Tutu’s Tidepool is a fully mobile touch tank designed and constructed by Sitka Sound Science Center’s staff. The mobile aquarium will make marine science more accessible and fun to a wide range of audiences.

Tutu (Liz Bodine) was a beloved grandmother that this touch tank is dedicated in memory of. Sitka Sound Science Center is grateful for Tutu’s family’s generosity and help in cultivating the love of exploration and discovery in future generations.

I was commissioned to design artwork depicting the undersea life of our norther pacific region on panels to surround the cart that holds the touch tank and equipment needed for operations. In my design I tried to highlight many of the staff’s favorite local organisms while keeping all four panels working as a continuous image flowing around the cart. I transferred my drawings onto a tablet and finished the pieces in procreate to the exact dimensions. The final designs were sent to a printing company to reproduce directly onto the plastic panels needed for the cart.

May 2024

I was honored to be included in a grouping of Alaskan artists commissioned to portray some of Alaska's animals and plants listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. 

This project is meant to increase public awareness of the endangered species that live amongst us in an engaging and fun way. Please take a moment to look over the coloring pages offered and choose one for your self or a friend to color in.

Learn more about the project and some of the other artists involved. 

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service | Conservation in Color

November 2022

Polar Bumble Bee Coloring Pages