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 […]
Category: Great Lakes
Artist Elizabeth G Fagan attempts to capture the majesty of the Great Lakes.
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 Rocks Flowing Water
Lake Rocks Flowing Water, 8″x12″ 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 Formation […]
Permian Amphibian
Permian Amphibian North America’s Great Lakes region was once the bed of an ancient sea. Fossils abound if one knows where and how to look. Paleozoic fossils of many periods regularly wash up on the […]
Lake Rocks Sparkling Water
Lake Rocks Sparkling Water, 12″x12″ High surf on the Great Lakes leaves behind an unending supply of rounded stones. “I a rock nerd,” says artist Elizabeth G. Fagan. “My favorites are Banded Iron Formation (BIF). […]
Stromatolites
Stromatolites North of the Great Lakes lies the Canadian Shield, a very ancient geologic feature that bears Banded Iron Formation (BIF). Formed 4 to 2.5 billion years ago, BIF is among Earth’s oldest rock formations. […]
Fritz
Fritz, 8″x8″ Artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan aims to spread compassion for our fellow creatures on planet Earth. “Fritz the Dachshund held his own against the big dogs at Montrose Dog Beach […]
Duck Duck Goose
Duck Duck Goose, 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 […]
Psychedelic Bison
Psychedelic Bison, 8″x8″ “These fearsome-looking bison enjoy a terrific view of Lake Michigan,” says artist and life-long animal lover Elizabeth G Fagan. Through her art, Fagan aims to spread compassion for non-human life on Earth. […]
February @ Lake Michigan’s Left Coast
February @ Lake Michigan’s Left Coast The Great Lakes of North America contain 20 percent of the world’s fresh water. Seventy percent is locked in the ice of Antarctica. All other lakes and ponds and […]
Blue Afternoon, Lake Michigan
Blue Afternoon, Lake Michigan, 5″x7″ “Daylight hours are short in midwinter along Lake Michigan’s Left Coast,” says artist Elizabeth G Fagan. “Temperatures were below zero on this day.” Contact Elizabeth G Fagan Contact Elizabeth G […]
