The sea gives us shells
15th August 2021
I haven't been to the ocean recently.
But ... two of my Ocean/Shell images are on display at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in Baton Rouge. This group show focuses on the topic of Iridescence.
I have always been interested in the relationship between fine art and science, so I am pleased that my works are being viewed in this context. They are hung in the "Universe" gallery - great name.
In these images, I seek to penetrate the churning ocean layers that house countless shelled creatures.
The shell featured below is "Argonaut" or "Paper Nautilus." Argonaut specifically is "an adventurer engaged in a quest" and refers to an ocean journey. My thoughts go to the unknown miles a shell may travel in the deep waters.
Perhaps scientists could tag the Paper Nautilus like they do Great Whites to track where they go and what they might see.
Argonaut - In the collection of the Louisiana Art & Science Museum -LASM
And then there is the sky full of light and weather.
Powerful forces conspire to produce these swirled shapes, one more fabulous than the next.
In "Time" below the broken form does not diminish the impact of this traveler.
When I shot the ocean image for this piece I was on Nantucket. I was perhaps 3 feet from the shoreline when all of a sudden I was up to my waist.
Time
But ... two of my Ocean/Shell images are on display at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in Baton Rouge. This group show focuses on the topic of Iridescence.
I have always been interested in the relationship between fine art and science, so I am pleased that my works are being viewed in this context. They are hung in the "Universe" gallery - great name.
In these images, I seek to penetrate the churning ocean layers that house countless shelled creatures.
The shell featured below is "Argonaut" or "Paper Nautilus." Argonaut specifically is "an adventurer engaged in a quest" and refers to an ocean journey. My thoughts go to the unknown miles a shell may travel in the deep waters.
Perhaps scientists could tag the Paper Nautilus like they do Great Whites to track where they go and what they might see.
Argonaut - In the collection of the Louisiana Art & Science Museum -LASM
And then there is the sky full of light and weather.
Powerful forces conspire to produce these swirled shapes, one more fabulous than the next.
In "Time" below the broken form does not diminish the impact of this traveler.
When I shot the ocean image for this piece I was on Nantucket. I was perhaps 3 feet from the shoreline when all of a sudden I was up to my waist.
Time