Shell portrait

Shelby Stroud’s stunningly realistic seashell portraits require her to collect thousands of shells by hand. Then it takes hundreds of hours to arrange them just right. But as each little shell takes its place, the practice becomes a spiritual one for Shelby—offering healing and hope that “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass.”

Woman face made from sea shells & sand art

Water color sea shell girl

Shelby Stroud’s stunningly realistic seashell portraits require her to collect thousands of shells by hand. Then it takes hundreds of hours to arrange them just right. But as each little shell takes its place, the practice becomes a spiritual one for Shelby—offering healing and hope that “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass.”

Frederic Malle, Bigarade Concentree

Shell, Madame Yevonde, 1937 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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