Island House

One time wandering around Ocracoke on foot, which is really the best way to see the place, I came upon what I have come to know is true Outer Banks architecture. People lately have this penchant to attach watch towers or victorian curly-cues all over buildings imitating the old Life Saving Stations. But, truthfully, they were foreign to the Outer Banks at the time. Those designs came from New England.  In Banker Brogue the house is "whopperjawed," not quite level, not quite square, but still graceful and a testament to hard years of windblown life. Here's a fun link I found to other Outer Banker words. This is 5 x 7 watercolor on arches, matted to 8 x 10 $40.