The Year Takes Its Time

Leaves remain after the snow arrives. Water moves beneath the ice. In the woods and lakes of the Northeast, one season is rarely finished before another begins.

What Autumn Lets Go

Leaves loosen from the trees and gather with lily pads on dark water. Across two views, the season forms a new arrangement close to the surface.

Colored leaves and fine stems form loose clusters on dark water.

I

Harriman, 2022

Red and gold leaves gather among lily pads on dark water. The season drifts free of the branches that once held it.

Autumn leaves and lily pads floating on black water.

II

Harriman, 2026

Leaves settle into another arrangement on the lake. Autumn continues at the surface, in the spaces between one floating shape and the next.

Along the Evening Shore

Riders follow the lakeside path; a pavilion stands above the water. The two photographs hold a passing movement and a place to remain within the same evening landscape.

Three riders follow a narrow autumn path beside still water.

Along the Evening

Mohonk, 2024

Riders follow the narrow path between autumn foliage and the lake. Their passing gives the still shore a slow, measured rhythm.

A lakeside pavilion at twilight.

A Place for the Evening

Mohonk, 2024

A pavilion stands beside the lake at twilight. The shore gathers around this small place from which to look outward.

Autumn leaves dissolving into ripples on dark water.

Immersive

Mohonk, 2024

Autumn leaves dissolve in the ripples, color loosening into the water until the surface turns with them.

Tall trees in autumn.

The Height of Autumn

Harriman, 2023

A broad trunk rises from fallen leaves, with smaller trees gathered behind it. Autumn occupies the wood at every height.

Near branches overlap a small wooded island in misty water.

Through the Near Branches

Harriman, 2023

Bare branches cross the view of an island bright with autumn. Mist opens a distance between what is close enough to touch and what remains across the water.

Looking up at an autumn canopy.

Under a Season

Harriman, 2022

Autumn spreads overhead. The canopy turns the act of looking up into a way of standing within the season.

Near Bank, Far Color

Boats rest at the bank, while a small tree stands before the colors across the lake. Water joins the near and far shores through their reflections.

Two pale empty boats lie beside a woodland opening and its reflection.

The Boats Stay Here

Harriman, 2022

Two rowboats rest below the autumn trees. Their reflections settle beside them, held close to the bank.

Yellow leaves on a near branch stand before autumn trees and their soft reflections in a lake.

A Little Nearer

Harriman, 2022

A small yellow tree leans before the lake and the far bank's autumn color. Its reflection brings that distant brightness a little nearer.

The Last Leaves Find a Line

A few leaves remain among ice and bare branches. Seen together, their scattered color becomes a path the eye can still follow through winter.

Two remaining leaves punctuate snow-lined twigs against a pale blue field.

The Leaves That Remain

Minnewaska, 2020

A few leaves keep their rust color among ice-covered branches. Winter has arrived around them.

A yellow vine threads through an almost black network of bare branches.

A Thread Through Winter

Mohonk, 2022

Yellow leaves follow a slender line through the dark branches. The eye moves with them, finding a passage through the tangle.

A young orange-leaved sapling glowing in a misty dark forest.

The Wood Makes Room

Adirondacks, 2021

A young tree holds its orange leaves in the dim forest. Around its slight branches, the larger wood recedes into mist.

A small cabin on the far shore of a still lake, autumn trees reflected.

A Room Across the Water

Adirondacks, 2021

A small cabin stands on the far shore. The lake carries it closer as a reflection, keeping the distance intact.

A waterfall drops over layered rock into an ice-covered pool surrounded by snow.

What Winter Leaves Moving

Minnewaska, 2021

Ice gathers into columns beside the falls. Through the frozen shapes, a thread of water continues downward.

Red leaves lie across a winding path beneath snow-covered branches.

Before Autumn Has Gone

Minnewaska, 2021

Snow bends the branches above a path scattered with red leaves. The next season arrives while the last is still underfoot.

A waterfall in a tall forest.

A Clearing Made of Water

Delaware Water Gap, 2020

Water descends through ledges covered in fallen leaves. Its pale course opens a passage through the colors of the forest floor.

Rounded caps of snow sit above a narrow dark stream.

Beneath the Soft Edges

Minnewaska, 2020

Snow rounds the stones along a dark stream. Water moves between their softened edges, carrying winter's shapes in its surface.

Twisted driftwood and its reflection cross an orange band on a still lake.

The Tree Returns as Water

Minnewaska, 2020

Fallen wood lies against its reflection. Beyond it, a narrow band of autumn crosses the lake, joining the near branches to the distant shore.