One of the most striking photographic collages in Ann Nicholson Brown’s exhibition “Postcards to an Island” is called “Minke Whale”, featuring an unusual and haunting skull. In the collage, the skull is framed by a nimbus of queen anne’s lace, and a border of rope.

The skeleton in the photograph is of a minke whale, a type of baleen whale, that washed up on North Haven Island in 2016. The stranded whale’s skeleton provided an opportunity for naturalists, students, and artists alike to study. Here’s an article about it from Island Institute.

Nicholson Brown photographed the skeleton while on the island.

”Postcards to an Island” is on view at The Gallery at Still River Editions through December 18, 2020, 8:30 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday. Images from the exhibition are also available on Still River Editions’ website. Visitors may come in person. Masks are mandatory, and only 1-2 people from one household are allowed in the gallery at one time.