linoleum print
“The social justice issues my piece represents is ocean pollution and its effects on the creatures that live there. This topic is significant to me because as time progresses, humans release more waste into the ocean every year, making the habitat for many creatures’ toxic and unlivable. Ocean pollution kills more than 100,000 marine animals every year as they ingest plastic and other waste. My image communicates my message because it illustrates how plastic bottle rings, bottle caps, and lids endanger the animals. The jellyfish swims among the trash and its tentacles get caught in the bottle
rings. This represents how dangerous pollution is to all animals in the seas. Inside one of the jellyfishes’ tentacles is the saying “Save Our Seas” which is to promote ocean pollution awareness and to make the viewer want to take part in contributing to using less waste and plastic and helping our seas!”
ARTIST BIO: Molly ANDERSON is a student at Summit Country Day School studying art under art teacher Carrie Barnett.