Duck Derby 2009 at Bay Head

This year Julie took our tent and mini exhi­bi­tion to the Duck Derby at Bay Head. Mom’s and Grandmoms stopped by to take a look at the lovely album we had on dis­play which included images taken from a local Mantaloking family’s beach shoot.

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Proceeds from the Duck Derby sup­port the Bay Head school. We donated a mini-​shoot to the silent auc­tion and gave away a Meet us at the Beach photo ses­sion to a lucky fam­ily. Congratulations to them and we look for­ward to tak­ing their pic­tures in two weeks time.

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Kids of all ages stopped by the neigh­bour­ing tent to watch Tillie the dog who paints! Tillie’s art­mak­ing process is fas­ci­nat­ing and accom­pa­nied by a lot of bark­ing and tear­ing at the work with her teeth. She scratches into the sur­face mak­ing a mono print on paper sat­u­rated in ink under a tough plas­tic cover. Once the cover is removed at the end of her 5 minute process the art­work is revealed.

Kids were fas­ci­nated and adults impressed with the abstract beauty of Tillie’s works. She has a lit­tle book avail­able online about her life and work. It makes a great gift for kids inter­ested in art and Tillie and her humans would make a great addi­tion to your school art’s and crafts fair. Contact Tillie’s humans through her web­site Tillie​.org.

The red, white and blue paint­ing ‘Dog Bless America’ is a trib­ute to the Stars and Stripes.

Series of Tillie’s works from 2007

Driving Miss Tillie!