jan darcy ART 

About Jan Darcy

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Although I'm a washashore my maternal family dates back to the Mayflower. I grew up hearing stories of family members long gone and their roles in Barnstable Village life. My grandfather was the blacksmith. A great grandfather was a lighthouse keeper on Martha's Vineyard. 

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I grew up in the DC area. We lived for those weeks on the Cape staying  in my grandparents' big rambling house next to the train tracks. As kids, we walked down to the village to bring my grampa home for lunch. There were glorious days spent on Mayflower Beach, before it was so named. And, we had wonderful exciting dune buggy rides out on Sandy Neck for family cookouts in the dunes. These are the memories that inform my Cape art.