Going through my photos that are from my visit to the east coast which includes seeing Ely and Phil in fall 2006, I wanted to include some more here. That visit I stayed at a bed and breakfast down the road from their house. We went to the Cape Ann museum which had a Fitz Lane exhibit of paintings. My aunt Ely was good to see art with. I believe she has donated some paintings and art to Gloucester. I remember a fish wall sculpture at the library but that may not still be there? We also saw Noam Chomsky speak one night in a very crowded town building. I felt so hot I escaped and luckily a friend of Ely’s was able to steer her out safely from the crowds. Felt a bit negligent having not done that myself. Ely was having a hard time walking at that point.
Entrance to Ely and Phils home. I always dreamed of that beautiful house in Gloucester. Following photos are not far from their home.
Ely was an artist also besides making a living as an art dealer years ago in Boston and on Cape Ann. Her watercolors are breathtaking. She had a few spectacular shows but never went big. She had a studio in her attic and at a gallery and shop down the street from her home she named The Guild, formerly known as the Sacred Cod. It was close to Rocky Neck an artists colony in East Gloucester.
