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, [...]

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 [...]

Adrian Donna Hogle 2020 ARTIST STATEMENT There is so much joy in watching this little boy's wonder at the beach.

Ghost Gear Beth Blankenship 15”H x 10”W x 10”D 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Ghost Gear is a reminder of the lost and abandoned fishing gear that floats throughout the world’s oceans—entangling and killing hundreds of thou-sands of [...]

What Lies Beneath Sandra Meech 30"H x 13'W 2017 ARTIST STATEMENT With global warming in Antarctica, there is evidence of fossils and remnants of petrified rainforests being revealed. As part of an exhibition called ‘Concealed’, this large [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

San Diego, Where the Fun Is! Rebecca Johnson 2020

How I Wonder Where You Are Beth Blankenship 11”H x 10”W x 10”D 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT It’s called Sea Star Wasting Syndrome. In massive die-offs, sea stars go from perfectly healthy to completely decomposed overnight. The cause [...]

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 [...]