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Romancing the Reef
by Linda Rossin
“Everything I see, everywhere I look, a painting waits to come to life,” says artist Linda Rossin, of Oak Ridge, New Jersey. “My paintings are momentary journeys that are filled with nature’s richness, beauty and dignity.”
Rossin specializes in poignant
portrayals of birds and mammals of North America and East Africa in which she brings careful detail and often a touch of Impressionism. Even her studio reflects her passion for animals, having once housed great cats appearing in the R.T. Richards Circus. She says her favorite most- used medium is acrylics, though she enjoys switching to oil for plein air and oversized pieces. An adventurous spirit has taken Rossin on an artistic journey from silversmithing to fashion design to big city graphic design before she rediscovered her childhood affin- ity for animals through wildlife art. Following this calling has reaped an impressive string of awards as she publishes and exhibits in shows across the country, including a miniature exhibit hosted by The Smithsonian. She also often serves as a judge or juror for international exhibitions in her field.
To see the artist’s gallery visit
LindaRossin.com.
18 San Diego Edition
www.na-sd.com T
he Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a high-profile example of an ongoing problem: trash in the
world’s oceans. Lorenzo Diaz, an avid stand-up paddleboarder and family man, refuses to sit on the sidelines while his beloved ocean turns into a trash dump. Instead of joining one of the many national organizations for a scheduled beach trash pick-up day, Diaz decided to form his own cleanup effort and enlisted the help of his fam- ily, including his 10-year-old daughter and 8- and 5-year-old sons.
“We do our best to instill the moral
to always leave a place better than the way we find it,” Diaz explains. “Each time we visited the beach, we would ask each of the children to pick up 10 pieces of trash before heading home. They always made it a competition to see how many pieces they could get. The day our daughter said she had picked up 100 pieces of trash in 15 minutes was the day we realized the truly awful condition of our beaches.” What began as a life lesson for his children has evolved into a grassroots
by Julianne Hale
PaTrOl: A Labor of Love
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