Series II: Its beautiful here

The following seven pieces were inspired by visits to various places both near and far away. They record a moment or spot of intense beauty and are done in a variety of media.



We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

-T.S. Elliot

I can't fly, but swimming is the next best thing. The water is my sky.

-Clayton Jones

Nature is the art of God. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)

It's always our self we find in the sea.

- e.e. cummings

Alone I walked on the ocean strand. A pearly shell was in my hand...

-Hannah Flagg Gould

The most beautiful view... is the one I share with you.

- unknown

...we find ourselves filled with a yearning to linger here, where time stands still and beauty overwhelms.

- unknown