Linda Stein

Spoon to Shell 894: Shells Only - Mixed Media Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture

2017

Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 829 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture Spoon to Shell 829 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...

Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 830 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture Spoon to Shell 830 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...

Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 877 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture Spoon to Shell 877 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...

Linda Stein, Spoon to Shell 914 - Mixed Media Shell Wood Contemporary Assemblage Sculpture Spoon to Shell 914 is from Linda Stein's Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females series, which hi...

A large collection of late Victorian shell specimens, the majority housed in its pine box with each specimen having its period card sleeve, the remainder displayed in glazed blue car...

"An oyster is a seemly simple creature although through its miraculous structure can create something as beautiful as a pearl. It’s outer shell seems impenetrable yet the inside is s...

Clam Shells (Still Life Photograph of Blue/White Shells with Drift Wood) by David Halliday 10 X 15 inches, 17 x 22.5 inches framed Color Work Series archival pigment print edition #2 of 25 In this series, Halliday captures the beauty of everyday life in still lifes of various objects and vegetation arranged against simple backgrounds. This seaside still life of deep blue and white clam shells beside a piece of drift wood is set on a concrete surface in front of a cream colored plaster wall. The subtle color palette extenuates the various textures and gentle shadows cast on the objects. About the artist: American, b. 1958, Glen Cove, NY, United States, based in Schodack Landing, NY, United States Elegant still lifes bathed in natural light, so masterfully composed one could forget that it is, in fact, a photograph – this is how we’ve come to recognize David Halliday’s work. The artist first gained recognition for his sepia toned silver gelatin prints of common place objects and food staples, emphasized by sublime balances of form, texture, and shadow one could liken to classical painting. In more recent years the artist began embracing his subject matter with modern pops of color in surreal arrangements; vegetables and fruits eccentrically coupled with fish nets and cutlery balanced on undefined tabletops, seeming to float in midair. Now the photographer is retracting his lens to encompass the studio itself as his subject. In a self-portrait of sorts, Halliday skillfully combines elements of his craft in a modest interior...

Elegant marine decorative arrangement composed of a carefully selected selection of shells, conches, and coral fragments, arranged in an antique blown glass goblet with a crackled me...