In March 2019, I was selected to participate in an artist at sea residency hosted by the Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology. I spent twelve days onboard the Research Vessel Sikuliaq with a team of researchers from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University who are studying zooplankton in the Northern California Current, off the coasts of Oregon and northern California. My cruise was one of four, two winter and two summer, that are funded by the National Science Foundation. After my time at sea, I got to spend a week at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology reflecting on my residency and making work.

A selection of this work is on view at The Giustina Gallery in Corvallis, OR from Monday, February 3 to Thursday, March 12, 2020. Learn more about the exhibit Marine Food Webs: Drifters and Swimmers.

This is a series of artwork created from this residency. I decided to work in cyanotype, drawing, and mixed media collage to tell the story of plankton. I write more about the residency on my blog. Check out the following posts:

Part 1: Welcome Aboard

Part 2: ISIIS – Imaging Shadows

Part 3: MOCNESS –Plankton up close