Denise Mumm Paintings

Artist Commentary: This was at one of the marinas where my husband and I docked when we took our boat south on the Intracoastal Waterway in the fall. It was off the Chesapeake Bay, where we have enjoyed eating many oysters. I was so excited that we shared the marina with several working oyster boats...

Artist Commentary: This painting is of a scene I stumbled on at a pond at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. The goldfish and the turtles are just living their lives, but it m...

Artist Commentary: R.E. Mayo is a seafood and fuel stop on the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina. We tied up at the rickety dock there one night in early winter when we were ta...

Artist Commentary: I love the geometry of mooring balls, stacked boats and anchors and the tangled texture of chains and ropes in boatyards. The shadows of late day delineate them. ...

Artist Commentary: This painting is a twilight view of a passing tugboat, as seen from the galley porthole of our boat. Keywords: figurative Artist Biography: Denise Mumm was born...

Artist Commentary: My husband and I love eating oysters. We always choose one to take with us to commemorate the meal. These oysters whose portraits I painted were all from the Hilton Head...

Artist Commentary: This mixed media painting depicts a close-up view of a flowering tree I encountered along the path in the beautiful Morikami Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida. I wa...

Artist Commentary: This is the dock where the Cape May Salt Oyster Company is centered. The oysters are farmed in the intertidal flats of Delaware Bay ...

Artist Commentary: My husband and I love eating oysters. When we travel, we always eat the local oysters and choose one to take with us to remember the experience. I then later paint their portraits. These oysters, as well as some Spanish moss...

Artist Commentary: These deliciou-looking Port Royal Wild oysters were locally sourced. They were served at a waterside restaurant in Port Royal, South Caro...

Artist Commentary: This humble scene is a few blocks from my home at the boatyard, early in the spring. The mooring balls are all lined up, lines and anchor chains at the ready for t...

Artist Commentary: My husband and I were living on our boat in Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, for a couple of months when we were between houses. The harbor was often crowded wit...

Artist Commentary: This mixed media painting includes the back of the Ranchos de Taos church that Georgia O'Keefe made famous in her painting. My painting ...

Artist Commentary: An old wooden sailboat was docked next to our boat at a marina in Solomons Island, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay. I was fascinated by t...

Artist Commentary: I saw these pelicans at the marina in Hilton Head where we often visit with our boat. This was their hangout. They lined up there every ...

Artist Commentary: This was the view out the door of our boat on a gorgeous spring morning when we were moored in Great Kills Harbor. Keywords: figurative Artist Biography: Denise...

Artist Commentary: These huge old mooring balls would have a story to tell, if they could talk. I ran across them in Bivalve, NJ (yes, a real town), an old oystering town on the Dela...