My children’s book Far from Shore was mentioned in the December 2, 2011 issue of Science magazine.
Opening November 3rd
Penguins, Dolphins and Seabirds
paintings from my three children’s books
Opening and short talk followed by a book signing
When: November 3rd 2011, 7-9 pm
(show will be up fromNovember through January)
Boobies on a log
Where: The Bone Room,
1569 Solano Ave.
Albany, CA 94707
- (510)-526-5252
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Under the log
Far From Shore
My latest children’s book, Far from Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage, was released in June.
Far from Shore: chronicles of an open ocean voyage
It was a long time in the making and at times I wondered if I would ever finish it. But it was also thoroughly enjoyable to make an excuse for myself to paint and write about all those fantastic creatures found in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, a part of the ocean I have come to love.
Recently the book received complimentary reviews in the NY Times and the Washington Post.
I hope all the positive press helps the book reach a wider audience and become the inspiration for our future marine and wildlife biologists.
Of Albatross, other birds, whales and mountains in SE Alaska
I recently returned form spending 3 weeks working on the RV Thompson off the Coast of SE Alaska. Migration was in full swing with many 1000′s of phalaropes and kittiwakes making their way north to breed and visiting
Laysan and Midway-Hawaii’s Papahanaumokuakea National Monument
Laysans and Blackfoots off of Kure Atoll HI
Albatross, boobies and a rainbow
The recent events, the devastating earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami, have me thinking about the fragility of low lying islands, particularly those in Hawaii and the Central Pacific. Last fall I spent four and a half months on the NOAA RV McArthur II working for the South West Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla CA censusing seabirds and marine mammals in the US EEZ (200 miles) around the Hawaiian Islands. In late November 2010 we passed by Laysan and Midway (unfortunately due to delays from storms we were unable to land on the latter). The albatross had recently arrived and were busy displaying, setting
Thinking of the tropics
White-tailed brown morph of Red-footed Booby
It’s cold and wet here so I have been thinking of the tropics. I thought I’d share some pictures of