Painting sharks ... for science

Name: Painting sharks ... for science
Uploaded: 2019-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 17 min
Description: Artist and marine biologist Guy Harvey painted his first sea creature in school while illustrating Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." In this inspirational talk, he describes how -- despite an intervening PhD in marine biology -- those early forays into painting drew him away from academia and into a lifelong dedication to causes of marine conservation and education.

TEDxNSU 2019Mar 201917 min35915 views

Speaker

Guy HarveyMarine Conservationist & Artist | Protecting Oceans Through Eco-Tourism

About this talk

Artist and marine biologist Guy Harvey painted his first sea creature in school while illustrating Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." In this inspirational talk, he describes how -- despite an intervening PhD in marine biology -- those early forays into painting drew him away from academia and into a lifelong dedication to causes of marine conservation and education.