Art

Item Description

"Cod Voyager" by Betsy Hoffman

Medium: Mixed Media

Size: 19" x 8"

Artist Statement:

I've always been fascinated by charts and maps because they are graphic representations of places one can imagine traveling and voyaging to. They lend themselves to layering with other mediums and collaging. With this piece I was interested in the idea of cod migrating and voyaging. I also had in mind the history of cod fishing and the empire of wealth it built in the North Atlantic being tied to great voyages by schooners and ships to fish for them and then carry them all over the world.

Artist Biography:

A Marblehead native, Betsy received her B.A. in Art History from Middlebury College in Vermont. She also holds a diploma in Painting and Printmaking from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is a juried artist member of the Marblehead Arts Association (MAA) and has exhibited and sold her work. Betsy has also been an Art enrichment teacher in the Marblehead public schools. For the last four and a half years she has been the Associate Director of the MAA and she is about to embark on a new position as Director of Development and Communications for the Schooner Adventure in Gloucester.

Hosting Business: "Cod Voyager" is on display at Old Town House in Marblehead May 18-19.
Then it will be at LizzyLoo and Friends, 108 Washington St, Marblehead, MA

Item Special Note

Pick-up of purchased cods will be July 9-14 at Lizzy Loo, 108 Washington St, Marblehead during normal store hours. The winning bidder will receive a notification email with information on pick-up time and location.

If winning bidder requires shipping, winner's credit card will be charged a separate $24.95 fee to cover USPS ground and handling. Shipping is available within the U.S. only and must be requested within 7 days after receipt of the notification email.

Any cod purchased via "Buy Now" will remain on display at the hosting business through the end of the auction, and will be available for pick-up as detailed in the winning bidder notification email.

If winning bidder has not picked up cod (or provided shipping address) within 30 days after the close of the auction, cod will become the property of Marblehead Festival of Arts, Inc.