Did you know that South Carolina doesn't have an
official sate flag?
Spruill Hayes
Once in a Blue Moon
5x7
oil
Spanish moss isn’t moss! It’s in the Bromeliad family of plants which means it’s more closely related to pineapples.
Karen Larson Turner
Light Through the Veil
36x48
oil on linen
Octopuses (yes, that is the correct plural) have only one kind of color receptor in their eye which means they should be colorblind, but they can change the shape of their eyeball to bring different wavelengths of light into focus so they can see color. They have blue blood, three hearts, eight legs, and 2,000 individually moving suction cups that can each feel, taste, and smell. 
Octopuses truly are so weird!
Trip Park
Undertow God
36x36
mixed media
Fireflies (aka lightning bugs) aren’t flies or bugs. They’re beetles!
Sally Tharp
Lighting the Way
36x24
oil on canvas
People in Charleston build their houses sideways
to keep them cool and clean.
Russell Jewell
Shadow Splash
30x24
watercolor with acrylic varnish
Michael Reibel
Chasing the Sun (study)
8x16
oil on linen
Bundt isn’t a type of cake, it’s a shape of cake. Any cake can be made in a bundt tin! November 15th is National Bundt Pan Day, so try making a cake this Tuesday… hopefully you have better luck than the aspiring baker in EB Lewis’ painting:
EB Lewis
Life Lessons
12x18
watercolor
Egrets were almost extinct! Prior to the 20th century, the population of great egrets was nearly decimated by the demand for their lacy plumage for women’s hats and other fashionable garments.
Pamela Cohen
Beautifully Obscure
12x15
photograph
Apple pie isn't American. It was invented in England.
Russell Gordon
Apple Basket
16x19
oil on linen
In calm water the moon creates a single round reflection,
but when the water is moving, the moonlight glints off the countless mirror-like facets of the ripples and crates a “glitter path” – the actual technical term for the moon’s long trail of shimmering light!
Rick McClure
Loblolly Moon Rise
24x18
oil on canvas
Sweetgrass baskets are made of marsh grass which grows to be over 7ft tall! These baskets are not woven, but coiled -- they are coiled so tightly that they can hold water!
Eric Vanderhorst
(left) Elephant Ear Basket with Knob Handel and Foot
10x7x7
sweetgrass
(right) Elephant Ear Basket with Knob Handel and Foot
10x8x8
sweetgrass
Oak trees are one of the oldest trees on the planet. They appeared about 65 million years ago!
Glenn Harrington
Live Oak
12x24
oil on linen
Ethiopian opal is said to contain properties that aid in precognition which boosts the gift of prophecy and helps the wearer receive messages of the future. But be careful, unlicensed fortune-telling is a crime punishable statewide in South Carolina. The state issues a limited number of special permits to grant certainly proven fortune-tellers special permission to predict the future!
Dr. Bruce Bauer
Drop of Honey
37ct Ethiopian Opal set in honeycomb with bee in 22kt gold
"Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours, for they teach us to see the world through different eyes." -- Jacob Nordby
Wells Gallery
1 Sanctuary Beach Dr
Kiawah, SC 29455
(843)576-1290
kiawah@wellsgallery.com
www.wellsgallery.com