My current art work is inspired by my surroundings where I am immersed in the mystery of marine life. I have been to sea with the commercial fishermen and as a mariner’s wife I know intimately the impact the ocean can have on one's soul. Inspired by the sea and the seabirds that dive into her waters for their food, I have used these paintings, mosaics and drawings to tell a little bit of their story.

From white-winged scooters to some species of the seagull, the number of everyday marine birds here have plummeted dramatically in recent decades and so has their food. The reasons have varied from climate change and shoreline development, to marine pollution and predators.

We know many species of gull are born and live in Alaska until they begin to migrate. Often-times it is just the native people and the mariners who see the seabirds in hosts of numbers. But new studies have shown our marine birds are in serious decline, even some species of gull.

The sand dollar mosaics and driftwood clocks- “The Tide Keepers” are conceptual. I have made them from eaten sand dollars and material I find on the beach. They are meant to draw attention to our marine environment where there is a serious decline in food for the  sea-birds.

I hope that by working with the sand dollars I can bring to the viewer a bit of enchantment into the home that will delight the spirit and charm the heart.