Blue Lantern Studio - Earthwatch Fellowship

Robi has been awarded an artist fellowship by the Earthwatch Institute. From June 28 - July 9, 2004, she joined "Salmon Hotspots of the Skagit River" — a scientific expedition looking at the links between biodiversity at tributary junctions and salmon habitat.

From now until the end of August, Robi is creating artwork about her experience. The work in progress was shown at the annual conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER2004) at the University of Victoria from August 24 - 26, 2004. The painting is scheduled to travel to the DeSoto Wildlife Refuge where it will be on display for the fall alongside the art of Richard Hart, a painter and sculptor from Nebraska who was also on the Earthwatch expedition.