beachcombing

 Aluminum can lid, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), driftwood, Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), plastic spoon, some kind of kelp attached to a stone encrusted with coralline (Corallina officinalis), plastic bits, Soft-shell Clam (Mya arenaria), sea glass, 30-year-old soda can top, Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Knotted Wrack (Ascophyllum…

Sea glass, Dog Whelk (Nucella lapillus), Smooth Periwinkles (Littorina obtusata), Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), feather, Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus), and fishing rope. I wrote about this field trip back in October, but only recently finished the still-life. This winter my…

Beach stones, Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis), driftwood, U.S. penny, acorn cap (Quercus sp.), sea glass, barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides), Waved Whelk (Buccinum undatum), stoneware fragment, Moon snail (Lunatia heros), paper scrap, beach china, aluminum soda can fragment. The red paint on…

Remember back here I said I had too many finds for one photo, so I was working on a second? Finally finished it! Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), fishing rope, beach stone (might be rhyolite), Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas), china fragment,…

It was another perfect summer day, and I spent several hours on the beach. There were so many interesting things that I’ve had to make two photos for this day. This one shows three European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas) and…