Writing helps me process information different to painting. It’s a bit more analytical and has it’s own structure. However writing is at the core of my creative process and goes hand in hand with my paintings. For example an interview I conducted 4 years ago may be at the basis of a whole new abstract series. I have grouped my writing under three topics. If you click on the orange “Seagrass” you will find interviews with marine ecologist, activist, environmental leaders and more. “Art” deals with a behind the scenes look at my painting process and “Out and About”- is just for fun!
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Flowering Sea Plant
Discovering epiphytes on seagrass leaves is amazing! I never know if the organisms growing
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The Right Whale East Coast Story
New England Aquarium Lecture with Asha de Vos, May 12, 2018 It’s always a
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Phil Colarusso & the Sierra Club
Revitalizing Ecosystems in Greater Boston to Survive Climate Change Mass Sierra Club, Harvard, March 31st,
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Zosterpalooza XXVII
At the annual Eelgrass Conference , March 28th, USA EPA, Boston My first Eelgrass conference
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Local Environmental Action 2018
Northeastern University, March 3rd, 2018 Super excited to hang out with W2O ladies at the
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RPS & Mass Sierra Club Meeting!
So excited to hear that MA has it’s own legislative policies on Clean Energy. Went
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Blue C @ 485 Madison Ave( South), NY
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 19, 7-9pm, 2017 Amazing talk by Dr. Nigella Hillgarth, evolutionary biologist and
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Penguins, Climate Change and great Conversation over Coffee with Dr. Nigella Hillgarth
Cuppa Coffee, Traveller Street, Boston, MA 02118 July 6, 2017 Nigella Hillgarth talked effortlessly
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BLUE CARBON IN SEAGRASS MEADOWS!
EPA’s Phil Colarusso & Team in Nahant July 12, 2017 So lucky to be
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Seagrass Greenhouse & Meeting Randall Hughes
Billowing clouds were sitting up against a backdrop of cerulean blue sky as I
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Something’s in The Water at Enso Gallery
What an amazing evening at Enso Gallery in Brockton! Thank you Cierra Peters and Andrew
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Enso Gallery Poetry Slam, April 1, 2017
Thank you Harvard University’s Barnabas Daru for sharing your scientific knowledge on Seagrass.
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Immersed @Artlery160
November 17th, 2016 What a memorable opening reception! Thank you to everyone that attended Immersed
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Why Plants Matter: Seagrass Is the Primary Food Source for Green Sea Turtles, Dugongs, and Manatees
WHY PLANTS MATTER: Seagrass Is the Primary Food Source for Green Sea Turtles,
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Between Here and There: Sachiko Akiyama
Matter & Light September 16, 2016 Talk about transforming the space! Sachiko Akiyama’s
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Interesting Twin Artists: The Safarani Sisters
Projecting Her September 16, 2016 http://www.adelsongalleriesboston.com/index.html I had not planned on popping into Adelson Galleries
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Intertidal At Stetson Gallery
Marblehead, MA September 11, 2016 Just had a fantastic time hanging out with friends at
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Harvesting in August
It’s amazing how like terrestrial plants seagrass changes over the summer. With the warming water
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Biomimicry New England
August 19, 2016 Went to Faneuil Hall to learn about Biomimicry as a part of
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BU’s Cool Alyssa Novak
Fog, Algae, and a Different Kind of Seagrass with BU’s Alyssa Novak July 6,
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Meeting Fred Short & The Lab Tour at UNH
Meeting Fred Short & The Lab Tour at UNH July 5th, 2016 What do
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Working in Morning Light
Working in Morning Light More field work with the BU Novak Lab Team July 8,
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To Thirty More Years USEA Artists June 8, 2016 to July 12, 2016
Opening Night @Artlery160 Tuesday June 28th, 2016 To Thirty More Years USEA Artists June
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Ernst Haeckel Lecture by Robert J. Richards at MBL, Falmouth, MA
Marine Biology Lab, Woods Hole, Falmouth, MA “Ernst Haeckel’s Romantic Biology” Robert J. Richards, University
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Gardening In the Water
Gardening In the Water Conomo Point, Great Marsh, Essex, MA, June 8th, 2016 It feels