Artwork Collection

Our Oceans: Plastically Speaking

Our oceanic relationship is off-balance due to the human consumption of plastic. This is a caution to the existence of toxic plastic, and how it is evident in aquatic wildlife. This collection features a few pieces from the original 10-piece thesis illustration set.

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Plastic Bags + Straws

This image is a demonstration of how plastics in the ocean appear as jellyfish, often preyed in by sea turtles.

Mixed Media

Bottle Caps

This image is a demonstration of how bottle caps in the ocean are often mistaken as food for aquatic birds, and stay in their digestive systems un-noticed.

Mixed Media

Fishing Nets

This image is a demonstration of how plastic fishing nets suffocate and damage coral populations.

Mixed Media

Plastic Jug

This image is a demonstration of how large plastics such as jugs entrap sea life and disrupt the flow.

Mixed Media

Plastic Pack Rings

This image is a demonstration of how physically warped sea life can get when plastic attaches to them, or they accidentally slip through plastic.

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Q- Tips

This image is an abstract demonstration of the aftermath of a seahorse death, whereas bones look beautiful, they are tainted by plastic use.

Mixed Media

Microplastics

This image is a demonstration of how micro plastics are able to seamlessly travel up the food chain.

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Plastic Fork

This image is a demonstration of how plastic utensils can catch on sea foliage and cause disease and death.

Mixed Media

Plastic Eggs

This painted sculpture is a image play of how sea otters search for food, usually cracking open clams, but in the age of plastic, this otter only finds toy eggs.

Mixed Media

Candy Wrappers

This image is an abstract demonstration of how large aquatic mammals can be internally damaged by plastic build up by ingestion.

Work by

Alexandria Solorzano- Caruso

Illustration