This ‘Marine Isotopes’ series came from a desire to expand my practice into other mediums that I had previously not explored. Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese art that dates back to the 1800s and was used by fisherpersons to document their harvests. As I catch, harvest, and process the salmon that run throughout the tidal Fraser River that feeds into the Vedder River, I am reminded of the cycle of birth, death, decay, regeneration, rebirth, and cyclical nature of our current Anthropocene than we reside in.
Marine Isotopes
Acrylic, Ink, Stonehenge, Ricepaper of various sizes, 2021
