Shore Pebbles, Phinney’s Cove, N.S.
Looking deep . . .
Tag Archives: Shore
“The Little Things . . .”
Down at the Shore Just About Dusk, Phinney’s Cove, N.S.
Hello, Yellow . . .
Sun Carving by Local Artists David Taylor, Black Rock, N.S.
A collection of yellows from various photo outings across Canada to brighten the impending blue of winter.
By the Fundy Shore, N.S.
Window Cross, St. Croix Cove Church, N.S.
Sea Kelp, Kejimkujik Seaside N.S.
Iconic Nova Scotia Fisherman, by David Taylor
Toy Soldier, Vintage Shop, Toronto
“I’m Sorry,” Kensington Market, Toronto
Farm Market Cheese, City Market, St. John, N.B.
Close Up, Thunderbird House Totem Pole, Stanley Park, Vancouver
Gravestone with Yellow Lichen, Loyalist Burying Ground, St. Andrews By the Sea, N.B.
Montreal Street Sign
Massey Harris Tractor, Northville Farm Heritage Center, N.S.
Playful Doors, Grand Pre, N.S.
Graffiti, Toronto
Blades of Grass, Stanley Park, Vancouver
Cafe/Coffee Depot, Montreal
Colorful Shop, Annapolis Royal, N.S.
Acadia Theatre, Wolfville, N.S.
Rolled Hay Bales, N.S.
Mt. Hanley Sunset, N.S.
Yellow Lobster Cage, Near Parker’s Cove. Nova Scotia
St. John, N.B. City Market
Bright Bulbs, Monteal
Dory, Lunenberg, N.S.
Wildflowers, Black Rock, N.S.
Buoys, Campobello Island, N.B.
Street Art, Montreal
Kensington Market, Toronto
Squash, Roadside Market, Brooklyn, N.S.
Boat Tie-Post, Digby Wharf, N.S.
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Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall . . .
Walking Path Along the Shore, Kejimkujik Seaside, N.S.
“Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Connectedness
Pebbles along Hampton Wharf Beach, N.S.
“Oh, but I can hear you, loud in the center / Aren’t we made to be crowded together . . .”
~ Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), “Third of May”
More pebbles on Hampton Wharf Beach, N.S.
Notes:
1. Kristina Boardman’s wonderful pebble paintings, which I highlighted in a post last year, inspired me to take these photos along the shore. Her paintings show why even with the amazing capabilities of digital photography, masterful paintings by talented artists of a given subject capture an expressive element that photos can’t match.
2. Fleet Foxes, one of my favorite folk-rock groups, after a several years’ hiatus released the album “Crack-Up” earlier this year, which contains the song from which the above quote is taken. While the song is principally about Pecknold’s challenging relationship (like most!) with a close friend, like many Fleet Foxes songs it also contains some thoughtful ruminations on life. For me, the line quoted above conveys nicely how we as people are meant to be social and connected, in varying degrees, and how goodness and purpose flow from that. Song video below.
Summer Evening On the Shore
Evening Sunset, Phinney’s Cove, Nova Scotia
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
~ Rabindranath Tagore
Rilke on the New Year
Red Sprigs Among the Rocks, Kejimkujik Seaside, N.S.
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“And now let us welcome the new year,
full of things that have never been.”
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Intricate Pebble Paintings by Kristina Boardman
Kristina Boardman, “Cara’s Pebbles”
Photo-realistic paintings, such as these by BC-based artist Kristina Boardman, easily fool the casual observer as well as the more-studied eye. That’s amazing enough! But in addition, these works of pain-staking exactitude nicely capture the whimsy and pleasure of surveying a shoreline adorned with swaths of smooth-faced multi-colored stones and pebbles that have been thrown together randomly over long periods.
Although the realism of these paintings dictate a dominant blue-gray hue, Boardman wonderfully conveys nuance within that muted palette and complements this with perfect pops of other earth tones and pleasing juxtapositions of size and shape. The compositions of some of these images, such as “Cara’s Pebbles” (above), suggest small jewels just underfoot.
Among other venues, her work is available at the Ian Tan Gallery in Vancouver and can also be viewed on Boardman’s website here.
Kristina Boardman, “Communication”
Kristina Boardman, “Saltspring Sunday”
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