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.
2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2019
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2019
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
2017
oil pastel on archival paper
Two 20" x 30" panels (24" x 34" each, framed)
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.
2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2016
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2014
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
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.
2013
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2013
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2013
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2013
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2013
oil on canvas
38" x 48"
2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2014
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2016
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2014
oil on canvas
48" x 38"
2014
oil on canvas
48" x 38"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2015
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2014
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2013
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2013
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2013
oil pastel on archival paper
6" x 9"
2018
oil pastel on archival paper
16" x 28"
2013
oil on canvas
4' x 8'
2014
oil on canvas
24" x 32"