These images were created by inserting  objects, that I found in the area, into my glass sphere. I consider these photographs to be portraits. Each subject finds itself surrounded by layers of imagery (distorted landscape beyond and beneath the glass).
 My blown glass sphere has a one inch opening, so any object I photograph must fit through the opening and come back out. The coming back out part can be a challenge.
  • Red Leaf
    Red Leaf
    This image was taken at the bottom of a wooden fire escape behind the apartment where my husband and I were staying on Monhegan Island. I found the leaf on the ground nearby.
  • Turkey Tail
    Turkey Tail
    This image wae taken at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Maryland. It features a line of Turkey Tail mushrooms growing on a dead branch.
  • Stone Trio
    Stone Trio
    This image was taken during one of our visits to Provincetown. These stones were collected by my husband while we were walking along the beach. I barrowed them briefly for this photo shoot.
  • Purple Vetch
    Purple Vetch
    This vine is prolific on Monhegan Island. It was unfamillar to me, so, I looked it up in a wildflower book when I got home.
  • Feather
    Feather
    This was my first feather image. I found this slightly weathered feather in my yard near the bird feeder.
  • Finally Spring
    Finally Spring
    During an early spring visit to the Rehoboth Art League in Delaware, I walked around the neighborhood capturing sighns of spring.
  • Hosta Bud
    Hosta Bud
    Some plants on Monhegan Island have developed distinctive characteristics due to the 10 mile distance from the main land. This hosta bud was unusually large.
  • Andrea's Feather
    Andrea's Feather
    This image was taken in my friend Andrea's yard. She offered me a couple of feathers from her collection. The edge of her balcony-deck is visable in the lower left corner.
  • Red Thistle
    Red Thistle
    We recently moved and a friend brought us a bouquet of flowers. This thistle was in the arrangement.
  • Monhegan Gold
    Monhegan Gold
    On Monhegan there is a ritual. As a tourist boat pulls out of the Harbor, brave soals throw flowers and jump into the water. This island Goldenrod is often amoung the flowers picked for this occation.
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