Defiant Yellow Door - Square

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Defiant Yellow Door - Square

Artist

Terry Rowe

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

An abandoned house, neglected and forlorn, sports a defiant yellow door. A bold dress-up for a simple facade, a hopeful color. This image is formatted for a square print. Route 13, Virginia.

The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties, Accomack and Northampton, on the Atlantic coast of the state of Virginia in the United States. The 70-mile long region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay. Eastern shore of Virginia is the VA in Delmarva, and is often overlooked when people talk about the area.

The terrain is very flat throughout, ranging from sea level to 50 feet (15 m) above sea level. The rural area has been devoted to cotton, soybean, vegetable, tomato, and truck farming, and large-scale chicken farms. Since the late twentieth century, vineyards have been developed in both counties, and the Eastern Shore has received recognition as an American Viticultural Area (AVA). It is characterized by sandy and deep soil. The weather in the area has temperate summers and winters, significantly affected by the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

The area includes barrier islands. At the northern end of the Atlantic side is the beach community of Chincoteague, famous for its annual wild pony roundup, gathered from Assateague Island. Wallops Flight Facility, a NASA space launch base, is located also located on Virginia's eastern shore. Tangier Island, off the western shore in the Chesapeake Bay, is another tourist destination.

The Eastern Shore, geographically removed from the rest of Virginia, has had a unique history of settlement and development influenced by agriculture, fishing, tourism and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

The 23-mile (37 km) long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which is part of US Route 13, spans the mouth of the Bay and connects the Eastern Shore to South Hampton Roads and the rest of the state. Before the Bridge-Tunnel was built, a ferry provided the continuation of US Route 13 across this stretch of water.

I hope you will consider acquiring one of my photographs for your personal enjoyment or as a gift.

Please feel free to share any of my art works with family and friends by forwarding the link. If you are on Facebook, please visit my page, tART - Photography & Art by Terry Rowe, https://www.facebook.com/tarrowe. You can also find me on Twitter: @tarrowe. Thank you for visiting and viewing my work!

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September 1st, 2014

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