Two attached fossilized whale vertebrae with a quarter for scale.
A top view of the two vertebrae showing the sliver of lighter colored stone, which used to be cartilage, separating the two fossilized bones.
A fragment of bone with penny for scale.
A close up showing the chambered, crystalized pattern characteristic of fossilized bone.
A fossilized wad of bone that looks to be a smaller vertebrae when examined closely.
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Hand drawn (acrylic/ink/colored pencil on board) full page advertisement for O’Neill wetsuits by Santa Barbara area artist Rick Sharp that ran in Surfer Magazine volume 16 number 1 in 1975.
An advertisement for Channel Islands Surfboards in Surfer Magazine volume 16 number 1 from 1975.
Spat out of the Santa Barbara Channel, a small Great White shark washed up on the backside of Rincon Point and Bates Beach in July.
“I never set out to become anything in particular. Only to live creatively and push the scope of my experience for adventure. . .If I only scrape a living, at least it’s a living worth scraping. If there is no future in it, at least it’s a present worth remembering.”
A six minute film about an Irish surf photographer.
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Rick Sharp O’Neill Wetsuit Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
Channel Islands Surfboards Ad in Surfer Magazine (1975)
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