25” x 62” fine art print on Hahnemuhle rag paper. Edition of 10.

Egregia menzeisii, or feather boa kelp. Feather boa kelp is one of the most common kelps on the eastern edge of the Pacific, growing in the low intertidal to subtidal zones from Mexico to Alaska. It is a perennial, its holdfast remaining throughout the winters while the blades get beaten back by storm surges to emerge again from the same holdfast in spring. This is a juvenile Egregia, with a still small holdfast. I have checked on certain Egregia holdfasts that have persisted for five years or so creating substantial mounds of their haptera (the root-like structures that make up the holdfast).