PAIRED SPIRAL
Acrylic on Canvas
2025
BYCATCH:
AN OCEAN TIED
Exploring the unseen consequences of industrial fishing through an immersive wildlife portraiture exhibition, blending art, scientific insight, and legal advocacy to inspire urgent action for marine conservation.
Every year, millions of marine animals are killed not as targets, but as collateral damage. Bycatch remains one of the ocean’s most silent crises. Cetaceans, sea turtles, sharks, seabirds, and countless other species are ensnared and discarded, their lives taken without notice. Bycatch: An Ocean Tied confronts this hidden toll through large-scale wildlife portraiture. Expanding on artwork from the High Seas Collection each canvas unveils a species bound in fishing nets, a stark symbol of entrapment and the fragility of life beneath the surface.
A CALL TO ACTION
More than an exhibition, Bycatch: An Ocean Tied is a call to action. It urges audiences to confront the hidden realities of industrial fishing and to engage with movements dedicated to protecting marine biodiversity. Through the interplay of art, science, and advocacy, this project transforms empathy into understanding and understanding into action. Visitors are invited to learn, reflect, and participate; whether through supporting policy change, conservation initiatives, or educational outreach. Each artwork, each entangled species, is both a tribute to marine life and a reminder that humans hold the power to effect change and safeguard the oceans for generations to come.
Pelagic Exposure
Acrylic on Canvas
2022
The artwork in relation to ECOJUSTICE AND CANADIAN POLICY CHANGE
In partnership with Ecojustice, the three-month exhibition brings attention to another unfolding ecological disaster: the plight of the last 73 Southern Resident Killer Whales. Industrial projects like the Trans Mountain Expansion and Roberts Bank Terminal 2 are intensifying large vessel traffic in the Salish Sea, British Columbia, increasing noise pollution, preventing foraging, and heightening the risk of catastrophic oil spills. Despite Canada’s commitments, critical protections for the iconic orcas remain unfulfilled, leaving these whales on the brink of extinction.
As part of its conservation efforts, Ecojustice fights to protect marine ecosystems and species at risk; recognizing that safeguarding biodiversity in one region has global consequences. With oceans covering 70% of the planet, the survival of vulnerable species is interconnected with the broader biodiversity crisis, making marine protection a critical issue for all.
FORGING AHEAD
Acrylic on Canvas
2022