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  • A car goes down a mountain road through a plethora of trees of different kinds and with different shades of green. In the distance a dark mountain top is visible under a blue sky.
    A Green Road Trip
  • Purple mountains under white puffy clouds in a deep blue sky, with a lake and the Loch Ness monster swimming in the foreground.
    A Midnight Swim
  • White wisps of cirrus clouds sweep upwards into a blue sky, taking up most of the vertical landscape at Ogunquit Beach. The sand and water, and some distance walkers fill up the bottom 1/8 of the shot, with white caps in the distance.
    Beach breath
  • Sand, water and sun
    Beach View 2
  • Bradley Wharf in Rockport, in heavy fog and low light. A single light illuminates from a boat as a fisherman prepares for the day.
    Before Sunrise at Rockport Habor
  • A seascape. In the foreground a rocky beach; the sea behind it is calm, but there is a massive stormcloud rolling in far in the distance, with distant curtains of rain. To the top left there is a corner of blue sky.
    Before the Storm
  • 11"x14" landscape painting of the blue ridge mountains at dusk.
    Blue Ridge
  • A view of the Boston skyline taken at night. The sky is nearly black. The lights from the buildings are reflected in the Charles River below.
    Boston Night Skyline
  • People riding on a swan boat in the Boston Public Garden.
    Boston Public Garden Swan Boat
  • Large pale blue cloth with various swatches of cloth and silk chord sewn one, as well as wool felted on, and embroidered in places. It look like an abstract marshland with the moon shining down.
    Byfield Marshes
  • A young girl in a bright pink dress is blurred as she runs on a cobbled sidewalk past a painted wall mural on a brick wall. The wall mural features a vintage Caffe Espresso ad.
    Caffe Espresso. Portsmouth, NH.
  • Textured brushstrokes of green, brown, grey, beige and cream form a marsh which reaches till the horizon. Above the colors of the sky alternate between azure, steel blue, beige, grey and light orange.
    Cape Cod Marsh
  • Sepia-toned photographic print showing a grouping of reed stalks at the Cape Cod National Seashore in a semi-closeup view that fills the frame with alternating light/dark patterns.
    Cape Cod Reeds
  • Churning, vibrant blue ocean water with rocks and a calm blue sky.
    Churn
  • A small bird flying in a firy red cloudy sky.
    Cloud Study 1
  • Abstract oil painting of clouds in blues, greys, and shades of white.
    cloudscape
  • A square format black and white photograph of willow trunks intertwined next to a pond.
    Cold Spring Brook at Newton Cemetery
  • Couple enjoying a spectacular sunset over Gulf of St. Lawrence from Cavendish Beach, in PEI National Park, Canada.
    Colorful Sunset
  • Countryside afternoon with sunlight filtering through trees onto a church and park walkways.
    Countryside Serenity
  • A dark green crepe & hot dog stand at dusk, with its lights on.
    Crepes & Hot Dogs
  • Horizontal image with four layers. The dark clouds at sunset have some grey breaks at the top, with a black layer of hilltop just below, then pond with reflection of the clouds, and finally dark waters on the bottom of the frame. Red and white lights dot the right half of one layer, where car headlights shine in the distance, across the pond.
    Dark Times
  • The town of Dingle in County Kerry, Ireland: colorful houses sit on the waterfront in front of a green hillside.
    Dingle, Ireland
  • At center, the daytime Boston skyline appears in a pink dreamy haze, faintly reflecting on the calm Charles River. The scene is framed above by the rivets and beams of the BU bridge's underbelly, and framed below by the wooden bridge of the Dr Paul Dudley White Bike Path.
    Eastbound below BU Bridge. July 24, 2023. 10:30AM. FED-4
  • A wavy orange sea with dark shades expands till the horizon. The sky above is bright orange, then purple, and dark blue with clouds further up.
    Evenings on the Vineyard
  • A stone footbridge over a still pond amidst yellow leaves in autumn.
    Fall in the Fens
  • Taken in the beginning of fall on the Charles River Esplanade.
    Fall on the Esplanade
  • A narrow road. On each side are high walls with trees and greenery just visible over the tops. The road leads toward an intersection with a white house and more trees.
    Florentine country road
  • A forest of blue-green coniferous trees, with several layers of trees covered in fog.
    Foggy forest
  • A blue-gray ocean with black cliffs in the background, topped with rolling green hills, small white houses, and a small stone castle.
    From a Distance
  • A photo of a weathered bronze statue on a desolate hilltop with the ocean and sky in the background. The statue is of a cloaked male figure, wearing a crown and holding a sword pointing toward the ground beneath him. The figure is hooded and his face can't be seen. The statue is designed so that large portions of it are missing, creating negative space which the surrounding landscape can be seen through, giving the figure a ghostly appearance.
    Gallos (Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, UK 2022)
  • A heron stands on the shore of a still pond just after sunset.
    Great Blue Heron at twilight – Spy Pond
  • Four sailboats in the ocean on a bright but misty day, with their sails furled. One gull flies in the foreground.
    Harbor in Hibernation
  • Thumbnail of video with the YouTube red and white play button in the center and front and a still showing from above a stone-walled fortress on a green island.
    Highland Castles
  • Mountains, water, big sun and birds
    Highland1
  • Digital renderings of imagined and remembered scenes, created using Bryce software. The scenes look like they are scenery of a videogame, are 15 in total and they show: Titan, Bradley Point, Fountain, Cellar, Colored Shadow, Winter Kaleidoscope, Fake Colored Shadow, Edwin Land Camera, Forest Kaleidoscope, Gorge Cascade Trail, Wepawaug, Grad College, Mountain Lake, Lighthouse, Hatzegopteryx.
    Imagination
  • Bright pink and yellow, some grey and some strokes of blue and red compose an abstract piece. Parts of ineligible words float around.
    Incandescance
  • The Providence Performing Art Center's neon red "Providence" glows in an almost-empty snow-covered street.
    Intermission
  • Simple use of blue, azure and light blue color form a pond, the sea in the horizon and the sky. Green, olive, and mustard yellow depict the land around the pond.
    Kettle Pond
  • A sublime sky of daffodil yellow, light and wildfire orange, steel and dark blue is reflected on the surface of a lake from which a mountain hill rises. The forms of the landscape are hardly distinguished.
    Kezar Lake at Sunset
  • Black and white photograph of three gondolas on the water and buildings of Venice visible in the background. Two gondoliers with t-shirts of black and white stripes are on each boat.
    La Regata del Redentore, 2023
  • The Statue of Liberty is framed by the metal window frame inside the bathroom of the Ellis Island Ferry. Image is in black and white.
    Lady Liberty
  • The sun is setting in the distance, overlooking a calm lake with a sandy beach and two wooden piers. Two small boats are visible docked in one of the piers.
    Lake Tashmoo
  • A brilliant lightning bolt scatters across the sky above city hall and a church. The lightning has many forks with small tendrils which illuminate the cloudy sky.
    Lightning 9
  • Aerial view of lily pads in a pond of muted colors and dreamlike light.
    Lily pads
  • Wet sand patches form a pattern of rivulets which end on a serene light blue sea that expands till the horizon. The sky above is orange pink and then blue with scattered clouds, and its colors reflect back to the beach and the water.
    Loosening
  • Hardened, crystalized, black lava with red and orange magma pushing its way to the surface of the rocks.
    Magma (Part of Series: Land of Fire and Ice)
  • A glacier between two mountains, behind an icy lake.
    Mendenhall Glacier
  • A red stone mesa in Monument Valley.
    Monument Valley
  • Black and white painting of a line of mountains, between a magnificent moon and still lake, with distinctive brushstrokes of black, white, and grey.
    Moon lit lake
  • An orange sunrise is seen on the horizon over a grassy field. Most of the sky is dark gray, but a few puddles reflect the orange glow.
    Morning Glow
  • A watercolor painting of a landscape, showing a white river against dark trees and a gray sky.
    Muddy river
  • A white stucco Greek Church cast in shadow against a clear blue sky.
    Mykonos Church
  • Five vertical panels of brilliant red and blue birds flying above and in front of poppies and sunflowers. The swirls of color in the sky and the feathers of the birds are outlined in a way reminiscent of stained glass.
    Mythical Beauty
  • A small island with tall pine trees and a cabin, in a lake with a purple sky.
    Nestled Amongst Pines and Water
  • two story red barn with four windows and an open door and a ladder and planks leaning against it with green vines.
    New York Red Barn
  • A dilapidated, white, wooden building is partially hidden by green trees.
    North Adams, MA
  • Blurred beach and ocean with a pink sky.
    Ocean Breeze
  • The John Weeks Bridge in Cambridge, MA during the summer with green foliage and a person sitting on a bench looking at the water.
    On the Charles
  • Millions of stars shine in the night sky with white, warm yellow and blue colors. Dust nebulosity of brown and pink is scattered around. Three white-and-blue-lit stars in a line seem bigger than the rest.
    Orion’s Belt
  • The Sun revealed in Hydrogen Alpha showing prominences, filaments, sunspots, and a dynamic solar surface.
    Our Dynamic Sun in Hydrogen Alpha
  • Pale blue and grey brushstrokes create a scene of mountains, nighttime sky, and a river by the sea. Two small black figures embrace on a boat on the river.
    Our Night Sky
  • Waves crash onto rocks near a small beach and green shoreline.
    Paradise on earth
  • A visual timelapse of the sun from sunrise to sunset. Using playing cards with mountain ranges on them, each panel represents a different time of day through the position of the sun.
    Peak
  • A hand holding a crystal ball that is in crisp focus and reflects the surroundings upside down. A Pine tree in the center of the inverted image points down, building hang from the ground which is at the top of the crystal ball. Outside the crystal ball, the surrounding are situated as we experience them, with the sky above and the ground at the bottom... though that is all out of focus.
    Per•spic•u•ous
  • A photograph looking past a chapel into a valley in the alps. A winding road is seen in the valley floor beyond.
    Pian Del Re
  • Several rows of docks and a raised pier with lampposts shown in golden sunlight. Numerous seabirds are either resting on the docks or flying above.
    Pier in the Deep Freeze
  • The light of a white-walled lighthouse shines bright under a night sky were millions of stars are visible, along with the pinkish layout of the milky way.
    Pigeon Point Lighthouse
  • A plethora of textured short strokes creates loose forms of a sandy beach; the sea reaching the horizon and a light blue sky above; some parts of green land engulfing the water.
    Playa
  • A stark winter tree and the corner of a building reflected within a puddle of rainwater. The orientation of the puddle is portrait and it is framed roundly within a solid sepia-like lit concrete with white blots or soil.
    Puddle Art #3
  • A stark winter tree and the corner of a building reflected within a puddle of rainwater. The orientation of the puddle is landscape, reaching the edges of the width of the image. Above and beyond the reflection, there is wet solid sepia-like lit soil or concrete.
    Puddle Art #4
  • A timeless rural road in Ireland flanked by old stone walls in black and white.
    Road, Inis Mór, Ireland
  • Providence, Rhode Island city skyline during golden hour with a pink-ish blue sky.
    Rose-Colored Providence
  • A blue ice cave with icicles coming down from the opening and snow and rocks on the ground.
    Sapphire (Part of Series: Land of Fire and Ice)
  • A single branch of yellow-brown seagrass is in the foreground with a blurry background of other seagrass, a furrow within a soiled field, and a lake.
    Seagrass
  • From a dense forest, a view of mountains with a perfectly still lake reflecting the mountains like a mirror, surrounded by trees.
    Serene perfection: Tranquil lake mirrors majestic mountains, embraced by a lush forest.
  • A darkened deep green dense bog with various types of shrubbery landscape. The bog is dotted with many small white flowers. The sky is a sepia style brown with storm clouds.
    Shaggy
  • A quiet Italian road, bending past a white/gray house with red roofs. The walled road bends away into the distance, past tall cypress trees.
    Silent Tuscan country road
  • Square format black and white photograph of the surface of a pool of water. Speckles of dust floating on the water stand out against reflections of trees and sky in the surface of the water. Spots of sunlight travel through the clear water to stones at the bottom of the pool.
    South Meadow Brook at Tower Road
  • Finding ourselves in an open space. On the background abstract colorful scenes alluding to the natural and cosmical space, as well as with a person’s face in one of them, decorate a all the walls of a corridor. On the foreground, rays of steel blue marble pattern open in a vignette. Between them are small obelisks of light blue with floral designs.
    Space and Time
  • A monochrome landscape photographic image showing the full moon in a late afternoon sky framed on the right side of the image with a large, dense cluster of conifer trees.
    Spring Legend
  • This artwork is an impressionist painting. There is a field of colorful flowers in the foreground, a wavy body of water and rolling hills in the midground, with a partly cloudy and partly sunny sky in the background.
    springtide
  • Cloud reflection on a lake.
    Spy Pond Reflection
  • A mallard duck swims through a shallow pond with green and orange vegetation underwater.
    Summer morning nibbles at Spy Pond
  • A sunset with blue, pink and yellow sky, with darker grey clouds over a sliver of ocean that reflects the sky. On the bottom left is a piece of land covered in shadows and in the foreground is a utility pole, with powerlines running across the image horizontally.
    Sunset in Trout River, Newfoundland
  • pink and purple sunset with islands and hills looking out on the camden hills across Penobscot Bay, Maine
    Sunset over the Camden Hills
  • Broad strokes of white and grey, smudging with each other. Several sharp thin lines of dark and of orange paint travel from the upper part of one edge of the painting to the lower part of the other, diagonally in three irregular rows.
    The Deep, 2023
  • The Grand Teton peaks illuminated by soft, golden sunlight, standing tall against a forest in the foreground.
    The Grand Teton: bathed in sunlight, crowned in splendor.
  • Mixed media with the photo of a lighthouse with white stone walls and a darker top, being framed at the bottom with real-life small seashells.
    The Lighthouse in Each of Us
  • The Milky Way Galaxy with some sky glow and a green meteor with mountains and trees in the foreground.
    The Milky Way Galaxy
  • A cute and spooky scene showing two ghosts roasting s'mores in a campfire. Behind them are tall trees, a dark forest, and a bright full moon.
    There’s a Haunting in the Woods
  • A small gray cottage with lights on in its windows. The yard has a white garden table and chair set. The foreground has three small white dogs playing among blue and purple flowers.
    Three Little Angels
  • Different shades of blue form a lake surrounded by trees. A small house sits across the lake with orange light in the windows.
    Twilight
  • An accordion shaped book that can be displayed in a tunnel format that incorporates several layers of spatially receding collage elements. The imagery incorporates a jungle-like tangle of plants, birds, butterflies, human figures, and hiking and camping elements. Human figures with binoculars suggest a sense of watching and being watched--perhaps even covertly.
    Untitled, March 2020
  • A colorful green field in yellow light with a row of autumnal colored trees behind it.
    View from the Barn, Greenough Land
  • Bare tree surrounded by white snow with a red box containing a round white life preserver in the foreground and the horizon of Lake Michigan in the background.
    Watch Out
  • Broad strokes of beige, white, blue and some brown swirl around towards the center.
    Whirlpool, 2023
  • In rectangular surface (5 1/2" x 7 1/2"), large orange red sun shape is center top in a Naples yellow tinged sky. Bottom half is white representing snow; its center is embossed (raised) a bit diagonally at midpoint; in middle of the snow area, a light gray horizontal path helps to visually secure nine gray, brown, and black limbed trees scattered across the space.
    Winter Sun
  • Branches and green pines of a tree curve upward and are temporary holders for two dark green garden smocks on a sunny day.
    Work-Life Balance
  • A yellow wetland with a small black pond, a row of green trees, and a orange clump of bushes.
    York Harbor Wetland, October
  • A minimalist print of the outline of a white mountain on an off black background.
    やま (yama) III
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