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STRAIGHT TALK
with Courtney Mattison

“Our Changing Seas:
An Atlantic & Caribbean coral reef story”
(2013) in the foyer
of the NSU Oceanographic Center. Glazed
stoneware and porcelain; fiberboard; steel;
enamel and acrylic
paints; epoxy. Image ©
Courtney Mattison.

As an artist, Courtney Mattison derives inspiration from environmental science and marine
biology, creating work which rasies awareness of the vulnerability of flora and fauna of the
ocean under the constant threat of climate change, ocean acidification, and pollution.

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SciArt in America December 2013