"The Chesapeake Tree of Life" is a painting that captures the beauty and importance of the Chesapeake Bay. It depicts the bay as a tree, with a variety of aquatic creatures perched in it like birds in an actual tree. In the background, an illustration of the earth serves as a reminder of the bay's place in the larger ecosystem. A net filled with trash in front of the tree acts as a warning to reduce the amount of trash that ends up in our watersheds.

The painting is a tribute to the Chesapeake Bay, which stretches through six states and provides life to every organism that lives in and out of it. The bay is a vital source of food, water, and shelter and other resources for animals and for humans. The painting aims to convey the importance of protecting and preserving this precious resource for future generations. I wish that by preserving our watersheds, all the creatures in the bay may be happy and free, just like the birds that soar in the sky.

Fishbowl: More than 80 million metric tons of fish are removed annually from the ocean. Fish is one of the most fundamental aquatic animals in our waters, and by killing them, we are slowly killing ourselves. When dangerous runoffs collect in a body of water, it threatens the aquatic habitat, in turn destroying the fish population. Runoffs limit the growth of the fish population as we continue to overfish them, trapping them in a bowl where extinction is close if action is not taken.