Based on research by students at the Harbor School, this work explores the building patterns of soft bodies through mixed media on paper, canvas, and mylar.

The animals included are sometimes referred to by science as being members of “fouling communities” because of the way they “colonize” man-made structures in bodies of water like piling, ship hulls, and marinas.

These paintings examine soft tissue communities expanding and iterating themselves.

Photo documentation by Matthew Sherman.