Beaches and Towns Network, Inc

09/12/2023

RE-post of an older article:

10 years at Fine Art America and these are the most popular images.

11/06/2022

The beach in Ocean City looked like a painting today - during OC Air Show practice. No planes - but one of my favorite shots from today. I've had so many nice compliments I decided to offer prints in my gallery at

Ocean City Beach Waves and Rocks by Bill Swartwout

26/04/2022

Working on another upgrade/rejuvenation project - Travel Network -

Beach Hotels, City Lodging and More

15/04/2022

In our renewed effort to modernize our 23-year-old website, we just added a group listing of Boardwalk Hotels in Ocean City, Maryland to our OC website -

With photos, lists of amenities and traveler reviews you can easily compare oceanfront hotels. Check room rates, availability and make your reservations online.

08/04/2022

OK - the game is back on track and appears to be working just fine. It uses "my" photographs of the OC area.

Match the Ocean City PICTURE PAIRS as a fun diversion (game).

28/03/2022

Just set up one of my domain names, https://www.swartwout.net, simply as a list of galleries where my work is available.

Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022Bill Swartwout Photography Click the menu links above to visit Bill’s online galleries. Fall Foliage at Pictorem

05/03/2022

Available now for purchase. Here is the text of BALTIMORE overlaid on a panorama of downtown Baltimore, Maryland and the Inner Harbor. This style of decor is a mix of traditional photography and a more modern textual technique. It can be displayed almost anywhere and looks great in a contemporary of...

04/03/2022

Available now for purchase. Not all sand dune crossings are the same. In Ocean City, Maryland, the crossing at 142nd Street has been artfully created and maintained by local residents to become a showpiece of outdoor decor. Many people stop here just to take pictures on their way to the beach which....

04/03/2022

Available now for purchase. Assawoman Reflections! A lone tree is silhouetted against the sun setting over Assawoman Bay, as seen from the end of 80th Street in Ocean City, Maryland. The orange sunset is typical of a hot summer day but this sunset was photographed in the off-season, hence no leaves....

03/03/2022

Available now for purchase. This beat up old guitar is a 1969 Yamaha FG-140 Dreadnaught Acoustic. This is also known as a "Red Label Yamaha" signifying that it was made in Japan shortly before production was moved to Taiwan. The reference to Willie Nelson's Trigger is because this is old and beat up...

03/03/2022

Available now for purchase. An awesome and historic ship is made up of awesome and historic parts. This close up of the rusted anchor on the USS Constellation as she lies aberth in the Inner Harbor at Baltimore, Maryland, is just such ah example. A layer of rust on an old anchor is a sign that the s...

02/03/2022

Available now for purchase. This stylized tone"woods" acoustic guitar is adapted from a real photograph of a wooded shoreline at Gordon's Pond, just north of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Guitar heads would love to have something like this hanging in the studio area of their home. Other guitar fans may....

02/03/2022

Available now for purchase. This Baltimore & Ohio Railroad EMC EA-B7 Locomotive #51 appears painted on a wall in this street painting dating back decades. The wall is at the eastern edge of the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, and certainly depicts a scene of former railroading days. If y...

01/03/2022

Available now for purchase. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge is silhouetted against golden sunset in this "painterly" rendition photographed by Bill Swartwout Photography from an aerial vantage point about 20 miles northeast. Bill was flying to the beach in his antique Ercoupe airplane when this view just....

01/03/2022

Available now for purchase. CSX 9029, a CSX Transportation (CSXT) Dash-9 (GE EMD CW40-9) lies at idle at the Riverside Rail Yard in South Baltimore, Maryland waiting for its next assignment. This was photographed from parking lot at the Wells Street Apartment complex which provides a view of a porti...

28/02/2022

Available now for purchase. This twilight view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was taken by Bill Swartwout Photography from the top deck of Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas cruise ship as it sailed south from Baltimore for warmer climes. The Gov. William Preston Lane Jr. Memorial Bridge crosses t...

28/02/2022

Available now for purchase. A "Sepia" rendition of this National Historic Landmark, the USS Constellation, which lies at her permanent berth at Constellation Dock, Pier 1, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland. This view, of her starboard side, shows gun ports and two of her cannons, which were the more...

27/02/2022

Available now for purchase. "The grass is always greener on the...oh, wait - there's an easy way to get on the other side of the fence," says Patricia Irene (N2BHS-H) as she walks right on by Adrianna's Yankee Prince (N2BHS-AO). But who are those two not even paying attention? This small band of Ass...

27/02/2022

Available now for purchase. A National Historic Landmark, the USS Constellation lies at her permanent berth at Constellation Dock, Pier 1, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland. This view, of her starboard side just behind the bow, shows gun ports and two of her cannons, which were the more "modern" she...

26/02/2022

Available now for purchase. In this presentation of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge over the Indian River Inlet in coastal Delaware we see a Magenta and Pink Sunset. A high tide created the extra foreground water that created the reflection of the setting sun. The suspended portion of the cable-stayed....

26/02/2022

Available now for purchase. In this expressionism abstract presentation, a cold January evening sunset creates a gold and blue sky and and the icy waters of the Chesapeake Bay create reflections of the twin spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. In effect, you get four bridges for the price of two - co...

25/02/2022

Available now for purchase. An abnormally high tide, a Spring Tide, creates a different view of a sunset at the Indian River Inlet of the Delaware Seashore State Park just north of Bethany Beach. The Charles W. Cullen Bridge over the inlet creates a unique silhouette against the orange/yellow/pink s...

25/02/2022

Available now for purchase. In this neon lines abstract the gold and blue sunset sky is rendered black to allow the colorful lines to dominate. The sky and and the icy waters of the Chesapeake Bay create reflections of the twin spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. In effect, you get four bridges for....

24/02/2022

Available now for purchase. A dawn kaleidoscope of color - pink, magenta, orange, yellow, red and blue - greets a new day at the Indian River Inlet Bridge, Delaware Seashore State Park near Bethany Beach, DE. Sometimes the dawn sky is the most colorful before the actual sunrise itself. This blaze of...

24/02/2022

Available now for purchase. Not really - but this edited photograph of an American Flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore is being backlit by a bright sun that it may appear as a bomb burst. A "starburst" from a real star, perhaps? The title, of course is from the first verse of our National Ant...

23/02/2022

Available now for purchase. Smoothing some lines and the blending of color help present this dawn kaleidoscope of color in a new light, an expressionism abstract. A pink, magenta, orange, yellow, red and blue sky greets a new day at the Indian River Inlet Bridge, Delaware Seashore State Park near Be...

23/02/2022

Available now for purchase. This different perspective of the American Flag flying over the Fort McHenry shows it spanking in the breeze high above the grounds of the National Monument and Historic Park. The direct backlighting of the afternoon sun highlights the flag in all of its colorful glory as...

22/02/2022

Available now for purchase. The anticipation of a sunrise is often as wonderful as the sunrise itself. Here a young lady sits at dawn with her water bottle (coffee, maybe?) on a wonderful summer morning at the Indian River Inlet near Bethany Beach, Delaware awaiting the appearance of the sun. We are...

22/02/2022

Available now for purchase. A 15 star American Flag is flown over Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland because, at the time of the Battle of Baltimore there were only 15 states in these United States of America. This perspective of the American Flag flying over the Fort McHenry parade grounds shows i...

21/02/2022

Available now for purchase. "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" - The Super Moon of September 27, 2015 bathes the Indian River Inlet with moonlight through a broken cloud deck. This view of the Charles W. Cullen Bridge, known locally as the Indian River Bridge, becomes a tranquil evening scene with a...