Encroaching danger 2
Amanda Quellin
Print Price: £44.18
This art piece is created by the artist for the the advancement and funding of solutions toward the ecological problems of Ghost Fishing.
Fishing gear is one of the most damaging forms of plastic pollution as it is designed to trap marine life. It entangles marine mammals and fishes, smothers habitats and even threatens human life. There is also a subsequent impact of ghost fishing, where discarded nets and pots trap one organism, which then acts as a baited trap enticing other animals in.
We know that fishing gear is one of the most commonly found items on beaches and that it contributes nearly half of the floating plastic found in the Pacific gyre, but we do not have a robust estimate of how much fishing gear is lost on a global scale and where the most problematic regions are. This information is crucial for improving management and mitigation of this plastic waste. We need to assess what data we have available in order to understand where to focus our reduction efforts.
We welcome solutions that target this problem both at a practical level and research level. We are keen to hear proposed solutions from companies such as diving organisations or NGO’s in the ocean sector, that have existing operations. Academics focusing on marine sciences are also encouraged to put forward detailed research proposals that will positively add value to this vast challenge.
Additional information
| Category | Ocean |
|---|---|
| Original size | |
| Print Size | 30.5 x 40.6cm |
| Medium | Digital Art |
| Signature | Signed in bottom corner of painting |
Amanda is a professional Scenic Artist with a career that has spanned over 25 years. She has worked both in the U.K. and internationally. Her client list includes the BBC, Film 4, Opera North, Granada television, Alton Towers and many other theatres and entertainment venues.
Her company also designed and produced one of the largest grossing dinosaur exhibitions for Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry.
She designed and produced the art work for La Tasca chain of 70 restaurants in the U.K. and USA and has exhibited at a number of venues including the Royal Academy in London.
Amanda has a degree in Fine Art and Masters in illustration for which she was awarded a distinction in 2021. She now concentrates on smaller scale projects in illustration, murals and public arts trails and is a regular artist for Wild in Art.
Through working with Wild in Art, she has completed over 60 sculpture projects raising money for a number of charities. Projects have included painting a throne-style bench for King Charles’ coronation, which was exhibited at the Tower of London and painting a cat sculpture for Coraline’s Curious Cat trail sponsored by Laika studios in Portland USA.
Alongside her son, she jointly won the Isle of Man biosphere award for best poetry and artwork in the Ellyn exhibition in 2020.
On a personal level, Amanda has travelled to over 60 countries, been an exhibition artist for Raleigh International and is passionate about the natural world, indigenous cultures and animal rights.
Other works by Amanda Quellin
Other works for protecting our Oceans
Hidden beneath the waves
Courtenay Kusito
Entangled memory
Anna Akhvlediani
I see only nets swim. Where are the fish?
Mari Ipliktsiadou
Tis the sport to have the engineer
Mopher Crook
