Intricately arranged typography and design made of found ocean plastic, nets, and ropes removed from Kaua’i beaches on 36x48" cotton canvas.​

This phrase is borrowed from a line in one of writer Beau Flemister’s Surfing articles about the North Shore of Oahu. As a surfer and a writer, I have always been inspired by Flemister’s work- how his prose is conversational and inviting, but also thoughtful and intentional. I always hoped to somehow reflect that balance in something I create, whether with words or images.

Finding the “right” shaped ocean plastic to fit an image is always difficult, but finding the right shapes, curves, and edges to form letters of a font is a true challenge!