"Coast Walk 19: Asticou Stream, January 25, 2018"
Courtesy of Jennifer Booher. Used with permission.
Jennifer Booher
A Resident Artist with the Artist-in-Residence program since in 2015, Jennifer Booher answers a visitor's question about "Coast Walk 19: Asticou Stream, January 25, 2018" which is on display at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center in Summer 2019.
Maia of New Jersey asks, "What inspired you to make this?"
Hi, Maia. Thanks so much for asking! I’ve always been really curious about the things I find while I’m hiking on the shore, like shells and bones and plants, and about ten years ago I started photographing them and trying to identify them. I’ve learned a lot about barnacles and sea glass and periwinkles and seaweed! I also started to worry about how much trash I find, and I’ve learned a lot about where it comes from and how important it is to keep it out of the ocean. I make these still life photos to document the things I find and to think about them, so the photos are partly science and partly art. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference because they both involve a lot of curiosity. If you ever come back to Acadia, come visit my studio!
