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"I want to pay tribute to nature’s purity and hope that our civilization will learn to live in harmony with that."
— Erika Pochybova-Johnson
"I hope my paintings make people aware of the beauty and importance of undersea life—not just the popular large whales and sharks but the smaller less known delicate wildlife of the deep."
-- Michael Frank
“The sea and its residents fascinate me in many ways,” said Rivard. “Each has a role to play in the scheme of things.”
"Art inspires us in every way and encourages us to be inventive. Art can bring people to destinations and creates cultural excitement."
— Nancy Tilles
"I think one of the reasons I like ocean life is that it looks really familiar to us but also extremely alien in a way. Coral is so similar to above water plant forms, but is so bizarre and weird at times! I love that."
-- Lauren Kussro
"My work reflects that time in my life when I was so excited to discover new fish, scary crabs and to swim in what looked like liquid diamonds."
— Daniel Jean-Baptiste
"Nature is a great informer. The colours and textures of the sea and shells give me much inspiration. The fluidity of the ocean and colours are reflected in my work."
-- Amanda Brisbane
In Richardson’s works, there is a strong sense of place. She left Cornwall in 1986 and spent ten years in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
Read more"The underwater world is such a mystery. From the depths of the oceans to just below the surface of your neighbor’s swimming pool, there is a hidden world of opportunities. Uniting this world with our best friends is just exhilarating!"
"What intrigues me about the underwater realm is that you can see and feel the life energy of not just the individual fish, but the entire school, the entire ocean current, the entire planet."
— Sayaka Kajita Ganz
Since 1972, Church has been teaching underwater photography in the Caymans and has conducted seminars in most of the major cities in the US.
Read more"My work is nourished by symbols, stories, traditions, rituals, experiences, and by permanently returning to admire the iconography of ancestral world cultures, especially Peruvian culture – which are extraordinary and fascinating," said Maximo La
Read more"The most inspiring aspect of the underwater world is its dynamic nature. Everything is constantly in motion and changing. To capture this on film is such a brilliant challenge."
-- Caelum Mero
I grew up in an artistic household in woodland near Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, spending summer holidays playing in temperate rock pools and snorkeling. We cared for orphaned and injured native wombats and kangaroos.
Read moreBekman said, “I was always fascinated by nature and its beauty. In my family, museum and gallery visits were common, and my family taught me to really see things through careful observation.” The ocean was very much part of Bekman’s childhood.
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