LIVING OCEANS • WHALE WHISPERS 1 - diptych

oil on panels, 60 x 96 x 1.7, 2024

The LIVING OCEANS series was born on a Spring day in 2018 when a Humpback appeared in the Puget Sound. No one else saw it, though it was the most ‘real’ thing I’d ever seen. But I did ‘see’ her, and this has become the foremost of my artistic Visions.

I am a USA-based interdisciplinary artist recognized for my large-scale abstract oil paintings, video, and LIVING OCEANS DONATION Program.
Through my camera lens, I foresee movement paintings. In the studio these sounds, videos and paintings, surround me. It is not any one element, but a time-based installation that prompts me physically to translate onto painted surfaces.
In Oct. 2019, I went to Tonga to swim with the Humpback Whales. This life-changing experience is the propulsion for my painting, curatorial projects, and Ocean Philanthropy.

Betty Jo Costanzo's award-winning art has been described as "getting lost with a purpose" and "what a place would be like if you belonged there”.
Her works are held in corporate, private and public collections worldwide, and her
public exhibitions and residencies span four decades globally.
A former associate professor at CCAC/CCA, Betty Jo has taught in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Cyprus.
Her latest LIVING OCEANS series, Curatorial Projects, and Ocean Philanthropy, are a call to action for all who love the beauty of our planet Earth.