
Cecilia Bitterlin
Print Price: £110
Original Price: £1,400
The ebbing tide on one of Cornwall’s most beautiful beaches reveals treasures of the past along it’s strand line and crystal clear, turquoise waters only to those onlookers who have the patience to seek them. The cowrie shell, historically used as a significant form of currency, was valued for its beauty and scarcity around the world.
The hard and treacherous granite rocks along the coast will hopefully continue to protect these little treasures for now from overzealous hands- their only predator. However, as the climate changes, so too does the ebb and flow of the tide. Human impact on the world continues to devastate areas of natural beauty such as this beach and the surrounding marine life.
How can we turn the tide with our actions? How will we protect areas of outstanding natural beauty? How will we take collective action to purify our oceans across the world?
| Original size | |
|---|---|
| Print Size | 29.7 x 42 |
| Medium | Painting |
| Material | Oil on canvas |
| Rarity | Unique |
| Signature | On back of painting |
| Frame | Not included |
Cecelia is an artist and teacher. She has dedicated 11 years to teaching secondary school students and then 4 to bringing up her young family.
Her practice is driven by travel and responding to the environment around her and many works have been triggered as a celebration of natures beauty or as a response to human impact on society. For example the forest management in her local woodland and climate change impact on the oceans.






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Dr. Bethan Lang is a Senior Sycomore scientist and our Lead Marine Scientist. Bethan is a marine biologist from the UK, who completed her PhD a stone’s throw from the Great Barrier Reef in Townsville, Australia. Here, Bethan studied the impacts of climate change on the infamous coral-feeding crown-of-thorns starfish, while also assisting with research projects on the ecology of epaulette sharks and other fishes.
Bethan has also worked on kelp and seagrass restoration and seahorse conservation projects in Sydney, as well as coral reef conservation projects in Indonesia, Madagascar and Honduras. Bethan is an avid diver, sailor, and general ocean lover.
Dr. Keerthi Sasikumar is a Climate Scientist with a PhD focused on understanding ocean-atmospheric interactions under warming scenario, particularly how ocean warming drives large-scale climate variability and extreme events. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral researcher at the School of Atmospheric Sciences, SYSU, China, where she studies how atmospheric changes affect solar radiation patterns to better understand and harness renewable energy potential.
Beyond academia, Keerthi has worked extensively on climate risk and climate finance projects, collaborating with corporate clients to quantify potential financial impacts of future climate scenarios. As a climate risk analyst, she has supported businesses develop models to assess the potential business implications of climate-related risks and opportunities.
She is particularly interested in environmental challenges where marine systems intersect with human decision-making. Her work centres on translating complex ocean and climate science into clear, actionable insights that drive practical solutions through interdisciplinary collaboration.
I’m a Physical Oceanographer with a strong background in climate science and environmental research, with a particular focus on polar regions. My expertise spans sea-air-ice interactions, ocean dynamics, and climate data analysis, contributing to both academic research and applied oceanography.
My oceanography background has equipped me with broad knowledge of marine science across diverse disciplines, including Biology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, and Human-Ocean interactions.
Anandi Tamby is a marine microbiologist specializing in microbial membrane biology and adaptive mechanisms to high hydrostatic pressure. She followed her PhD program with Utrecht University. Her research focused on understanding how marine microorganisms modify membrane structure and function to survive in extreme deep-sea environments. Her passion for the ocean goes beyond professional settings, as she loves to dive and dive.
She also writes and curates Science Tambourine (https://sciencetambourine.github.io/ScienceTambourine/), a science communication blog where she explores ocean science, environmental issues, and broader topics in research and discovery for a diverse audience.
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