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The Blue Forest, 2025 | Catalina Museum of Art + History, Avalon, CA

The Blue Forest, 2025 | Catalina Museum of Art + History, Avalon, CA

Cascadia Coast Exposures, 2025 | OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

Cascadia Coast Exposures, 2025 | OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR

Hold Fast: A New Way to Experience Kelp, 2024 | Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA

Hold Fast: A New Way to Experience Kelp, 2024 | Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA

Blue Forest Portraits, 2024 | Laguna College of Art + Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Blue Forest Portraits, 2024 | Laguna College of Art + Design Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

Unmoored, 2025 | Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Unmoored, 2025 | Chung 24 Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Ebb + Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science & the Archives, 2024 | UC San Diego Library

Ebb + Flow: Giant Kelp Forests through Art, Science & the Archives, 2024 | UC San Diego Library

Impressions in Light + Shadow, 2023 | Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA

Impressions in Light + Shadow, 2023 | Perspectives Space, Encinitas, CA

The Giants of Point Loma, 2022 | Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, CA

The Giants of Point Loma, 2022 | Intercontinental Hotel, San Diego, CA

Treasures from the Scripps Collections, 2019 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Treasures from the Scripps Collections, 2019 | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Into the Wild: Restoring the Endangered White Abalone, 2021 | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, C

Into the Wild: Restoring the Endangered White Abalone, 2021 | Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, C

Ode to the Blue Forest, 2022 | San Diego Public Library, La Jolla, CA

Ode to the Blue Forest, 2022 | San Diego Public Library, La Jolla, CA

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Thank you!
View fullsize It was an honor to showcase my work at the second annual Blue Foods Forum in Portland, OR this weekend! Thank you to @winterwaterspnw for having me, and for putting together such an inspiring (and delicious) gathering in a space large enough to make
View fullsize I’m excited to be heading to Portland to take part in the Blue Foods Forum with @winterwaterspnw!

I’ll be creating an installation of my silk kelp panels for the event, including this series of kelp species studies from the Cascadia Coas
View fullsize Monday was a five star day underwater with the gals 🌟

@kristinacchang @coastcreeper @steppenotter
View fullsize Thanks for the printed spread feature in today’s @sandiegouniontribune on The Blue Forest @catalinamuseum 🌀

📷 by @chelseamayerphotography @heidizumbrun
View fullsize A fresh batch of shell books washed up 💙🐚

These seven new bivalve books are available for purchase - each has 20 blank pages inside for thoughts, feelings, notes, doodles, poems, or a very short novel. 

Oregon Cockle shell books - 2 available 
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