WATERFRONT ARTISTS

If you ever happen to be sailing around New York Harbor and see an attractive Asian woman climbing over slippery seaweed covered rocks along the shore with a sketch book in her hand chances are it is Christina Sun aka Bowsprite.  She is an artist who covers the waterfront with pen, pencils, water colors and sometimes a camera. She has also been known  swim in places like Gloucester harbor in Massachusetts in November. If you happen to be in New York this week Sun and another waterfront artist named Frank Hanavan are exhibiting their works where else but, on the waterfront. Specifically in an old Lighthouse tender named LILAC  docked at Pier 25 on the Hudson River. Here are the particulars:

"Maritime paintings of Frank Hanavan & illustrations of Christina Sun

Reception: Thursday, August 30, 6 to 10 PM.
Art auction at 8:30pm, portion of all sales go to benefit the Lilac
Music by the Jug Addicts!

Lighthouse tender Lilac is berthed at Pier 25, Hudson River Park
at West Street and N. Moore Street
Subway: Franklin St stop on the 1, Canal St stop on the A/C/E (exit at Walker St.)

The ship will be open  , Sunday 1 to 6pm
Monday, 4 to 7pm  
The show closes on August 31."

So if your are in the New York waters this week and want take in some of the culture of the city without venturing to far from the waterfront you might want to check out the exhibit.

Cold and deep too!

This year I managed to swim off of BIANKA until about the third week in October. I thought that was pretty good. Until I came across this video of Christina Sun aka Bowsprite who along with Tugster have New York Harbor pretty much covered in their respective blogs. Tugster has been on my blogroll for awhile now. I've been meaning to add Christina's Bowsprite site. It's not only her photos, sketches and chronicles of New York Harbor but, when she does things like this:

that remind me what love for the water is really all about. Anyone who can go for a swim in Gloucester Harbor in the middle of November is a force to be reckoned with and an inspiration to me to maybe keep swimming off of BIANKA a little later next year.