Tide Pool (Urchins) Beth Blankenship 6”H x 4”W x 4”D 2019 ARTIST STATEMENT Tide pools take me back to my childhood. A pool can be large or small; home to many vibrant creatures or just one—I find [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Jumping the Gorge Amanda Miller 42 x 30 inches 2017 ARTIST STATEMENT Summer is fire season in the Pacific Northwest, but in recent years, annual wildfires have taken on more intense and frightening aspects. Smoke chokes communities [...]

Pelagic Produce Denise Oyama Miller 59 x 24 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The kelp forests are recognized as one of the most important and productive ecosystems in the world, providing shelter for fish and other animals and [...]