Fueled by an abiding concern with environmental crisis for more than three decades, contemporary artist Alexis Rockman (b. 1962) depicts an ominous and complex vision of ocean life affected by humankind in a monumental new series titled Oceanus.

"Published to accompany a traveling exhibition organized by the Mystic Seaport Museum, this volume documents artist Alexis Rockman's newly executed 8 x 24-foot panoramic painting Oceanus and ten related large watercolors. Complementing Rockman's paintings-as well as many details and photographs documenting the artist's process, along with a rich selection of contextual imagery-are essays by leading writers and scholars on such topics as maritime and oceanic history and Rockman's work within the larger context of art history"--