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Encaustics I--Environment/Kelp
I have long been concerned for the health and sustainability of our planet. I feel particular angst over the increasing numbers of vanishing species, from polar bears to ice caps to coral reefs to seaweed. I have taken an interest in kelp, a seaweed that is both a vanishing species and a focus on farming for human consumption. These works celebrate the fluid poetry of the undersea world and serve to raise awareness about our part in saving the sea and its myriad life forms.

Kelp Farm 2, (collage), 37 x 21, encaustic monotypes, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper on cradled panel.
Kelp Hideaway, 12 x 24, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp Paradise, 12 x 24, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Silent Sea, 12 x 24, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Undersea Kelp, 12 x 24, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp Food Chain, 12 x 24, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp Farm-1 (diptych), 17 x 48, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper, on cradled panels.
Kelp-1, 10 x 10, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp-2, 10 x 10, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp-3, 10 x 10, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp-4, 10 x 10, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp-5, 10 x 10, encaustic, oil sticks, metal leaf on cradled panel.
Kelp Forest-1, 48 x 21, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper scroll.
Kelp Forest-2, 48 x 21, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper scroll.
Kelp Forest-3, 48 x 21, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper scroll.
Kelp Garden-1, 24 x 16, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper on cradled panel.
Kelp Garden-2, 24 x 16, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper on cradled panel.
Kelp Garden-3, 24 x 16, encaustic monotype, ink, metal leaf on Korean mulberry paper on cradled panel.
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