Amy Ragus (Born 1954) American, (4) Seashell Themed Photocollages. Each piece depicts a different kind of seashell superimposed floating above a different beach. Each is signed in pencil bottom right and titled in pencil bottom middle: "Isadora," "Destin," "Argonaut," "Venus." 

Overall Size: 17 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. 

Sight Size: 11 x 14 1/4 in. 

Overall Size: 18 x 18 in. 

Sight Size: 12 x 12 in. 

Amy Ragus was born in Manhattan in 1954, encouraged by her artist parents to pursue her own talents from a young age. She trained as a painter at Wellesley College and Columbia University before turning to photography in the 1980s. Her work in photocollage has been exhibited in one woman and group exhibitions all over the world, and she is a three-time MacDowell Fellowship recipient which allowed her to be an artist-in-residence at Yosemite National Park, Moulin a Nef in France, the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Florida, and many more places. She was a founding partner and Vice President of Fine Arts Express, Inc. from 1978 to 1995, and served as Assistant Professor of Art at Regis College from 1995 to 2002, now working from her home studio in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

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