My journey with seashells began on the Virginia shores where I grew up. As a child, I played with the shells I collected and somehow knew they had a greater meaning. When I was seven, my father crafted an intricate wall collage around our fireplace made of stones and rocks big and small. I watched with fascination and was inspired to become an artist. All of my life I have had an intimate relationship with the sea, a love affair with the ocean. As an adult I traveled the globe as a merchant seaman and had the opportunity to collect some of the world's most...more
