Announcing the official opening of the Shark Trust UK's exhibition, "Oceanic 31" at Trebah Gardens in Falmouth UK! The work of 31 artists including mine, will be on display there as its first stop in this travelling exhibition.
Come along with me to the Unesco World Heritage site of Bikini Atoll - site of post WW2 U.S. nuclear testing and now home to a graveyard of WW2 shipwrecks that have become stunning artificial reefs.
I recently attended the Niagara Divers Association Annual Shipwrecks Symposium on my birthday and had an amazing time! As an avid scuba diver and lover of all things underwater, I was thrilled to attend this event with other staff from Dan's Dive Shop. The presentations were fantastic, covering topics from the wrecks of the Great Lakes to recent discoveries and expeditions.
For y-e-a-r-s now I've been dreaming of applying to an artist residency abroad and making art in a completely different country. So I applied - and my proposal to explore, then paint the caves of the Lot region, as my subject matter was accepted!
Experiencing the Sea of Cortez above and below the waterline has brought the fire back to my painting practice. Waking up every day and bathing in the beauty of each pink and coral coloured sunrise while staring at the incredible geology of the rugged coast of the Baja peninsula glowing in the growing light was a blessing and it spurred the creation of so many new paintings!
Google the best shore diving in the world and it's a given that Bonaire will be in the top five of all those lists and for good reason - the reef that surrounds the entire island is one of the healthiest unbroken strips of coral reef I've ever seen and when I got home, I had plenty of inspiration for more paintings!
