Surfcasters on Nantucket Island, 1948. Photo by Barbara Bonbright Smith (Gammy, my grandmother)
My interest in art and photography began some 60 years ago, and many family members have shared my passion.
Here are some of our images … and check out son Ian’s website. He’s a professional photographer who’s had three photobooks published by Deadbeat Club in Los Angeles.
They include Meadowlark, one of TIME’s 20 Best Photobooks of 2022. His latest work, The Weight of Ash, focuses on wildfires in the American West.
Next up on my website: Todd’s Trees and Forests Photos No. 1.
Thanks for looking!
My 1968 drawing of ferries that went from Woods Hole to Nantucket, Massachusetts
The Nobska and the Nantucket, another 1968 drawing by me when I was 12
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Photo silkscreen by me in 1973
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74 (sorry for the mediocre photo of this piece)
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Photo silkscreen by me, circa 1973-74
Surfcasters (Uncle John, my grandfather Gampy and Aunt Bin) on Nantucket Island in 1948, by Gammy
Nantucket Harbor in 1948, by Barbara Bonbright Smith, my grandmother (Gammy)
Main Street on Nantucket in 1948, by Gammy
A fire in Monomoy on Nantucket in 1949, by Gammy
Nantucket Harbor in 1948, by Gammy
Nantucket Harbor in 1948, by Gammy
The S/S Martha's Vineyard rounding Brant Point Light in 1948, by Gammy
A boat rounding Brant Point Light on Nantucket in 1948, by Gammy
Near Surfside on Nantucket in 1948, by Gammy
Snuffy near Surfside on Nantucket in 1948, by Gammy
Snuffy, by Gammy
A dusky shark on a Nantucket beach circa 1940s/50s, by Gammy
Watercolor of the Great Point area on Nantucket decades ago, by Isabelle B. Kitchen (Aunt Bin)
Shell art created in the 1980s by Nantucket summer resident John H. Kitchen Jr. (Uncle Bud)
Painting by Merle Banker Bates (my Grandpa) in 1942
Painting by Grandpa in 1968
Painting by Grandpa, circa 1960s
Painting by my Dad decades ago
Painting by Bruce B. Bates (my Dad) decades ago
Painting by Dad decades ago
Africa by Dad decades ago
Me circa 1956-57, by Gammy
Me and Dad at a 1959 parade in Rochester, New York (photographer unknown)
Self-portrait drawing, circa 1974-75
Painting of my Mom, Nancy S. Bates, by David Dorsey in the 1970s
Drawing by Margot, my four-year-old granddaughter, in 2025