In My Wake Alice Beasley 56.5 x 37.5 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT We all know our oceans are “drowning” in our packaging. But this exhibition has forced me to recognize that ocean pollution isn’t just “somebody else’s [...]
Promise of the Pinecone Deborah Runnels 46 x 32 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The pine cone has been an inspiration to cultures throughout history. Dionysus carried a staff with a carved pine cone symbol on its’ tip. [...]
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, [...]
Bloopie: The Gelfilte Fish that Got Away Lee Schwimmer 2020 ARTIST STATEMENT My dear friend, Ashi, grew up in Israel captivated by the old-world European ways of kitchens where mother, aunts and grandmothers filled the apartment with the scents [...]
Tide Pool (Orange Sea Cucumbers) Beth Blankenship 6”H x 4”W x 4”D 2020 ARTIST STATEMENT Tide pools take me back to my childhood. A pool can be large or small; home to many vibrant creatures or just [...]
Estuary - Anaheim Back Bay Bonnie Bucknam 60 x 30 inches 2014 ARTIST STATEMENT I grew up in Southern California where oil production sometimes blended into the environment. The estuary was a place where shorebirds flourished among [...]
Water Nancy Ryan 25.5 x 36.5 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Not all trash ends up at the dumps. The great Pacific Garbage patch stretches across a swath of the North Pacific Ocean forming a nebulous, floating junk [...]
Sandpipers at Ebb Tide Amy Witherow 30 x 30 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT At ebb tide, sandpipers forage in a reclaimed salt pond that was once part of the Cargill Salt Ponds—originally covering 16,500 acres in San [...]
Giant Kelp Patt Seitas 2020 ARTIST STATEMENT Inspired by the swirling designs of broken pieces of kelp found on the beach while taking morning walks.
Tide Pool (Frilled Anemones) Beth Blankenship 6”H x 4”W x 4”D 2020 ARTIST STATEMENT Tide pools take me back to my childhood. A pool can be large or small; home to [...]