{"id":4349,"date":"2024-04-05T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/?p=4349"},"modified":"2024-04-08T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T15:59:36","slug":"bandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/2024\/04\/05\/bandy\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaweed Abstraction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Beth Bandy<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3>Artist Statement<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As climate change intensifies, my work increasingly focuses on how humans and the world around us are impacted by wind, water, and other forces of nature. Sometimes, I make images of the new extremes we are all experiencing. Other times, images like this one show more serene moments. I took this picture in Harpswell last November. Seaweed sways just below the water\u2019s surface on a slack tide, illuminated by a low midday sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-317x476.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-423x635.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-634x951.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-846x1269.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-951x1427.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/spire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-2023X_resized-1268x1902.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1707px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Beth Bandy &nbsp; Artist Statement As climate change intensifies, my work increasingly focuses on how humans and the world around us are impacted by wind, water, and other forces of nature. 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