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Few have been painting Pamlico County scenes as long as Janet Adkins.

Boats feature prominently in her work, and standing near some of them Saturday, she said that when she first moved here 30 years ago, she “tried to paint all of the trawlers” because she preferred them to sailboats and also thought there should be a record of them. Janet Adkins self-deprecatingly says it was “silly” but then adds that “some of the ones I painted, (later) burned or sank”.

Adkins has taught painting and French. She says that in her junior year abroad from Smith College, she lived in Paris. It was a few years after WWII and she recalls the sound of “kids’ shoes clattering on the streets because there was no leather and the shoes were made of wood”. Back then, she says, the Mona Lisa was on display in the Louvre at the end of a long hall, and not in a glass case as it is now.

Another set of paintings on display Saturday took their theme from Europe. Oriental painter Jeff Troelztsch has started a series of work inspired by two flamenco performers who passed thru Oriental late this summer on their boat.

Richard Black plays flamenco guitar and his wife Andrea dances and before leaving, they put on a show at Paradise Cove Marina in August.

Jeff Troelztsch says the couple plans to return to Oriental this winter and that another performance is being scheduled for late January/early February, perhaps at the Old Theatre. For Jeff, that will tie in with his work.; he hopes that if more people see the show and the partiuclar dance moves, they’ll recognize them in his paintings.

Not all the music at the arts fest was two-dimensional. Several local musicians played. There were Mary Duffie and her accordion (in search of the next Accordion Blast), Janice Rott playing Scottish aires on her flute and Frank Murphy playing on the porch of the Bean in the afternoon.

In the morning, the Farmers’ Market — taking place in the middle of the arts fest — featured some serenading by Sky Wiseman and Bob Laverty..

That made it difficult to stand still for a few people, such as Laura Turgeon, who was looking not unlike one of her drawings.

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Posted Sunday September 16, 2007 by Melinda Penkava