Two panels of dramatic color photographs, composed of bright red abstract form on blue wavy background on left panel and dark green pear-like shape imprinted with hieroglyphic-like letters on yellow -green background on right panel, create this stunning diptych, by Washington, DC, artist Karen Jordan, in Key West, FL.

The Laterals is a nautical diptych whose individual dramatic, colorful - teal blue and red and rich green, red and white - through-the-lens abstract images were taken in two different locations in Key West, FL, and Camden, ME, in different years, by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

Abstract image bisected vertically by double golden rails with ribbons of gold on left side, and flecks of gold on right side, Norfolk Harbor, VA, at dawn by photographer Karen Jordan

Geometric shapes and shades in dark blue, white, mauve and grey create through reflections in an intriguing nautical through-the-lens - unmanipulated - abstracted image #3 Delta in the Starboard Suite series of photographs taken at the Vero Beach Yacht Club, Florida, by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

Taken at dawn in Norfolk, VA, harbor, this through-the-lens, unmanipulated, abstract photograph appears to reference a celestial, glowing, golden planet-like sphere hovering or rising, by fine art photographer Karen Jordan who often exhibits fine art nautical reflections in her work.

Uncropped, unmanipulated abstracted image of unidentified red particles, night picture, Annapolis, MD, harbor, by photographer Karen Jordan

Aurora is a black and white abstract image with a wavy, filmy cloud pattern on the upper area and jet black void in the lower area; photographed at a dock in Annapolis_Maryland by photographer Karen Jordan

Horizontal, linear, abstract pattern or design, black and white “clouds” with blue band, reflection, Annapolis, MD, photographer Karen Jordan

Release, is a stand-alone image as well as one-third of a triptych: Of Arcs and Currents, and is a dramatic, colorful through-the-lens abstract image with a dark, rich green base and what appear to be electrical arcs or impulses in chartreuse,, created by nature through reflections and captured by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan, in Key West, FL.

An uncropped, through the lens abstracted image with a blue pattern background and black triangles supporting a black rain, Pyramids was taken in Key West, FL, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan

Viridian Fire, is a stand-alone nautical image as well as one-third of a triptych: Of Arcs and Currents, and is a dramatic, colorful through-the-lens abstract image in a rich, dark green, with white sea-iike figure (a sea horse?) rising, created by nature through reflections and captured by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan, in Key West, FL.

Reflection on agitated shimmering water with red and light golden color intermingling in center in this abstract photograph taken in Camden, ME, harbor by fine art DC photographer Karen Jordan..

A two-tone globe or planet-like shape dominates this abstract image with a green surface appearing below it, with this reflection taken in Key West, FL, by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan

Four layers of color - green, green/black, navy and sky blue with cloud create this through-the-lens abstraction of reflection in Key West, FL, by photographer Karen Jordan

White, green and grey horizontal llinear abstract water reflection with black background, by photographer Karen Jordan, in Camden Harbor, ME

Geometric shapes and shades in white, blue and grey create through reflections an intriguing nautical through-the-lens abstracted image in Starboard Suite #4, Intersection, the fourth in the Starboard Suite series of photographs taken at the Vero Beach Yacht Club, Florida, by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

Uncropped, unmanipulated abstracted image of reflections on the starboard side of a boat at the Vero Beach Yacht Club, Florida, by photographer Karen Jordan

Multi-layers of abstract reflections meet above and below the surface of the water, this photograph was taken at an Annapolis, MD, boat dock, near sunset, by DC photographer Karen Jordan

A patriotic image of an American flag as it is reflected in the water above the dock and its mirrored image taken in the Camden Harbor, ME, just before 9/11 in 2001.

In this image, wide bands of blue, red, white and black are reflected appear to form tears on the water. A patriotic visual evocation of the American flag with its stars and stripes and sadness for those who bear the cost of war. by DC photographer Karen Jordan

Uncropped, unmanipulated image of a water reflection on ship - USS Constellation - in Annapolis Harbor, Maryland.

A brilliant, red sunrise, dawn, landscape, seascape,, red clouds of dawn are duplicated by their reflection on the water of Chesapeake Bay, with the perspedtive of two land masses with threes meeting in the distance..jpg

A reflection on gently moving water of buildings along a canal in Venice. The flow of the water created sinuous forms out of which seemed to emerge a mysterious face in this through-the-lens abstract image

A nascent dawn, with the sun preparing to rise about a cloud layer, are duplicated by their reflection on the water of Chesapeake Bay, with the perspective of earth and sky collaborating to produce this dramatic sunrise seascape_photographer_karen_jordan.jpg

Gently moving water near a dock in Key West, FL, creates a sinuous patterned reflection in tan, ochre, cream, grey and blue, evoking a Mesoamerican serpent god in this through-the-lens, unmanipulated abstract image.

A dramatic, dawn, almost Biblical sunrise on Chesapeake Bay, a seascape by photographer Karen Jordan.

Abstract pattern with linear, wavy earthtones, Venice, Italy, Karen Jordan photography

Colorful, abstract , geometric pattern reflected on water,, canal image, taken in Venice, Italy.

A crowd-sourced image in the truest sense with layers of anonymous artists adding their personal touch over time of images and text in four languages to this colorful urban graffiti artist/photographer Karen Jordan found in Rome.

Bold red and yellow swirling, intersecting, entwined , dripping brush strokes create a dramatic, colorful abstract graffiti above a sidewalk in Amsterdam, with the acronym OTGR in dripping red paint just below, by DC Photographer Karen Jordan.jpg

Bronze head of man as17th century door knocker and two key holes at St. Ivo, Rome, by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan

An urban, abstract image of. billboard with remnants of posters and paint.

Over a background of wood grain showing, ominous black shapes appear torn, jagged, creating a dramatic visual rhythm in this abstract color photograph in Adams Morgan by Washington, DC, artist, Karen Jordan, Karen Jordan Kelly.

Striking Venetian diptych with geometric vertical white fence-like shapes running counterpoint to a horizontal band in left panel and in right panel, photo,through-the-lens abstract image dripping blood-red paint? on peelng stucco wall, Venice, IT_fine_art_photographer_Karen_Jordan.jpg

Shades of ochre reflect the ubiquitous colors of Venice in the left panel, and on the right, an abstract image formed by detailing layers of peeling wall posters by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

Abstract photo-realistic montage riff on culture with French language text on bright red posters in Montréal, Canada, by fine art photographer Karen Jordan

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A diptych of two Venetian abstract images, one, a poster of the Virgin Mary promoting Radio Maria Italia, a religious radio station in Venice, inspired by the Marian apparitions at Fátima, Portugal , and this image is paired with_the apparation-like face appearing in the canal reflection, by fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

3-D abstract, Photo-realistic montage, details, walls and cornice, bright greens, reds, yellows, photographer Karen Jordan

French town of Meaux reflected in Marne River, canal night scene reflection, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France_fine art photographer Karen Jordan.jpg

A mellow abstract French canal night scene near Meaux, FR, Point of Order has strong sene of design composed of white, blue and yellow shapes that intersect, Marne_River_Seine-et-Marne-Ile-de-France, photographer Karen Jordan.jpg

French night scene, Meaux, France, reflection, town lights and lights on 16th century masonry bridge crossing Marne River, Seine-et-Marne- Île-de-France_Karen Jordan_Washington, DC, fine art photographer.jpg

Meaux, France, French night scene of modern lights from 16th century masonry bridge reflected on Marne River, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.jpg

A night street scene in Burano, IT, a woman bends over a baby carriage while a woman with handbag in the foreground appears to be watching a couple in the distance.

A dark, misty_Italian_night_scene at the wharf in Burano, Italy, with houses and street lamps barely visible, by fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

An apparition of a woman in the foreground with a nearly deserted Piazza in the background in a night scene, Piazza San Marco, Venice, IT, by photographic artist Karen Jordan

A straight photograph of a vibrant royal blue house with white door and window frames and broom and drapery outside the front door on a steet in Burano, IT, by Washington, DC, artist Karen Jordan

A sharply angled deep purple house with white door and window trim, a window box with red flowers on a street corner in Burano, IT, by photographer Karen Jordan.

La_Casa_Vestita, the Dressed House, in Dorsoduro,, a district or sestieri in central Venice, was the site of a conceptual artist’sc installation invoking fashion and the use of it to modify appearance, at the Venice Biennale by artist Matej Andraž Vogrinčič, whose installation was also called the Dressed House, photographed late in the day by fine art photograper Karen Jordan, who was documenting life in the 16th century town square where the installation occurrred.

Three boats in the sestieri Dorsoduro, in central Venice, Italy, by photographer Karen Jordan.

A very urban, summer portrait of a charmingly attired multi-generational family unit, a presumed grandmother, a mother along with her three daughters all wearing hats, stop to shop at a kiosk while one child speaks to their dog, in Venice_IT, photographed by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.jpg

In front of a men’s clothing store in Venice, cross-dressing. in drag, standing mannequins bear their bare legs under short dress coats while wearing neon pink or blue high heels, with a live passerby’s legs in the background, in Stand by Me, photographed by Washington, DC, fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

A documentary or environmental portrait of a group of school girls seated on steps in Venice, Italy, by fine art photographer Karen Jordan.jpg

.A Great Egret, large, beautiful and white, perches on a tidal pond branch to scope out the fishing possibilities. Hunting for fish in shallow water under a foot, (0.3 m), the great egret patiently waits for fish to swim by, when it will strike its prey at lightening speed.

His piercing blue eyes revealing his wolf ancestry, a huskie waits in a crate for his call to mush with a woman’s sled dog team in a major Alaskan Sled Dog & Racing Association competition during Fur Rondy near Anchorage, AK.

American Bald Eagle landing during an unusually low tide of a super moon, I was shooting the wonderful striations of sand bars that formed in Chesapeake Bay when an American Bald Eagle landed, center stage, with infinite grace.

Wings up, landing gear lifting, a puffin begins his take off in Old Harbor, Reykjavik, Iceland, photographed by Washington, DC, visual artist, Karen Jordan.

A very relaxed sea lion with his head resting on a wooden bench appears to be asleep - until you notice that one eye is open, watching you.; taken in Guayaquil, Equador, by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan.

This colorful saltwater Sally Lightfoot Crab reportedly named by her discoverer for a stripper by the same name, braved the noon-day sun, despite its typical behavior to remain under the rocks - sometimes sharing them with marine iguanas - in this photograph taken by photographer Karen Jordan in the Galápagos. To escape predators, or scare a photographer lying prone on the sand, it can can run very fast, leap, jump, and seemingly fly.

A close-up of an elegant goose in the still, clear water of a Regent Park, London, pond, one webbed foot seen in water and partial reflection of neck, photograph by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

The magnificent but naughty Galápagos Frigatebird, here a white-bellied female with predominately black plumage, pointed, very long wings, is able to fly for weeks on wind currents, spending most of the day in flight scavenging for food, stealing from other birds, has long, deeply forked tails and long hooked bills.

Able to keep one eye open for protection during sleep, an endangered Galápagos sea lion, flies landing on head, sleeps peacefully on the tail of another sea lion, in this close up photo of a sea lion’s face on North Seymour island, Galápagos, by Karen Jordan Images.

Warily emerging from it carapace (shell) , a Galápagos Giant Tortoise endangered species typically spends 16 hours a day resting, can survive up to a year without water or food and lives on average to be 100 years old. A reptile found on Santa Cruz Island highlands, Galapagos, Ecuador.

Galapagos wildlife -emerging from a leafy habitat to bask in the sun, the chameleon-like reptile Galapagos Lava Lizard has a pointed head, a long tail (which it can regenerate)), a constant need to warm its body by basking in the sun. An omnivore found in large groups, the Lava Lizard can live for 10 years and in harsh climate conditions may resort to cannibalism.

Birding in the Galápagos, a pair of Brown Noddy birds, facing each other, on rocks, on Santiago island,photo by Washington, DC, photographic artist, Karen Jordan.

When a Galápagos marine Iguana, a scary looking reptile, emerges from rocky ledge, his thick, short legs and long claws fully extended, he looks like the movie monster Godzilla, which was actually named for this iguana species.

Endangered Wildlife in Galápagos: Close-up portrait of face of a wet baby sea lion on North Seymour Island emerging from the Pacific Ocean onto the rocks.

Two “Man of War” frigate birds engage in aerial combat to protect their territory or compete for females over the waters of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

Discoverd by John Edward Gray, the Heliaster cumingii, Red Sun Star, an an endangered marine invertebrate, clings to a wet rocky rocky seaside cliff along Tagus Cover, Isabela Island, in the Galapagos, Ecuador.

San Pedro, Belize - This picture-in-picture was taken by Karen Jordan, a Washington, DC, visual artist, at a nature sanctuary for crocodiles in Ambergris Caye, Belize, of a young girl naturalist-to-be welcoming an opportunity to hold a baby crocodile while being photographed on a mobile phone,.

Galapagos wildlife, scary-looking marine iguana, the only marine lizard species in the world, is supremely equipped with long claws and flattened tail to scale rocky seaside cliffs to consume algae. It can hold its breath for 10 minutes and stop heart beat for 45 minutes so sharks can not hear it.

Two bumble bees, each polinating a flower with spiky green leaves at the Botannical Garden in Akureyri, Iceland, Icelandic flora and fauna, and arctic plants, by photographer Karen Jordan.

A Black Labrador swims in the pristine water off Las Cruces, a remote village in Mexico. When this image appeared in a gallery exhibition, the Washington Post described it as a "striking photograph" in its review, photograph by Karen Jordan.

Two young boys with their arms around their big dog with his mouth ope, are affectionately holding him, in their backyard, Sun City, CA, dog photograph by Karen Jordan.

Extremely close up detail of a variegated pink phalaenopsis moth orchid column, lip, sepals and petals, with green stem fork in background, creating the impression of an imposing heraldic shield or emblem, in this image by Washington, DC, artist photographer Karen Jordan.

Six turtles, five on one log, one on another sunning themselves on logs in a tidal pond, Chesapeake Bay, in this photograph by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

A close-up photograph of a giant tortoise’s head emerging from his shell in the Galápagos, taken by photographer Karen Jordan.

Pulled from the Caribbean water by a swimmer, a terrified blowfish, with eyes bulging, was displayed upside down on a table to passersby on the beach. The nearby fisherman's implements - the knife and thread - suggest a macabre future for the fish; however not long after this picture was taken the blowfish was returned to the sea.

Crouching in the sand, a boy reaches his hand out in the hope of making friends with a dragonfly perched on a stick, Spartina sea grass, photographed by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

Sitting tall on his hind legs, his tail touching the ground, a large brown dog with his back to us observes the comings and goings on My Street - a red truck, a couple walking toward him, in this color photograph by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan Kelly.

Closeup color photograph of green katydid, bush cricket, long-horned grasshopper with hind legs on tea kettle dome, tea pot dome, framed by round blue handle and red beads, photographed by Washington, DC, visual artist Karen Jordan.

A Great Blue Heron, a beautiful, graceful shorebird, perched on pilings, is silhouetted against a pink and blue sky in the background of Chesapeake Bay, Solomon’s Island, MD, wildlife photographer Karen Jordan.

Exotic, colorful, tropical shore bird, exotic bird, tropical_bird, the Northern_Jacana, the Jacana Spinosa, also Jesus Bird, lives on floating vegetation and insects in and around the water, seen here on the New River, Lamanai, in Belize, its tropical wetland habitat, by photographer Karen Jordan of Washington, DC. .

Parent oystercatchers , shore birds, exotic birds, bird family, in the Galápagos, forage for food in the sand which they will predigest for their chick, who waits between them, to be fed in this photograph by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

Sam in orange shirt holds his boa constrictor, Elvis, close in his right arm while Candy in orange vest leans her head on Sam with her arm holding his, beach and water view in background., Reedville, VA, photographer Karen Jordan.

Constable Country, Suffolk, black and white Gernsey cows contemplate footpath signs to Flatford, Dedham and East Bergholt, England, fence in foreground, cows and grass behind it, by photographer Karen Jordan.

A very alert Red-Shouldered Hawk, a diurnal raptor, sits a on a tree branch in broad daylight surveying the landscape for potential prey, providing wildlife photographer Karen Jordan a Portrait of a Hawk, taken in the Northern Neck of VA.

In Constable Country, Suffolk, a swan sits on her nest, observing the cows grazing across the Stour River near Fen Bridge in this bucolic English countryside landscape, photograph by Karen Jordan.

A very alert Red-Shouldered Hawk, a diurnal raptor, sits a on a tree branch in broad daylight surveying the landscape for potential prey, providing wildlife photographer Karen Jordan a Portrait of a Hawk, taken in the Northern Neck of VA

Lava Heron, a unique or indigenous shorebird to the Galapagos is perched on the edge of lava rock shoreline, searching for small fish, crabs and lizards, and is mirrored in the water of Santiago island, Galapagos, Equador., photographed by Karen Jordan.

Colorful with mottled red and dark grey skin and dark grey legs, a marine iguana, sea iguana, saltwater iguana, here taking a nap, is the only lizard species that forages for food in the water, Espanola Island, the Galápagos, and is a threatened species of wildlife, photograph by Karen Jordan.

A very colorful tropical wasp with neon green and blue wings, the Tarantula Hawk Wasp is a parasitoid insect that stings, immobilizes, then lays its eggs in a tarantula, so that the larvae feed on the host, found in tropical Costa Rica, this exotic specimen photograph by wildlife photographer Karen Jordan of Washington, DC.

Drifting clouds in a late day sky over Chesapeake Bay shift color ranging from a delicate pink of the setting sun to dark gray of a recent storm.

Perspective and planes are unidentifiable in this straight photograph of an Icelandic dramatic waterfall and vapor observed from a green promintory in the foreground.

Dramatic bank of clouds hovers over the calm water of Chesapeake Bay in this photograph by Washington, DC, visual artist Karen Jordan.

A lone seabird in the distance makes its way across a moody seascape sky of dark clouds and blue sky above a textured Chesapeake Bay water with silvery bands of light appearing on the horizon, by Karen Jordan Images.

Against a deep blue sky on a quiet early morning a lone seabird flies over an expanse of choppy water, and I wonder where it is going. Up ahead, rays of sun magically break through an isolated, long, thin white cloud casting light and warmth beneath.

After a thunderstorm, a dark rain cloud hovers overhead, occasionally allowing bright late day sunlight to illuminate still choppy waves creating striking zones of contrasting light and dark in this moody black and white seascape.

Moody waterscape with a foggy morning sky over an expanse of open water of Chesapeake Bay, a bird perched atop a solitary piling in the middle distance.

Somewhere in Iceland, the lake is smooth, the dark grey mountains and grey clouds are far off in the distance and a lone fly fisherman casts his line and waits, photographer and visual artist Karen Jordan.

Evening clouds flow down hill above town of Akureyri in Northeast Iceland in this photograph by artist Karen Jordan of Washington, DC.

Inspired by the Biblical story of the Creation on Day 1, Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ... And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters, Photographer Karen Jordan was moved to record dark waters of the sea and the sky separated by a band of orange sky.

Along the Mekong River in Laos, Buddhist temple spires appear like spiritual apparitions in the light of the setting sun, in an unmanipulated image byphotographic artist, Karen Jordan.

Striations of parallel sandbars formed by a very low tide during a Supermoon in Chesapeake Bay create a unique abstract seascape of channels of water.

Stark, nearly monochromatic Chesapeake Bay seascape of dramatic sky before impending storm, creating horizontal bands of light and dark water, sky and clouds.

The still surface of a luminous tidal pond reflects broken clouds overhead while branches and aquatic plants at edge appear to edge inward and frame a view that encompasses both near and far perspectives.

A glowing color field of pastel apricot and rosy hues at early dawn casts its luminous reflection on the calm water below.

Photograph on bright, sunny day in June of red barn with four boarded up windows and a door, in rural, VA, in middle of field of corn, cornfield, dark green trees in distance, clouds just above trees in blue sky, by photograph by Karen Jordan Images in Burgess, VA.

Blades of wheat dominate this rural landscape photograph of a wheat field in June with a row of dark green trees and a blue, cloudless sky in Lilian, Northern Neck, Northumbereland, VA, by photographer Karen Jordan.

A lush, thick stand of bamboo, partially in shade and partially highlighted in sun, with one towering bamboo stalk leaning in the foreground in this pastoral landscape photographed by artist photographer Karen Jordan in the Northern Neck of VA, Chesapeake Bay Region.

Ephemeral, early spring landscape of countryside, early morning light, fog approaches from distance to shroud trees in background then clearing visibility from the nearest dark green tree, to the grapeseed and grasses in the foreground,

A weathered wooden door, boarded up on the inside, and a weathered window with a Post Office, Tibitha, sign bear testament to the nature of time affecting the closed Post Office in Tibitha, VA, in this photograph by Washington, DC, visual artist Karen Jordan.

Rural churchyard landscape at dawn, early morning light in the distance behind church creating long, deep shadows in the churchyard; in the background, the cemetery graveyard is shrouded in early morning fog, a methodist church, Westmoreland_County, VA.

Landscape photograph of row of houses and fence with road leading to far distance, houses covered in sod, with stone walls, Northeast Iceland, by photographer Karen Jordan.

At the edge of a meadow, a row of feathery spires of green stand in front of a row of tall dried grasses, with dark green tree foliage in the background in this Northern Neck, VA, landscape photograph by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

In this landscape, an infinity pool of still water in foreground is bordered by lush foliage of plants, which it reflects, along with a row of clouds in a blue sky hovering above the distant mountains, on top of one of which we can see the golden dome and spire of a Buddhist temple, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan, fine art photographer, who shot this picture in Luang Prabang, Laos, Southeast Asia, while on a National Geographic Expedition in Laos.

Branches of dark green leaves in the foreground rise to intersect with descending tall pale green and grey bamboo stalks in distance in reflection on water of pond in this landscape by Washington,DC, photographer Karen Jordan in Northern Neck, VA, Chesapeake Bay.

Golden rays of the late-day sun illuminate the tops of pine trees in the distance making them look like tall-stemmed yellow flowers in this autumn landscape by the Chesapeake Bay in the Northern Neck of Virginia.

Early autumn scene, high tide flows into yellow marsh grasses, plants with white spires at water’s edge with dark green foliage in background, photographed by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan, lagoon, Chesapeake Bay, Northern Neck, VA.

Sesuvium ground vegetation in its desert mode of red and green succulent perennials remain the stalwart vegetation in the long wait for the beginning of the wet season on an Island, in the Galápagos.

A fumarole in a geothermal field in NE Iceland vents steam of volcanic gases in the parched earth; in the distance, other vents in the earth’s crust spew steam, while distant figures appear to walk among them, partially shrouded in steam, photographed by Karen Jordan Images.

Layers of multicolored volcanic strata formed throughout the ages created this curious but wondrous, otherworldly landscape of an uninhabited island in the Galápagos Archipelago. Only a native penguin, resting high on the rock, informs us that this cene is on the Planet Earth.

Photograph of steam arising from infertile volcanic soil in dramatic landscape of Skútustaóahreppur, Northeast Iceland, near Akureyri, by DC fine art photographer Karen Jordan.

Clouds of steam rising over dark, barren volcanic hills near Akureyri, Nordurland eystra, Iceland, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

THE PRECIPICE is about experiencing the thrill, power and majesty of being close to the precipice of a mighty waterfall in NE Iceland.

Three water falls cascading onto dark rocks at waterfall in Golden Circle, near Reykjavik, Iceland, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

VIRTUS is an image that captures the thrill of being close to the power and majesty of a mighty waterfall.

Apocalyptic sky, with dramatic purple, red, orange tinged clouds above a band of yellow sky with car lights approaching in the distance, Coming Soon, Montross, Route 3 is a photograph taken at sunset after a storm by DC Photrographer Karen Jordan along Route 3 in Montross, VA.

Ripples of dramatic clouds appear in a baby blue sky when a dramatic, colorful dawn breaks at The Point, the gateway to the lagoon, at sunrise on Chesapeake Bay, near Reedville, VA,a landscape photograph by Karen Jordan, Washington, DC, visual artist.

An autumn scene on a pond - A red maple leaf lies on the surface of the water, and underneath, Pond, creatures - swimmers and plankton - thrive, by photographer Karen Jordan.

Black and white photograph of darkly shadowed shapes in grey and black in a mountainous landscape, their forms becoming less distinct in the hazy distance; a lowering sky with ominous, dark clouds hovering overhead.

Two leaves and a shell, objects in the sand on a beach on a Chesapeake Bay lagoon, Reedville, VA, photograph by Karen Jordan.

Picture of ruins of an ancient Temple, in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, with large carved blocks of stone fallen in the foreground, a series of doorways receding into the distance with a golden entrance in the mid ground and indistinct foliage seen in the opening at the end, in this dramatic photograph by Karen Jordan Images.

Standing vigil as a guardian for centuries in the jungle ruins of a royal monastery and temple in Angkorian region, Cambodia, a lone Buddhist devata, a sacred woman deity, witnesses the mutability of things that man makes overtaken by the forces of nature, and time.

This through-the-lens abstraction of bright green and yellow horizontal bands cross a field of cherry or fire-engine red plus a blend of all three colors in this straight photograph by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan.

Abstract, nautical reflection of teal shapes on green water off Bahia Drake Bay, Costa Rica, photograph by Washington, DC, visual artist Karen Jordan

Dark blue lines and shaded white amorphous shapes on a field of blue create a through-the-lens abstraction of a water reflection on Chesapeake Bay, MD, photographed by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan

An homage to Shakespeake’s Ophelia, an abstract photograph expressing movement of lowing teal grey water with drifting lavender petals, reflections, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan Images.

Sinuous forms in a light and dark green pattern create this throught-the-lens abstract image, photographed by Karen Jordan, somewhere along the Mekong River in Laos.

An abstract nautical photograph of a boat with layers or bands of white, black, and red next to the green water of Portofino harbor, Italy, by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan

A long geometric shape intersects a blue, wavy background, a nautical water reflection by Washington, DC, photographic artist Karen Jordan. Sanary_Sur_Mer, France, harbor.

Photographing  graceful, elegant vertical forms in soothing soft pastel gradients of green and blue realizes the magic of capturing living organic elements in one’s own backyard.

An abstract wavy paisley pattern in shades of blue, grey, ochre, brown, green and tan appears to be the coastline between a polar ivory/beige land mass and the teal blue sea, in this Chelsea Abstract, a straight photograph by Karen Jordan, Washington, DC, visual artist and photographer, taken at the Chelsea Pier in New York City.

A sharp, downward, elongated beam of light pierces and appears to be speeding through the darkness in this straight black-and-white photograph Untitled #2 taken in Berlin, Germany, by Karen Jordan, Washington, DC, photographer.

Strange geometric and organic forms passing through a cloudy space, seemingly from one dimension to another, evoked for me a time zone portal in this through-the-lens abstractIon.

A sharp elongated beam of light brightening the darkness from a high, narrow space in the Jewish Museum, Berlin, evokes a spiritual presence in this black-and-white photograph.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #8 in that series.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #4 in that series.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #1 in that series.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #2 in that series.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #6 in that series.

Inverness is a series of photos by Karen Jordan inspired by James Turrell’s great Sky Spaces installations. This is edition #7 in that series.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her neighborhood in Washington, DC, Au Printemps Suite No. 10 captures the ephemeral inner beauty of undulating shapes and shades of a red spring flower In this lovely abstract photograph by Karen Jordan.

A spring flower reveals its ephemeral inner beauty of colors in red, white and green and shapes and forms in this abstract photograph by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

A spring flower reveals its ephemeral inner beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in this abstract photograph by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

A spring flower reveals its ephemeral inner beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms of the stamen, style, and petals in this abstract photograph by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

A spring flower reveals its ephemeral inner beauty of gorgeous colors in pink, white and green, shapes and forms in this abstract photograph by artist and photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

In this abstract color photograph of a spring flower, a sharp diagonal in softly glowing purple and golden yellow bisects the image, taken by artist photographer Karen Jordan during her daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood, Washington, DC.

A spring flower, a purple iris, reveals its ephemeral inner beauty of vibrant lavender sinuous, undulating interplay of shapes and forms moving between light and shadow, in this striking abstract color photograph by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Abstract photograph of six triangular shapes of yellow, white and purple defined by six sharp lines, three yellow, three brown, by artist photographer Karen Jordan, taken during her daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood, Washington, DC, exploring the inner beauty of spring flowers.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Spring flowers in red, green, yellow, pink, lavender, orange and white reveal their ephemeral beauty of gorgeous colors, shapes and forms in these abstract photographs by artist photographer Karen Jordan taken during daily COVID-19 walks in her Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC.

Photomontage, Jurors Award, Small Works Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, photo grid of 9 images of body builder competitor showing musculature in Spider pose, body colors, trunks change each image in this work by Washington, DC, photographer Karen Jordan.

Photomontage of nine images in a grid, eight are of masks of women featuring some part of their face and lips, and in the bottom right frame is a profile of a man’s face staring, in this Jurors Award winning image, Small Works Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC, by artist photographer Karen Jordan of Washington, DC.