Ocean Acidification
Jay Leach
2025
Acrylic paint, watercolour paint, scrap wood
Jay Leach, a New Hampshire-based artist, has a love for art that has spanned her entire life, and she works in many different mediums, such as paint, wood, and yarn. She has an interest in climate change and has made several other climate and nature-based artworks, and this is her first ocean-related work. She plans on continuing to create climate-related work in the future about New England bodies of water and forests.
My intention for this project was to create something both explanatory and easy to understand. I wanted to use colours that popped and drew attention to the piece, which lead you to small blocks of text that are simple yet informative. Ocean acidification is something important for people to be aware of, since it’s affecting so many marine animals, which in turn affects us because we are the ones fishing for them and consuming them later on. I wanted to share just how bad ocean acidification is and share ways we can stop it.
Twenty young artists created art centered on the challenges, hopes, and fears for Casco Bay’s past, present, and future.
What happens when a group of young artists turn their talents toward protecting Casco Bay? A new collaboration with MECA&D brought powerful, creative answers.
