HORIZON LINES SERIES
Ethan collaborates with O’ahu nonprofits Sustainable Coastlines Hawai’i and the Center for Marine Debris Research to make artwork from marine debris collected across the Hawaiian islands.
Marine debris fishing nets and ropes pose a critical threat to endangered Hawaiian monk seals, turtles, humpback whales, and coral reef habitats.
The material that washes up on Hawaiian beaches has often travelled thousands of miles and the tropical sun fades the rope as it drifts for years at sea. Ethan finds beauty in these weathered strands of rope and uses the wide color palette found from the marine debris in Hawai’i to explore his Horizon Lines series.
Marine debris fishing nets and ropes pose a critical threat to endangered Hawaiian monk seals, turtles, humpback whales, and coral reef habitats.
The material that washes up on Hawaiian beaches has often travelled thousands of miles and the tropical sun fades the rope as it drifts for years at sea. Ethan finds beauty in these weathered strands of rope and uses the wide color palette found from the marine debris in Hawai’i to explore his Horizon Lines series.
"Horizon Lines No. 25" (2023) 42 inches in diameter.
"Horizon Lines No. 4" (2019) 34 inches in diameter.
"Horizon Lines No. 26" (2023) 40 inches in diameter.
"Horizon Lines No. 23" (2022)
"Horizon Lines No. 2" (2019)
"Horizon Lines No. 22" (2021)
"Horizon Lines No. 15" (2021)
"Horizon Lines No. 6" (2020) 38 inches wide x 18 inches tall.
"Horizon Lines No. 16" (2021)
"Horizon Lines No. 28" (2024)