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Underwater Garden, Malaysia II
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Underwater Garden, Malaysia III
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Underwater Garden, Malaysia IV
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Underwater Garden, Malaysia V
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Underwater Garden Malaysia VI
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Underwater Garden, Malaysia VII
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Underwater Garden, Malaysia VIII
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Underwater Garden Wyoming
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High Tides Rising V
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Underwater Garden V
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Underwater Garden VI
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Underwater Garden X
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High Tides Rising XI
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Underwater Garden XI
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Underwater Garden XII
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High Tides Rising XIV
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High Tides Rising XV
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Underwater Garden XX
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Underwater Garden XXI
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Underwater Garden XXII
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Underwater Garden XXIII
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Underwater Garden XXV
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Underwater Garden XXVI
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Underwater Garden XXVII
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High Tides Rising XXX
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High Tides Rising XXXI
Artist statement, High Tides Rising & the Underwater Garden
Read the Introduction to the catalog for an exhibit of this body of work.
In the summer of 2018 I was granted an artist-in-residence at Kingsbrae International Artist Residency (KIRA) in New Brunswick, Canada. While at KIRA I lived within a 28 acre botanical garden at sea level on the Bay of Fundy where the highest tides in the world occur. I was mesmerized by this lush extraordinary place and also saddened by the reality that the gardens may be submerged by ocean in a couple decades due to rising sea levels. This immersion experience prompted my series High Tides Rising and the Underwater Garden in which I imagine through layers of ink and multiple printmaking techniques the evolution of ecosystems past, present and future.
My work involves being present to the bodies of water and land, to absorb the colors, smells, sounds, and light qualities of environments rich in geological history. I layer this collected sensory information with both real and imaginary cartographic elements and from tide charts and other research based information. This invented imagery is a mapping of sorts, an approach that allows me to combine a current reality with references to geological periods in the distant past and into the projected future of rapid climate change.