Great Lakes Beach Taupe & Gray, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I am a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites […]
Category: Great Lakes
“A Great Lake is an unpredictable neighbor,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. Fagan not only features Lake Michigan in her art, she is also an amateur geologist. “The Great Lakes region is a rock hound’s paradise.”
Dark Afternoon, Lake Michigan
Dark Afternoon, Lake Michigan, 8″x8″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air […]
Great Lakes Winter
Great Lakes Winter, 8″x8″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air meets […]
The Teens Arrived on Tuesday
The Teens Arrived on Tuesday The teens arrived on Tuesday Then a deep dive To single digits German Shepherd In heart-gouging crouch Frozen pads, three nights in a row No beach walk for RosieWe missed […]
Lake Michigan’s Rise & Fall
January Each of the Great Lakes has an annual rise and fall cycle driven by precipitation, snow melt, and evaporation. Evaporation rates vary with air and water temperatures. Annually, water levels follow a predictable pattern. […]
Pastel Lake Rocks
Pastel Lake Rocks, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which […]
Tiny Farm @ Lake Michigan
Tiny Farm @ Lake Michigan, 5″x7″ Artist Elizabeth G Fagan is inspired by the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of North America. It’s a place where the four seasons annually create visual masterpieces. […]
High Surf, Lake Michigan
High Surf, Lake Michigan, 12″x12″ “In mid-Summer, my Great Lake neighbor often silent, as gentle as a bowl of milk,” says artist, photographer, and writer Elizabeth G Fagan. “By late August, the magnificent roar of […]
Blue Wave
Blue Wave, 5″x7″ “The waves are blue at Lake Michigan’s Left Coast,” says artist, photographer, and writer Elizabeth G Fagan. Contact Elizabeth G Fagan for prices and available media (eg unframed prints, framed prints, canvases, […]
Carboniferous Fern Fossil
Carboniferous Plant Fossil with Fern Rockhounding on Lake Michigan’s east coast (aka the State of Michigan) is well documented. Here on Lake Michigan’s west coast we have abundant rocks as well. On my beach in […]
Precambrian Greenstone
Precambrian Greenstone The Canadian Shield constitutes the largest mass of exposed Precambrian rock on the face of the Earth. Extending into Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Canadian Shield is a collage of rock categories. One type […]
Lake Wolf
Lake Wolf, 5″x7″ Artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan aims to spread compassion for our fellow creatures on planet Earth. “My German Shepherd Rosie loved Montrose Dog Beach in Chicago,” says Fagan. “Rosie […]
Lake Rocks Black White Gold
Lake Rocks Black White Gold, 12″x18″ Multicolored rocks cover Great Lakes beaches. They are the enduring legacy of past glaciers. The variety of rocks at Lake Michigan’s Left Coast is enormous. Artist Elizabeth G Fagan […]
Great Lakes Beach Day
Great Lakes Beach Day, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ “Who doesn’t love a beach day at a Great Lake in late Summer?” asks artist Elizabeth G Fagan rhetorically. This piece incorporates Sherwin-Williams colors Amazing Gray (SW7044) and […]
Spot
Spot, 8″x8″ “On sunny summer weekends, hundreds of dogs of all sorts are seen on Montrose Dog Beach in Chicago,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. Fagan is a life-long animal lover who aims to spread […]
Death on Lake Michigan’s Left Coast
Death on Lake Michigan’s Left Coast Among the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan is unique for its north-south configuration. In summer, southwesterly winds create invisible currents running parallel to sandy beaches that line the western shore. […]
Wisconsin Corn, Lake Michigan
Wisconsin Corn, Lake Michigan, 20″x30″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air […]
Partly Cloudy at Lake Michigan
Partly Cloudy @ Lake Michigan, 12″x12″ “In mid-Summer, my Great Lake neighbor often silent, as gentle as a bowl of milk,” says artist, photographer, and writer Elizabeth G Fagan. “By late August, the magnificent roar […]
Lake Rocks Gray & Gold
Lake Rocks Gray & Gold, 8″x8″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I am a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites are Banded Iron […]
Goldfinches
Goldfinches, 12″x18″ “When a flock of goldfinches lands on a patch of sunflowers, it’s a feast for the eyes,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. Fagan is a life-long animal lover who aims to spread compassion […]
Way to Go
Way to Go, 5″x7″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air meets […]
Great Lakes Trance
Great Lakes Trance, 11″x14″ “A Great Lake is a massive wilderness that’s different every day, every season,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Sometimes Lake Michigan is simply a horizontal line—the point at which air meets […]
Great Lake Bounty
Great Lake Bounty, 20″x30″ “The Great Lakes contain some of the oldest known rocks,” says artist, photographer, and writer Elizabeth G Fagan. Paleozoic fossils from the Devonian through the Permian (419.2–252.17 million years ago) wash […]
Bright Lake Rocks
Bright Lake Rocks, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I am kind of a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites are […]
City Wolf
City Wolf, 5″x7″ “My intrepid German Shepherd Rosie was sometimes mistaken for a wolf at Montrose Dog Beach in Chicago,” says artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan. Through her art, Fagan aims to […]
Lake Rocks Black & White
Lake Rocks Black & White, 12″x12″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I am kind of a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites are […]
Sunny Shore, Great Lake
Sunny Shore, Great Lake, 8″x10″ & 16″x20″ “In mid-Summer, my Great Lake neighbor is often silent, as gentle as a bowl of milk,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “By late August, the magnificent roar of […]
Great Lakes Memory
Great Lakes Memory, 8″x8″ Glaciers carried rocks from Earth’s early eras southward into the Great Lakes basin. By 2021, Lake Michigan had risen far beyond record high levels; high surf left behind an unending supply […]
Path to the Beach
Path to the Beach, 12″x18″ Glaciers carried rocks from Earth’s early eras southward into the Great Lakes basin. “High surf at Lake Michigan deposits millions and millions of multicolored rocks on the shoreline,” says artist […]
Extinction is Forever
Extinction is Forever Lake Michigan’s Left Coast reveals Paleozoic limestone and dolomite dating to the Devonian Period (420–350 million years ago). Abundant in rocks from the Paleozoic are fossilized brachiopods, marine animals with upper and lower […]
Lake Michigan's Left Coast 