather. Many of those showing, looking and buying were grateful for the cool southwest breeze coming off the bay making the day more comfortable.


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