Alice McEnerney Cook has always loved the New Jersey salt marshes. She grew up in North Philadelphia in a row home where “there was not a tree on the block, so I know what it’s like to live surrounded by concrete,” she said. “Being one of eight children, we had only one week at the beach each August, so I can relate to everyone’s love of the shore.”

McEnerney Cook has been painting the coastal wetlands for over 25 years and specializes in plein air oil paintings of marsh, water and sky.