Stripes and Specks
The colors in the shell and in the sand are so, so similar! It is also appropriate for me to post a monochrome on the day of a major snowstorm!
Tag Archives: photography
Gentle Curves and Small Stars
I could look at this still life for a very long time and not tire of it. It is so soothing.
Still Life with Five Mussels, Two Carapace
Land and sea, living and dead . . . Combine as one delicate still life.
They Would Be Parallel If . . .
Two tidal lines in the sand, present only between the wash of waves, separated by a water-covered pebble. Reflection. Gentleness. Simplicity.
Small Bird Singing
Another shadow still life. When I was very young, I memorized the following poem. My aunt taught it to me to accompany a lovely sculpture entitled ‘Song’ that was once in the Hirshhorn Museum Sculpture Garden in Washington. Unfortunately I … Continue reading
4+1
The wee creatures who created the air holes are as much a part of the composition as the leaf. Sort of anonymous artists. The compulsive part of me, though, wishes that the angle of the leaf was exactly parallel to … Continue reading
Shadow Man
Sure, it looked like a simple crab claw . . . I am loving the inclusion of light as an integral component of still life; not just to set the tone or mood, but as a structural part of the … Continue reading
Giant Step
Graceful lines, animated structure. Gentle still life.
Counting the Circles
Absolutely perfectly circular bubbles remained in this mussel moments after the tide receded. They echoed the several air holes in the surrounding sand. Balance!
Heat
If photographs evoke feelings and restore memories, then this one is evocative on the warmest of summer beach days. The collection of yellows and whites, and the crystalline sand makes this photograph feel warm to me. Not a bad thing … Continue reading
Tide Line Still Life 