Port of Oakland Karen Balos 33 x 40 inches 2017 ARTIST STATEMENT The Port of Oakland links the West Coast to the Pacific Ocean. As an economic entity, it has both the problems (pollution, dredging spoils) and bene-fits [...]
Rising Tides Nancy Bardach 60 x 38 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT Rising seas caused by climate change are threatening to all. Whether urban seawalls collapse or beaches for sea lions and elephant seals erode, human beings suffer [...]
Help Me! Diana Bartelings 24 x 36.5 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT A turtle tangled in a seining net spies a diver and swims for help. Thankfully the divers are all too happy to help these poor creatures [...]
Nowhere To Run To, Nowhere To Hide Beth Blankenship 48 x 27 inches 2018 ARTIST STATEMENT The Pacific Ocean is warming. This reality spells trouble for many sea creatures, especially those living in frigid northern waters. Cod, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]