The artworks are part of a series about fragments of memories we have and the photos that link us to the past. It is also about two perspectives of fishing. One perspective of the fisherman trying to make a living and the perspective of saving our oceans from overfishing. Two sides of the coin.

The handmade papers were made with overbeaten abaca and flax. I experimented with formation aid and coagulant with overbeaten color pulp to create a flow of separation of the pulp similar how we process and connect our memories. The photo transfers are 1980s photos of family members, myself, and our dogs (who always came with us on the boat). I used a dipping method to create the movement of the ocean. Fishing nets that are polluting our oceans and endangering our wildlife are represented with the recycled commercial fruit/veg package material.

In Fishing Season with Dogs, you can see my stepfather repairing the scallop drag in the Eastport Breakwater with our two dogs. I have created movement around the photo transfer to represent the ocean and the changing fishing season. In Break While the Drag is Down, the grainy photo is my mother taking smoke break between cleaning the scallop table. The photo is foggy like how our memories are of our past. In this piece I have created a white void to represent the difficult relationship between my mother and myself. In making handmade paper, I used recycled fruit nets, collage, and coagulant to create movement and space between the colors. In Tiffany off the Eastport Breakwater, I used a photo of our dog, Tiffany, who is looking out at me with the ocean spray of the movement of the boat as we pull into the Breakwater. I used formation aid, coagulant, and overbeating color pulp to create the movement of the ocean spray and my memory of the feeling of the spray and smell of the salt water. I used limited color palette to make the work feel cold and gritty as the hard work of fishing.