An elegant composition in both color and form. The sprinkling of sand, both damp and dry, makes the cluster of pebbles and shell fragments perfect. The small bit of white clam shell adds an intriguing detail, and it draws the … Continue reading
The very early sun was perfectly aligned to create an angular shadow from this ovoid clam shell. What a treat!
Oysters shells are fairly uncommon on our local beach – we have no estuaries where they breed When they do show up locally, oyster shells are usually large and very old, such as this one. They have travelled a long … Continue reading
Perhaps one of my favorite finds. This still life seems perfect to me: the hues of the pebbles are perfect with one another, the swoop of the lines on the shell are delicate, and the shell is perfectly in alignment. … Continue reading
As perfectly formed as if by a jeweler, this small piece of clam shell looks like filigree. We did pick it up after photographing, and it will be made into a necklace.
The placement of the shells, but even more so the colors of these shells make them complementary. The orange of the jingle shell beside the blue of the mussel would almost be directly across from one another on a color … Continue reading
An odd assemblage of flotsam becomes beautiful when washed by the tide.
Tumbled by the sea, this moon shell has been polished by the glassy sand to a peachy spiral. Together, out of the water, the quartz sand and shell create a lovely still life. The tiny, white clam makes the peach … Continue reading
Pied Beauty By Gerard Manley Hopkins Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced – … Continue reading
This carapace, brilliant fall colors on the monochromatic tideline, was situated as if the creature had died looking out to sea.
Tide Line Still Life 