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Another conservation benefit from COVID 19 - Sea Turtle numbers are up during 2020

It is amazing how naturere can reguvinate itself when humans step back. We should ask our selves what does this tell us? How can we benefit from this observation?

Sea turtles in Florida

Green turtle nests:

  • 2020: 8,110 (unexpectedly high for a "low year")

  • 2019: 15,784 (record, "high year")

  • 2018: 1,230 (typical "low year")

Loggerhead nests:

  • 2020: 12,968

  • 2019: 10,813

  • 2018: 11,901

Leatherback nests:

  • 2020: 40

  • 2019: 36

  • 2018: 17

These watercolor monotypes are the pieces I discovered my technique on.

Fragility study 30” X 22”

Here I experimented with how wet my paper was. I love the running color on this particular piece. It would not work for everything.

Fragility- Kaleidoscope

2017

Watercolor monotype

30” X 22”