Abraham Studios

Massachusetts

Cradle of Liberty
24 x 30"
acrylic on canvas
Donovan Gallery, Tiverton, RI

	The Maine inspired painting "Capturing the Clouds", was displayed by The Whistler House Museum of Art.
	Going for a ride at Lowell National Historical Park
Lowell's historic textile mill buildings, just after sunset	Site of the "shot heard around the world"
Modern day troops crossing over North Bridge	The Old Manse, home to Emerson and later Hawthorne
On Walden Pond	A Literary Intersection
Ralph Waldo Emerson's House	The Wayside- Only home owned by Nathanial Hawthorne. Once owned by the Alcott family.
The Orchard House - Where Louisa May Alcott wrote "Little Women"	Meriam's Corner off of Battle Road
New England Fall Foliage	Paul Revere Capture Site, where his midnight ride was brought to an end by a British Patrol
Motif Number 1, one of New England's most painted and photographed icons
East Gloucester	Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial
In Salem we went down to Derby Warf and had dinner at Derby Fish and Lobster	The Witch House, only surviving structure with a direct link to the Salem Witch Trials
	The Witch House was actually Judge Johnathan Corwin's House during the time of the trials
Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables	Seems no matter who owns the house the builder still gets credit
Salem Customs House, where Nathaniel Hawthorne worked as a surveyor	After the American Revolution ships like the "Friendship" made Salem a leader in trade to the Far East
We found a headstone of a Mayflower pilgrim	Reflecting on the Salem Witch Trial hysteria
In Marblehead, Mass	A family of gravestones
President John Quincy Adams' House at the Adams National Historical Park	Rockin' out in Plymouth
Plymouth Rock or Plymouth Pebble?	Mayflower II replica of the original
Plimouth Plantation where you can watch Pilgrims go about their daily activities	Nauset Light, the lighthouse that appears on Cape Cod Potato Chip bags
While on Cape Cod we spotted a fox playing near the beach	Diorama of the Marconi Station where the first transatlantic radio transmission from the U.S. was made
Highland Light, oldest lighthouse on Cape Cod	Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown, where the Pilgrims first landed
Kristin working hard on the Massachusetts inspired "Cradle of Liberty"	State House, Boston
Old City Hall, Boston	Inside Faneuil Hall
"one if by land, two if by sea" Old North Church where Minute Men were warned how the British were coming	Paul Revere's House, Boston
	U.S.S. Constitution, nicknamed "Old Ironsides" by Oliver Wendell Holmes, docked in the Charleston Naval Yard.
Charleston Naval Yard	Charleston Naval Yard
Elizabeth Pain gravestone, which some believe inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne in writing "The Scarlett Letter"	Paul Revere grave site
Samuel Adams' gravesite at Old Granary Burying Ground	Boston Common
We visited Kristin's Uncle and Aunt who live just outside of Boston