Wicked Monstrous

We are thrilled to be included in this monstrous tome, alongside an amazing group of artists who have spent years creating with the wickedest of the wicked materials: plastic. Big thanks to Patricia Watts of ecoartspace and Aurora Robson, founder of Project Vortex, for all they do to bring awareness to Environmental Art in the Plasticene Era. We’re proud of how our piece, For Here or To Go?, looks on pages 182-185, and delighted that the Intro, pages 11-12, writes us into the art history of the plastic era.

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There is a radical aspect to this workflow. It is a dystopian evolution of Land Art—or Earthworks. Unlike the monumental interventions championed by Robert Smithson or more ephemeral works made in and with nature formed with ecological intent by Agnes Denes, art made from repurposed plastic will simply never return to the earth. Artists employing plastics are working with an immortal medium, forcing a confrontation with the unwholesome synthetic footprint that this material is leaving behind. Aurora Robson

Wicked Monstrous: Environmental Art in the Plasticene Era is the seventh printed book by ecoartspace publications, including artists selected through our annual call for artists (2025), juried by ecoartspace member Aurora Robson, founder of Project Vortex. This year we present the work of 130 artists from Africa, Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada and the US, who are addressing plastics.

The book is now available on Lulu, print-on-demand, which offers affordable pricing and global accessibility. Almost 400 pages, this edition includes essays, poetry, introduction essay by Patricia Watts, an essay by Aurora Robson, a plastics timeline, list of early plastics exhibitions, and recommended readings and documentaries.

• 9.21 x 6.14 inches, portrait
• 373 pages
• Perfect Bound
• Soft Cover
• Matte papers
• Design by Tyler Owens and Dexin Chin
• Edition of 150 
•   • Featured essays and poems by: Deanna Pindell, Leah Dalton, Minal T. Mistry, Constance Mallinson, Blue McRight, Sayaka Ganz and Felipe-Andres Piedra, Megan Wong, Marguerite Perret, Jennifer Kotter, Bee (Beverly) Naidus, Bryan Northup, Ashton S. Phillips, Ann Savageau, and Constance Old.
• Print-on-demand & online: 130 artists l Special Edition: 70 artists (bold)
• Aindreas Scholz, Alanna Baird, Alejandro Duran, Alicia Escott, Amanda Thackray, Andrea Polli, Ann Savageau, Anna Mein, Anne-Katrin Spiess, Annette Nykiel, Ashton S. Phillips, Barbara Cooper, Barbara Lubliner, Bee (Beverly) Naidus, Belén Millán, Benjamin Von Wong, Beth Bando, Beth Shepherd, Bethany Taylor, Bev J Elgar, Blue McRight, Bryan Northup, Calder Kamin, Carol Sogard, Carolien Adriaansche, Caroline MacMoran, Charity Ridpath, Charlotte Bastian, Christine Mackey, Christy Rupp, Cindy Pease Roe, Clare Thomas, Colette Copeland, Constance Mallinson, Constance Old, Cynthia Minet, David Ellingsen, Dawn Stetzel, Deanna Pindell, Devan Horton, Diedra Krieger, Duke Riley, E Tyler Burton,  Elisabeth Condon, Elise Marks Vazelakis, Elizabeth McAlpin, Ellen Driscoll, Emma Akmakdjian, Eurhi Jones, Faith Bebbington, Felipe-Andres Piedra, Francesca Busca, Griffith Aaron Baker, Heather Law, Heidi Dauphin, Hollis Hammonds, Ian Trask, Janine Brown, Jemma Woolmore, Jennifer Kotter, Johanna Törnqvist, John K. Melvin, Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, Kalliopi Monoyios, Karen Hackenberg, Kat Kazlauskas, Katharine A. Owens, Kate Dodd,Katharine Harvey, Kathleen King, Kathryn Frund, Katy Rodden Walker, Kelsey Merreck Wagner, Kelly Marie O'Brien, Kim Bernard, Laura Nova, Laurie Riccadonna, Leah Dalton, Leah Mata Fragua, Leticia Bajuyo, Liina Klauss, Luba Zygarewicz, Lynn Cazabon, Margaret Smithers-Crump, Marguerite Perret, Martha Lewis, Megan Wong, Minal Mistry, Moffat Takadiwa, Monique Martin, Natalya Khorover, Nicole Cooper, Nicole Dextras, Nicole Hixon, Niki Lederer, Ogwado Joachim, Pamela Longobardi, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Pauline Galiana, Pierre Leichner, Portia Munson, Posey (Pamela) Moulton, Rebecca McGee Tuck, Reenie Charriere, Riva Weinstein, Robert Lach, Ruth Peche, Ruth Tabancay, Sandra Suubi, Sara Mast, Sarah Knobel, Sarah Umles, Sari Nordman, Sayaka Ganz, Scott Bluedorn, Serge Attukwei Clottey, Shani Nottingham, Steve McPherson, STUDIOKCA, Swapna Namboodiri, Taina Litwak, Tara de la Garza, Toby Zallman, Tom Jones, TOMO, Tracy Penn, Twyla Exner, Virginia Katz, Wiebke Schroeder, Yevgenia Davidoff, Zelda Zinn 

Passing the Plate

We’re often asked to donate artwork to fundraisers for the organizations we support. In the past we gave a print, but with the minimum bid it required, they often didn’t sell. We realized we needed a more affordable option: $25–$100, or more if the bidding gets competitive. 

Looks like we have a winner: our ceramic plates with authentic Kehoe Beach plastic embedded in resin. With this effort, we are "passing the plate" as a way to transform our creative efforts into donations to non-profits we love. 

Ocean Conservation Research Echo Location Fundraiser at the Tiburon Yacht Club, October 24, 2026

Sixteen Rivers Press Fall Fundraiser and 27th-Anniversary Celebration, October 25, 2026

 Got a cause? We've got a plate for that.

For more about ways we have used our art for good, read this post about our micro-philanthrophy projects.

We are Home Again!!!

After a quick LA turnaround and a day installing our artwork,

we are thrilled and relieved to truly be Home Again, Home Again.

On Thursday, October 1 were in Sonoma for the Artwalk.

After that we will be home again in Forest Knolls.

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BIG THANKS to:

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Spotlight

We are thrilled to be among the prominent artists from West Marin that will be presenting the best of what our rural region has to offer. 

We've really gone the distance with our Cavallo Point prints.

Since 2008, our series has graced the guest rooms at Cavallo Point Lodge, an environmentally sustainable resort at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge — and now, as the idiom goes, they've "come full circle" in Spotlight West Marin at the Sausalito Art Center.

The Cavallo Point prints began as a commission. Casual in feel, but the product of long hours —

composing images, sifting through thousands of pounds of plastic we'd collected from Kehoe Beach, photographing our arrangements at Electric Works in San Francisco.

From there, those prints took us around the world, with exhibitions in Hong Kong and Singapore,

and proceeds that funded our African safari.

We complete the circle, as we return to Sausalito, at a site close to where it all began,

with an understanding and appreciation that a long journey brings.

Each artist/team was given an 8' x 8' wall to present their work. Here we go:

Closed the distance

As the crow flies, we're 0.378 miles apart — just under four-tenths of a mile. As the road turns, it's half a mile. For over thirty years, we've been looking across the valley at Donn DeAngelo's house. Recently, we finally closed that distance — swapping vantage points, with us heading over for a look-see, and Donn coming here for a visit. It was a revelation to gain that perspective. 

Over the years our paths have crossed in many places and always at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center Spring Art Show, where Donn has forever been the group photographer — wrangling a herd of unruly artists into shape, then turning the chaos into the annual promo image and poster.

He was instrumental in the restoration of the Del Mue mural at the SGVCC taking the "before" image that Richard used to create an image of the mural as it would look when returned to its former glory. Prints were sold to raise funds. The glory was restored in 2005.

We were thrilled to see Donn's photos of our first-ever show One Year One Beach: Disposable Truths at Gallery Route One, March 30–May 6, 2001, and we are especially grateful for his shots of art works that are long gone, with no other record left but his. 

Plastically Possible in Chiang Mai

 Art Transforms Waste!

Exciting news just in from the zoo in Chiang Mai—the first Plastically Possible Student Art Challenge is happening!

From California we are shouting, Hurrrrrrrrah for Plastically Possible and the power of art to energize young people and spark important conversations!

A huge congratulations to Doug Woodring and the team at Ocean Recovery Alliance in Hong Kong. Doug had a visionary idea and brought it to fruition.

And kudos to everyone who made this event possible—the zoo, the teachers, the schools, the organizers, and especially the students.

One brilliant addition was giving each team three minutes to tell the story of the animal they represented. That simple idea transformed the exhibition into a rich, multi-faceted experience—combining research, creativity, writing, public speaking, and environmental advocacy.

Nothing is more inspiring than seeing the seriousness, imagination, and devotion these young people bring to their projects. Their artworks demonstrate that creativity can transform waste into beauty while inspiring action to protect wildlife and our planet.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants. This is exactly how change begins—with ideas, art, and young people leading the way.

The post on Facebook

You can view the original video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwSXRY67GD0

With English subtitles here: https://youtu.be/appEAL77FRY?si=ec6h1PxRA748Jmya

Here is the English translation of the audio from the video, which covers a creative art contest in Chiang Mai using plastic waste:

[00:00] Host 1: "Viewers, currently the issue of plastic waste is truly overwhelming. Aside from taking plastic to be recycled, another thing we can do is use it to create imaginative artworks. Let's go take a look at how it turned out."

[00:24] Host 2: "What do you think, viewers? To be honest, they are very beautiful. Children possess a lot of creativity; whatever they pick up, they can transform into something creative."

[00:33] Host 1: "All of this is plastic waste. These are the works of elementary and secondary school students right here in Chiang Mai Province. They took this plastic waste and transformed it into beautiful pieces of art. For instance, they used bottle caps of various colors to make the centers of flowers, as well as shapes of crabs and a wide variety of marine animals.

[00:56] They took multi-colored pieces of plastic, arranged them, and pasted them onto paper, completely based on the kids' own ideas of what shapes they wanted to make.

[01:05] This activity is a collaboration between the Chiang Mai Zoo and educational and environmental networks. They want to raise awareness about environmental issues and the impacts of plastic waste on wildlife and the ecosystem, so they organized this plastic art contest. There were 11 schools interested in joining the competition, submitting a total of 21 pieces.

[01:29] For the elementary school category, the first prize winner was Khan Suwan Anusorn School. For the secondary school category, the winner was Chongfah Sinsei Wanish Bamrung School.

[01:44] Now, viewers, all the winning and participating artworks are currently being exhibited for the public and tourists to view right here at the Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium. If anyone is in Chiang Mai, you can easily go check it out to admire the creativity of our youth and to gain inspiration to reduce plastic waste and take better care of our environment."

More on Channel 3 about the Plastically Possible Art Challenge. We agree with the commentator, ""Creative ideas like this for our students should be done every year." 

https://youtu.be/3zngltipeNY?si=21m8EgQZvnySIA8J

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zngltipeNY

In this video of the kids describe their projects. We had mistakenly identified the invasive shrimp as a lobster and the marbled cat as a tiger. Glad to know the back-story about these endangered species. Love the well-spoken students and their heart-felt tributes.

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