On a white background, a photographed oyster shell covered with curling and overlapping tube worm shells. Layers of off-white texture layer up into a complex mass.

Poem – An Ode to a Tubeworm

by Nicki MacRaeBlog, Nature, PoetryPosted on No Comments

POETRY An Ode to a Tubeworm Oh Spirobranchus triqueter,if my education had been betterI would have known your moniker,as given by some past chronicler.But instead I quietly observedthe rough ridges on your roving curves.Perhaps we all should build a caveto shield our softness from life’s waves? by Nicki MacRae, January 2023. See the instagram post …

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A landscape painting of a beach in acrylics in a somewhat painterly style. A view over dry tall yellow grasses, with a wandering wire fence strung between sturdy wooden fence posts, leads to a golden sandy beach. A few tiny figures - an adult and two children can be seem on the sand. A large headland stretches out from the right side of the canvas, encircling a bay of deep blue calm water. the headland seems rugged and carpeted by green and rusty orange foilage that follows its contours. Buffy, scudding clouds move across a weak blue sky.

Calgary Bay, Mull

by Nicki MacRaeArtworks, Artworks: LandscapePosted on No Comments

16 X 20″ Acrylic on canvas. Exploring the wonderful wild weather of Calgary Bay on the Isle of Mull, from sketches and photographs made at Easter 2010. Longing to return… On deep edged canvas, edges painted a complimentary blue / grey and free of staples – ready to hang, or frame as you wish. SOLD