Ocean Elegy

The works in this series are visual poems that elegize the declining marine environment, as a result of climate change. The pieces are created to work both as single panels or as diptychs, which suggest an imagined future in which we are only able to view sea life in aquarium museums that fabricate what we have lost in natural environments. The works aim to bring attention to climate change and its effect on the world’s endangered waters through the beauty of the underwater world.

Ocean Elegy 2 + 3 Diptych

2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 10 + 11 Diptych

2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 8 + 9 Diptych

2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 12 + 13 Diptych

2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 6 + 7 Diptych

2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Sound 1 + 2 Diptych

2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Sound 3 + 4 Diptych

2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 14 + 15 Diptych

2019
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 16 + 17 Diptych

2019
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Ocean Elegy 4 + 5 Diptych

2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)

Water Glass + Linen

My intention is to call the viewer's attention to the delight contained not only within the vessels, but in the space around them. The shadows and reflections are of equal importance to me. I want the viewer's eye to bounce like the dancing light between abstraction and representation.

Water + Linen 2

2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"

Water + Linen 3

2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"

Water + Linen 1

2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"

Rock Water: Thimbles

Rock Water 40

2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Rock Water 27

2014
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Rock Water 39

2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Rock Water 37

2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Passing By

2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Dusk

2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"

Water Glass

My intention is to call the viewer's attention to the delight contained not only within the vessels, but in the space around them. The shadows and reflections are of equal importance to me. I want the viewer's eye to bounce like the dancing light between abstraction and representation.