Homage to Old Dutch Masters
Flower, shell, dead creatures . . . this assemblage of objects hardens back to the masters of late Renaissance still life in Northern Europe.
Tag Archives: mussel
Remembrance
Red and white carnations, some still tied with ribbons, were scattered along about a mile of beach. There were flowers still washing up with the waves as we walked. The logical explanation is a scattering of ashes or a memorial … Continue reading
Autumn Composition
The trees are mostly bare now, and after a storm many of the leaves end up in the sand, creating lovely still lifes, such as this one.
The Way the Ancient One Goes
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
Complementary in Many Ways
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
Old Shell, Fresh Water
An odd assemblage of flotsam becomes beautiful when washed by the tide.
Peering Out to Sea
This carapace, brilliant fall colors on the monochromatic tideline, was situated as if the creature had died looking out to sea.
Creature from the Deep . . .
. . . imitating creatures from the land. Taken this summer, I have been saving this to post on Halloween. Always amazed to see what the ocean will create!
Challenging an Interloper
“One of these things is not like the others”, to quote an old Sesame Street song. Some days the existence of even the smallest bit of litter seems totally egregious. This photo was taken on one of those days.
Three
Even the strangest of objects cannot overshadow the perfection of the mussel/sand hole arrangement on the left side of this photo. Quite an unusual array of conjoined objects in the forefront, though. I loved the juxtaposition of the ordered miniature … Continue reading
Tide Line Still Life 