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Harrison's Pier at the landward edge of Willoughby Spit, in the Ocean View section of Norfolk, is shown as it appeared in 1974 before being mostly swept away by a hurricane. Much of the pier has been rebuilt (several times!), and now boasts a restaurant and bar. The boats shown in the foreground were for rent, and the signs listed the fees for fishing from the pier, a popular all-night pastime during the summer.

Having been introduced to landscapes and seascapes by his artist mother, and with influence from his wife with a background in graphic arts, Vic Delnore has developed his own interpretations of landscapes, abstracts, and artistic scenes in graphite, pen and ink, oil, water media, and charcoal. His initial art training was in composition and perspective in The Hague, The Netherlands, followed by instruction in story illustration, pen-and-ink graphics at RPI, figure drawing and calligraphy at MIT/Harvard and ODU, and under nationally known instructors in watercolor and related media. He has exhibited in galleries on Florida, Cape Cod, the Outer Banks, and Hampton Roads since the sixties. Vic holds membership in the Lee County...