Shellebration - Meg Barone

The Art - Since I am best known for my eggshell mosaic art I had planned to use colored eggshells to create a mosaic of an underwater scene on my sub. But problems finding a suitable all-weather adhesive and the time constraints forced me to abandon that idea. Instead, staying with the concept of mosaics and wanting to honor Simon Lake with a nautical theme, I created a seashell "mosaic." I arranged the shells - some purchased, some collected from Florida, Massachusetts and, of course, Milford beaches - on pieces of fabric, adding glass beads, imitation pearls, buttons and other adornments. I also copied a photograph of Simon Lake from a book in the Milford Public Library and included the snapshot on my sub. - Meg Barone

The Artist - Meg is a freelance journalist and public relations consultant and a frequent contributor to the Connecticut Post, a Bridgeport daily, and to the monthly Fairfield County Woman. As a journalist Meg has traveled to the jungles of South America and to the refuge camps of Bosnia. She has interviewed celebrities such as Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Alec Baldwin, George Stephanopoulos and Colin Powell. As a visual artist Meg has exhibited her work at the White House, and three of her egg shell mosaics are in the Smithsonian. She has exhibited and demonstrated her award winning art work in numerous Connecticut galleries, museums and libraries, including Bridgeport's Discovery Museum. Meg's has been the voice in radio and television commercials for such companies as Konica, Duracell, Black and Decker, and McDonalds.