Ripples Untended Libby Williamson 60 x 44 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Glaciers melt, seas rise, waters warm and chaos ensues. While the absurd debate over climate change persists, consequential damage is hidden beneath the dazzling aquamarine currents, [...]
SOLVE Works! Jean Wells 42 x 39 inches 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Oregonians are blessed with the pristine beaches of the Pacific Ocean. In recent years SOLVE, a volunteer-based organization, has an annual event to clean the beaches [...]
Haida Waters Deborah Weir 36 x 24 inches 2014 ARTIST STATEMENT Water is a daily concern for those who live near the Pacific Ocean. We experience its beauty, its life-giving powers, and its fragility. We also misuse [...]
Low Tide at La Jolla Carolyn Villars 43 x 32 inches 2016 ARTIST STATEMENT A golden evening with the family at the tide pools, watching the sun sink into the Pacific. The long beach was a sheet [...]
Pacific Garbage Patch(work) B. Lynn Tubbe 41 x 35 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT This piece reflects my concern for our Pacific Ocean and its huge “garbage patch” filled with plastic and trash. 80,000 metric tons floating between [...]
Copper River Flats Nan Thompson 46 x 37 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT This is an image of the Copper River Delta in Western Alaska where my husband works as a commercial salmon fisherman. The changes in ocean [...]
Diatom 8 Carla Stehr 28 x 33.25 inches 2015 ARTIST STATEMENT Diatoms are tiny, single-celled aquatic plants. A microscope reveals they have complex multilayered cell walls with stunning patterns. A liter of sea water may contain up [...]
Life in Abstraction Amanda Snavely 48 x 33 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Wandering along the water’s edge, one glimpses the magical world beyond the hazy veil of salt spray. Encrusted on the rocks are gooseneck and acorn [...]
Moss Beach Bonnie J. Smith 43 x 39 inches 2016 ARTIST STATEMENT So many times in my life I have visited Moss Beach that is situated on the Pacific Ocean in Northern California. With each visit I [...]
Spiraling Out of Control Gail P. Sims 30 x 23 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT California and the entire Northwest US and Canada have been greatly affected by horrendous fires in the last few years. Since the recent [...]