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PINE POLLEN BLUES -- West Newbury, MA (June 9, 2024) -- After a rainy week in June, a dog named Molly ran through the thick layer of tree pollen floating in a puddle at the corner of our driveway, and inadvertently created swirling, strangely beautiful patterns in the shallow water. Here the yellowish pollen is tinted blue.
LIQUID LANDSCAPE (OAK CREEK CANYON) -- Slide Rock State Park, Arizona (January 12, 2026) -- The angle of morning light and the sun's brushwork on flowing water create a dynamic abstract painting. The creek reflects and refracts the red rock and blue sky above and the filtered green of the creek bed below.
AFTER THE SONGS HAVE BEEN SUNG -- Exeter, New Hampshire (January 23, 2026) -- This is a stage in a small performing arts venue called The Word Barn. The show is over. The musicians are gone, but their microphones and instruments remain, grouped around the figures in the surreal backdrop. There are many layers here. The mural is salvaged street art, old trailer doors painted in 2011 by the international artistic duo Herakut in Portsmouth, NH. The figures in the mural are inspired by a poem called "Milking," written in 1872 by Celia Thaxter. The artist Hera is galvanized by fables and fairytales, stories filled with animal metaphors and exploring the human condition. The adaptations keep unfolding. Art builds on art.
SOFT WINTER SUN -- West Newbury, MA (December 28, 2025) -- This is a young Highland Cattle calf named Kevin who lives down the road from me. Friendly and gentle, he is quietly looking down through his long lashes, and the December sun is shining beautifully on his lustrous hair. He comes across as polite, modest, low-key, unpretentious. He is also munching on a discarded Christmas tree. (Kevin is also basically a "test tube baby" -- he was born from an unrelated dairy cow mother in whom his embryo had been implanted.)
PARADISE (THE SEVEN LAGOONS) -- Peneda-Geres National Park, Portugal (June 27,2025) -- The Seven Lagoons are a series of spectacular, natural, jewel-like rock pools full of clear, cool, green-emerald-turquoise water, all connected by waterfalls along the Cabril River in Portugal. A visit to these pools brings one close to paradise for a few hours.
OAK CREEK CANYON CONTRAILS -- Slide Rock State Park, Arizona (January 12, 2026) -- This was the embodiment of a fleeting moment: the ephemeral contrails from three passing planes created a brief geometric grid that fit exactly around the undulating landscape of the ancient red rock in Oak Creek Canyon.
ONLY THE WIND REMEMBERS -- Maia, Sao Miguel Island, Azores (June 15, 2025) -- This is the red-doored ruins of an old mill building on the northern coast of Sao Miguel Island in the Azores. There are no roads to these public watermills that were driven by streams running down the steep slopes and which historically allowed poor, subsistence farmers to grind their small grain harvests into flour. They were abandoned during the 20th century as many residents emigrated.
RANGE OF FEELING -- Newburyport, MA (May 31, 2025) -- At the end of a Pride Parade, most of the dancers are exhilarated. The leader is annoyed about some competing music drowning out their song, though.
GRAND CANYON GOLDEN HOUR -- Bright Angel Trail @ Grand Canyon Village, Arizona (January 12, 2026)
BOYNTON CANYON CAVES -- Sedona, Arizona (January 10, 2026)
SUN ON CATHEDRAL ROCK -- Sedona, Arizona (January 9, 2026)
FALL TEXTURES -- Albany, NH (September 28, 2025)
GOLDEN-HAIRED BEAUTY -- Plevenon, France (July 3, 2024)
SNOW FROM THE CLEAR BLUE SKY -- Newburyport, MA (February 21. 2026)