Feature Artist

PEARL JONES TRANTER
Pearl.tranter@gmail.com
Digital Fine Art Prints [archival] on Hanemuhle papers with Epson Ultrachrome Inks.

Mare Island in Transition: a one-person exhibition at the Vallejo Naval and Historic Museum, September 20, 2009, through January 31, 2010
Featured photo exhibition at the San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival,
February 5-7, 2010.

"My current work documents the transition on Mare Island, Vallejo, California, as it is transformed from a military base and shipyard building and repair facility built in the 1850s to National Historic Preservation site, developers housing projects, Army Reserve Facility, medical university and cancer treatment center, an open space regional park at the south end of the island, an 18 hole golf course, and industrial use. The make-nice people want to tear out old trees and railroad tracks citing job opportunities as bait. If historic eucalyptus trees [put in during the stated historic period of the core area] are to be removed a few at a time and REPLACED IN KIND as would be allowed under a

cultural landscape requirement, that would make sense and preserve the areas status. To remove them and plant natives is not being true to the historic fact or landscape near an area which is noted for a collection of trees from around the world. The habitat as it has historically evolved provides a splendid home for the creatures here now. To see the eucalyptus and smell it after a rainstorm is an unforgettable experience to be treasured. To see a red-tailed hawk flying over the south end of the island or an occasional rabbit hopping along the road is a treat to be remembered by someone visiting the Island on a pleasant afternoon."