Long Beach Island Rhapsody
~ Paintings of the Island by Sixty Contemporary Artists ~
Table Of Contents
Maps / Endpapers
Joseph S. Tarella
“A General View of Long Beach Island, N.J. 2001” / Front
“A General View of Long Beach Island, N.J. Circa 1900” / Back
Introduction / 7
by George C. Valente
Chapter One: On the Beach / 11
Susanna Anastasia
“Sand Castles” / 12
“Summer Place” / 13
Ada Barber
“Autumn Beach” / 14
Al Barker
“After the Storm” / 15
Jeannette M. Bond
“After the Storm” / 16
“Winter at Holyoke” / 17
Lisa C. Budd
“Fishing at Dawn” / 18
“Crashing Wave” / 18
“Solitude” / 19
“Life is Good” / 20
“Treasure Hunt” / 21
Elizabeth Case
“Three at the Beach” / 22
“Girl with a Red Kite” / 23
“At the Beach” / 24
“Friends at the Beach / 25
Carol J. Colvin
“Mom-Mom, I Like It Here!” / 26
“Shore Birds II” / 27
Cathleen Engelsen
“Pound Fishing” / 28
Dede Esenlohr
“Fenced In” / 29
“Autumn Edges” / 30
“Flaming Roses and Golden Grasses” / 31
“Windswept Dunes” / 32
“Dancing Grasses” / 33
“Beachpath Through the Dunes” / 34
“Summer Dunes” / 35
Tom Foster
“Holgate Jetty” / 36
“Barnegat Sand Dune” / 37
Tine Kirkland Graham
“If the Dune Fence Could Only Talk” / 38
“Red Pails of Life” / 39
Theresa Troise Heidel
“Sunlit Dunes” / 40
Russ Johnson
“Surf City” / 41
“Holgate Dunes” / 42
“April on North 4th Street, Surf City” / 43
Beth Alyse Kantor
“Morning Fog” / 44
Sandra Kunz
“Land and Sky” / 45
Steve Kuzma
“LBI Jetty Sea Vista” / 46, 47
“Rose Dawn” 48
“Golden Moon Over Sea” / 49
“LBI Waves” / 50
“Indian Summer” / 51
Louis Lanzafama
“Surf City (Lifeguard of Our Memories)” / 52
“Harvey Cedars” / 53
“Ocean View” / 54
Jane Law
“My Sense of Place” / 55
“LBI Surfers” / 56
“Barnegat Lighthouse with Snow” / 57
Joyce Lawrence
“After the Storm” / 58
Ted Marko
“God's Sand Pattern” / 59
Julie McGowan
“Holgate 3” / 60
“Sunrise Waves” / 61
John T. Meehan III
“Beach # 32: Rookery” / 62
“Six Children” / 63
“Flower Suit Wearing Hat” / 64
“Sandbar” / 65
Joyce Motyka
“The Perfect Time Out” / 66
“Division Avenue Bench” / 67
Donna Reid-O'Neill
“L.B.I. High” / 68
“Peace” / 69
Virginia Perle
“A Place in the Sun” / 70
“Beach Fence” / 71
Thomas E. Rutledge
“Days End” / 72
“Comfortably Numb” / 73
Robert Sakson
“Sea Mystery” / 74
“Beach People” / 75
Linda A. Saladino
“LBI Dunes” / 76
“To the Beach” / 77
June Ann M. Sullivan
“Beachcomber” / 78
Helene B. Thorpe
“Fences and Daisy Mums” / 79
“On the South Jetty” / 80
“Taking a Break” / 81
Lee Wagner
“LBI Beach in Bloom” / 82
“Blooming Dunes” / 83
Susan Zoon
“Goodbye September” / 84
Chapter Two: Along the Bay / 85
Susanna Anastasia
“Catch of the Day” / 86
Lisa C. Budd
“Autumn Colors” / 87
Carla Coutts-Miners
“Best Fishes” / 88
Marlene Craig
“Bay Island” / 89
Kate Leigh Cutler
“Back Water Creek” / 90
“Bayside Moonlight” / 91
Tom Foster
“Catboat at Little Egg” / 92
“Sailing on Barnegat Bay” / 93
Carol Freas
“Port Bound” / 94
“The South Inlet” / 95
Beverly Golembeski
“Swans” / 96
“Egret” / 97
Tine Kirkland Graham
“Come Tango with Me, Dock Master's Shack” / 98
“You Are So Beautiful” / 99
“Are You Having a Good Vacation?” / 99
“The Rest of the Family” / 99
Ellen A. Gavin
“Kayak Anyone?” / 100
Russ Johnson
“Holgate Evening” / 101
Louis Lanzafama
“Bay View” / 102
Jane Law
“Barnegat Light” / 103
Susan Walsh McLean
“Peaceful Duty” / 104
Joyce Motyka
“Boats at Barnegat Light” / 105
Sue T. Oliver
“North End Marina” / 106
Virginia Perle
“Sneakbox at High Bar” / 107
“Barnegat Light from Across the Bay” / 108
“Prindles on the Bay at Harvey Cedars” / 109
Thomas E. Rutledge
“Protective Instinct” / 110
Robert Sakson
“Beach Haven Yacht Club Race for the Kids!” / 111
“Anchorage” / 112
“Joey & Stanley” / 113
“Surf City” / 114
“Surf City” / 115
“Surf City — Bay” / 116
“On the Bay” / 117
“Holly Avenue” / 118
“Holly Avenue” / 119
“Seaworthy” / 120
“Catboat” / 121
“Radar” / 122
“Tow Boat” / 123
Pat Shepherd
“Bottom Fishing” / 124
Judy Stach
“Boats at Rest in the Bay, a View from Loveladies” / 125
June Ann M. Sullivan
“Close Encounters” / 126
“Sneakbox Boat” / 127
Lee Wagner
“Summer Regatta” / 128
Chapter Three: Landmarks & Homes / 129
Ada Barber
“Barnegat Light Dock” / 130
Don Bernhardt
“An Evening in LBI” / 131
Jeannette M. Bond
“Frozen in Time” / 132
“January on Amber Street” / 133
“Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club” / 134
Elizabeth Case
“Fluke” / 135
“Remains of the Day” / 135
Janice Collinson
“Long Beach Island Fishing Club” / 136
“St. Peter's at the Light” / 137
“Garden at St. Peter's” / 137
“Mailbox ~ Spray Beach” / 138
“Old Coast Guard Station” / 139
Cathleen Engelsen
“Old Independent Dock” / 140
“Boomer J. Buoy” / 141
“A Day in Barnegat Light's Past” / 142
“U.S. Coast Guard Station” / 143
“Kubel's, Barnegat Light” / 144
“Haddock House, Barnegat Light” / 145
“The Ship's Wheel, Harvey Cedars” / 146
“Surf City” / 147
“Fantasy Island” / 148
“Polly's Dock” / 149
“High Point Station” / 149
Carol Freas
“Viking Village” / 150
“Blue Door, Viking Village” / 150
“Viking Christmas” / 151
“8th and Bayview” / 152
“Dock Master” / 152
“Crabbers” / 153
“Kelly's, Barnegat Light” / 154
“Inlet Deli, Barnegat Light” / 155
“The Coffee Shack” / 156
“Carousel Ice Cream” / 156
“Mustache Bill's, LBI” / 157
“Surf City Yacht Club” / 158
“Chowder Fest, Beach Haven” / 159
“1928 Tuckers Light” / 160
“Holly Avenue Cottage” / 161
Ellen A. Gavin
“Landmark LBI” / 162
“The Museum” / 162
“Coin Laundry” / 163
“Coffee Shack” / 164
“Ice Cream Night” / 165
“Haven Tower” / 165
Beverly Golembeski
“BBYC Sails” / 166
“LBI Museum” / 167
Tine Kirkland Graham
“Summer House of Memories” / 168
“Museum of Memories” / 169
“Go for the Brass Ring” / 170
“Pink Tail!” / 171
Ann Hayes
“20 Ton, Viking Village Seaport” / 172
Theresa Troise Heidel
“The Meltdown” / 173
Gwenn Hotaling
“The Net House / 174
“The Showboat” / 175
“Sunnyside Cottage” / 176
“The Little House with the Green Awnings” / 177
“A Beloved Beach House Classic” / 178
Russ Johnson
“Polly's Dock” / 179
Louis Lanzafama
“Tivoli” / 180
Jane Law
“Beach Haven Victorian Queen” / 181
“Viking Village” / 182
“Polly's Dock, Beach Haven” / 183
“Boat House Restaurant, Beach Haven, Bay” / 183
Joyce Lawrence
“Knight's Bait Shack” / 184
“The Lindsay L” / 185
“Tucker's Island Lighthouse” / 186
“Hotel DeCrab II” / 187
“Hotel DeCrab I” / 187
Joyce C. McAfee
“Polly's Dock on the Bay” / 188
Carla Coutts-Miners
“Light Fun” / 189
Sue T. Oliver
“Lucky Thirteen” / 190
“Produce Stand, Historic Viking Village Shoppes” / 191
“Shoppe Garden and House Across the Street” / 192
“Kelly's” / 193
“Gazebo by Museum” / 194
“Long Beach Island Museum” / 195
Virginia Perle
“Along the Jersey Shore, LBI” / 196, 197
“Yacht Clubs on LBI” / 196, 197
“Summertime, Sunset Park” / 198
Lael Rutherford
“Viking Outfitters” / 199
Robert Sakson
“Kelly's at the Light” / 200
“Kelly's” / 201
“Mustache Bill's” / 202
“Henry's” / 203
“Barnegat Docks” / 204
“Marion Frances” / 205
“Trawler” / 205
“Becker's” / 206
“Becker's” / 207
“Windfall Cottage” / 208
“Smallest Island with a House” / 209
“Nautical Effluence” / 210
“Surf City Hotel” / 211
“Jim's” / 212
“Cottage” / 213
“Ron Jon's” / 214
“Colonial Theatre” / 215
“Cruise to the Castle of Your
Dreams” / 216
“Bay Haven Marina” / 217
Gloria Salmestrelli
“White House on the Bay” / 218
“The Seawife” / 219
“Polly's Dock” / 220
“The Black Whale” / 221
“Things-A-Drift / 222
Helene B. Thorpe
“Johnny's Beachwear” / 223
“Seaman's Landing” / 224
Chapter Four 32: Views of Barnegat Lighthouse / 225
Ada Barber
“Barnegat Lighthouse” / 226
Jeannette M. Bond
“Cold Barney” / 227
Frank J. Bernhardt
“Barnegat from the Top” / 228
“Path to the Top” / 229
“Boats Coming Home” / 230
“Barnegat, from the Park” / 231
“Barnegat Light, from the Old Docks” / 232
Cathleen Engelsen
“Barnegat Lighthouse” / 233
Beverly Golembeski
“Barnegat Light” / 234
“In Flight” / 235
Tine Kirkland Graham
“Sister of the Leaning Tower of Pisa” / 236
“Legend in Time” / 236
Stephen Harrington
“Barnegat Light, N.J., 1913” / 237
Theresa Troise Heidel
“Early Spring, Barnegat Light” / 238
“Gathering Clouds, Barnegat Light” / 239
Linda Hejduk
“Barnegat Lighthouse with Fishermen” / 240
Scott Henderson
“Barnegat Light” / 241
Beth Alyse Kantor
“Barnegat Lighthouse” / 242
Dick LaBontÈ
“Barnegat Mermaids” / 243
Louis Lanzafama
“Light of the Island” / 244
Jane Law
“Barnegat Light and Shadows” / 245
Joyce Lawrence
“Barnegat Lighthouse” / 246
Margie Moore
“B is for Barnegat Lighthouse” / 247
Raymond Moran
“Old Barney” / 248
Thomas E. Rutledge
“The Lighthouse at Barnegat Light” / 249
Virginia Perle
“Barnegat Light” / 250
“The Big Gorilla Visits the Jersey Shore” / 251
Robert Sakson
“Barnegat Light” / 252
Linda A. Saladino
“Barnegat Lighthouse” / 253
Sandy Sandy
“Butterflies at Barnegat Light” / 254
Carolyn Soltys
“Old Barney” / 255
Lee Wagner
“Sunset at Barnegat Inlet” / 256
Chapter Five: The Shack on the Causeway / 257
Lisa C. Budd
“Fading Away” / 258
“Sunset on the Shack” / 258
Cathleen Engelsen
“The Shack – Happy Days” / 259
Carol Freas
“LBI Shack” / 260
“The Shack” / 261
Tine Kirkland Graham
“Paint My House Yellow” / 262
“And You Thought That Yellow Was Wrong” / 262
Gwenn Hotaling
“The Shack on the Causeway” / 263
Beth Alyse Kantor
“Shack on Long Beach Island” / 264
Rose I. Killmer
“Old Shack” / 265
Jane Law
“Shack on the Causeway” / 266
“Shack on the Causeway (as it used to be)” / 266
“Shack on the Causeway to Long Beach Island” / 267
Julie McGowan
“Old Shack” / 268
Sandy Sandy
“The Shack” / 269
Helene B. Thorpe
“Causeway Shack in October” / 270
Artists' Index / 279