There are a myriad of documented examples of water in its many shapes.
Tasha seeks out snow, ice and frost, raindrops, dew and bubbles, water - in motion or still – and reflections.
A selection of images from the upcoming show “The Shapes of Water” is shown here in this short video.
A dormitory at Princeton University was captured in a puddle.
I found these feathery ice crystals next to the road in the shallow and peaty waters of the Pine Barrens, NJ.
This is a close-up of a pond reflection while I was kayaking.
I put parsley blossoms in a wine glass and poured fizzy water over it. Loving the trapped bubbles.
A stream had overflowed and left behind ballerina skirts.
The tip of a carnivorous plant from a pond becomes a bubbly creation in a wine glass with fizzy water.
Incoming tide at Seawall in Acadia Nat’l Park on Mt. Desert Island, ME.
On visiting the Portland, OR area, I had to visit the majestic Multnomah Falls.
A deep gray sky and rough ocean forecast an impending storm.
Fine drops of rain edge this lovely red bush.
Water droplets are caught in the fine hairs of grass resembling tears.
This imagine got me started in photography in 1993. Overnight, ice had formed on the D&R Canal in Princeton, NJ.
A single dew drop is reflecting my garden.
Kayaking in the morning on Seal Cove Pond, ME, I discovered that the shallow sun angle and slight breeze created an image like an etching.
A Great Blue Heron is resting in the snowy branches above Carnegie Lake in Kingston, NJ.
Over the years I found that the Maine coast has abundant seaweed of every color and variety. One year, we had a full moon and an almost historic low tide. New forms of seaweed were revealed that I had never seen before:
‘Potpourri’, ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, and the many multicolored layers of ‘Mille Fiori Tapestry’ were captured that day by my camera, as well as ‘Mermaid’s Nosegay’, ‘Branching Out’, and ‘Linguini’.
In the summer of 2018, I was in love with seaweed in every form: whether in the ocean, on the beach or dried on my porch. Many shapes emerged as I pulled it apart. Then the fun started by decorating it with other finds from the land - hops, blackberries, coleus, wild carrot blossoms, or cranberries.
Dried seaweed form a perfect bouquet with mountain cranberries.
A dried seaweed bouquet is embellished by a wild carrot blossom.
On a walk, I discovered a vine of hops and started decorating my dried seaweed bouquet.
From all the seaweed I collected a dancer emerged.
To my eye, this shape of dried seaweed looks like an old-fashioned pin.
Another sculptural discovery that looks like it could make a decorative pin.
A found branch with lichen was embellished with seaweed and blackberries.
What a combination of land and sea!
Another interesting combination of texture and color.
On a walk this summer in Maine, I discovered one vine of hops amidst roses and weeds. I took it home and it became part of many creations.
A simple part of a hops vine.
Hops, so delicate and yet so versatile.
A small bouquet of hops and blackberries, a pleasing combination.
When I found the different shapes of dried seaweed, I knew that decorating it with the vivd green hops would work nicely.
Another combination of sculptural seaweed and bright green hops.
My little sculptural bouquet looks great embellished with the addition of hops.
Over the summer in coastal Maine I collected seaweed, birch bark, mushrooms, hops, branches with lichen and hanging moss, ant eaten branches, shells and other items of the sea.
Combining found items like birch bark, seaweed, hops and mushroom cap made a pleasing assemblage.
Lots of rich textures this gathering of different bark, feather and deer antler.
A collection of different bark, seaweed, lichen and pine cones came together nicely.,,
Birch bark forms a tray to carry items from land and sea.
Such diverse items as seaweed, hops, starfish, mushroom, moss, hops, nasturtium and lichen form another tableau.
Combining twigs with hanging moss with an ant-eaten branch and some hops seem an unlikely combination.
There is a delicacy about the combination of twigs, hanging moss and hops.
Hoarfrost is deposit of ice crystals on objects exposed to the free air, such as grass blades, tree branches, or leaves. It is formed by direct condensation of water vapour to ice at temperatures below freezing and occurs when air is brought to its frost point by cooling.
A surprise that I have waited for a long time: hoar frost crystals having formed overnight.
Branches covered in hoar frost crystals.
All vegetation was covered in these delicate crystals to form a winter wonderland.
A closeup of a seed pod covered in delicate ice crystals.
Shinrin-Yoku is the Japanese concept of spending time in the forest and letting its atmosphere restore you.It has benefits both psychological and physiological.
For an exhibit at D&R Greenway Land Trust, I created a nature show based on the Japanese concept of Shinrin-Yoku.
Images were taken in the coastal woods of Maine and preserved land near Princeton, NJ.
I created an assemblage of horizontal slices of common images to bring out their essence: cobwebs with dew, dill blossoms. dew drops in a web, ripening blueberries under a dewy web, fern and pine fronds, and moss and English Soldier lichen.
This lichen is less than 1/4 tall and lives in almost hidden places that are damp. It attaches to rotten wood or crevasses.
Delicate dew drops grace this simple blade of grass.
Delicate tufts of color fungus can be found in the woods of Maine.
Ants ate their way through this brittle pine.
A beech leaf and its shadow.
The bunchberry is the fruit of a plant related to the Dogwood tree. The blossoms are almost the same.
The Poetry Walk behind D&R Greenway Land Trust.
Also see AROUND PRINCETON, NJ page
Rain drops and dew drops are transforming flowers and cobwebs into gleaming magical worlds.
Just one dew drop is reflecting my garden.
Here are painterly images of trees. Some are variations on a theme and would look great displayed as a series. Seal Cove Sunset and Podunk Pond are special favorites.
One of my favorite walks is Ship Harbor in Acadia National Park on Mt. Desert Island, ME
I took this upward looking view on one of the preserved trails of D&R Greenway in Hopewell, NJ
This venerable old tree stands for longevity having survived despite fire and destruction.
Bass Harbor is the last working harbor on Mt Desert Island. The Schooners are visiting Somes Sound for the Centennial celebration of Acadia National Park. Visiting Cadillac Mtn and the Park Loop Rd are a must on your tour of the island.
Miniatures are a collection of small portraits of flowers, images of dew, frosty ice berries, bamboo with abstract droplets, Ranunculus, Protea, and a glass chandelier.
Images close to my heart.
Off the bridge where George Washington crossed the Millstone River in Kingston, NJ
A seed pod covered in frosty ice crystals.
When fog freezes it produces hoar frost.
Behind D&R Greenway Land Trust lies the Greenway Meadow. A Poets' Walk has been established with poetry stations and benches to appreciate the landscape.
Reflections of fall foliage in the Raritan River at Ken Lockwood Gorge in NJ. are shown in extreme closeups of colorful trees mirrored in still or ruffled waters. They create abstract renderings of red and gold trees, white trunks of birches and rocks.
Mt Desert Island, and Acadia National Park in particular, have been my summer haven for more than 30 years. All the images here were taken at public or private gardens and the shore.
This Japanese stone lantern is the perfect spot for a meditative moment, as one contemplates the trees reflecting in a pool of water.
Japanese stone lantern set in Asticou Gardens, Northeast Harbor, ME
