The Two Brothers c Kristin Helberg 2020 acrylics on canvas
This is the 35th year for the American Artisans Show at the Wilton Historical Society in Connecticut. This year it is online. You can shop for hundreds of handmade items from the safety of your home.
In my section you will find whaling paintings, tavern signs and grained boxes. The story of poor Captain Pollard of Nantucket who survived the Essex after it was attacked by a huge whale, A few years later he was given the command of another Nantucket whaler named The Two Brothers, which sank in the Hawaiian islands. He survived this disaster to return to Nantucket a broken man.
wiltonhistorical.org/events/american-artisan-show
Nov 5th to Dec 5th