A Quiet Moment by Kathleen Mccabe
A Quiet Moment Kathleen McCabe 28 x 42 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The sound of waves crashing, the smell of fresh, salty air, the calm of the vast horizon; all these sustain us in an otherwise chaotic [...]
Widening Gyre of Flotsam by Jacqueline Manley
Widening Gyre of Flotsam Jacqueline Manley 26.5 x 39 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a manifestation of harmful human practices on the Earth, perhaps more explicitly visible than overall climate change. Located [...]
Seaside II by Nancy Lemke
Seaside 2 Nancy Lemke 27 x 42 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT When I was little, my family vacationed on the beaches of Oregon and Washington each summer. We walked for miles along the deserted sand, dug clams, [...]
Pacifica by Sheryl Leblanc
Pacifica Sheryl LeBlanc 59 x 41 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The vessel “Pacifica” symbolizes the rapidly dimin-ishing livelihood of the single commercial fisherman. With the deleterious effects of rising water tem-perature, pesticide runoff, radiation mutation from Fukishima, [...]
Tidewater Glacier by Cat Larrea
Tidewater Glacier Cat Larrea 30 x 36 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT A tidewater glacier is one that reaches the sea. Having lived for over thirty years in Alaska, one of the most dramatic indicators of global warming [...]
Mighty Mussel by Jennifer H. Landau
Mighty Mussel Jennifer H. Landau 34 x 38 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Mussels thrive along the Pacific coast, providing a critical role in the ecosystem as well as a tasty meal. Like other bivalves, mussels are a [...]
Rings of Eternity by Lisa Jenni
Rings of Eternity Lisa Jenni 33 x 41 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT A gigantic collection of plastic, trash and lost fishing nets is floating halfway between Hawaiʻi and California. Its size is said to extend over an [...]
Topical Metamorphism by June Jaeger
Topical Metamorphism June Jaeger 46 x 36 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The Northwest contains a great diversity of climate and landscape including desert, mountains, forests, rivers and ocean side. Our Pacific Ocean maintains our planet’s equilibrium, playing [...]
An Instance of Change by Janet Hiller
An Instance of Change Janet Hiller 35 x 40 inches 2011 ARTIST STATEMENT Every evening is the same - as regular and peaceful as clockwork. Yet every evening presents a different drama in that one instant before [...]
Atomic Atoll by Louise Hall
Atomic Atoll Louise Hall 36 x 36 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The Dome on Runit Island is a legacy of the United States atomic testing from 1946-1958. Runit is one of 40 islands in the Enewetak Atoll, [...]