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Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22, 2022
from 10:00 to 5:00 PM at
The Satellite Workspaces    
6265 Hwy 9, Felton
831 222 2100

Come and enjoy art of all media, and discover the abundance of artistic talent in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Admission to view the work of each of 32 local artists is free.

Marc Shargel will be partnering with local painter Sanda Spiegel at the Satellite Workplaces in downtown Felton. So the Satellite (direclty across from the new Humble Sea Tavern), will be a 2-for-1 stop on your tour.

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Saturday & Sunday, October 1-2 & 15-16, 2022
from 10:00 to 5:30 PM all four days, in Felton

We will be open the first and third weekends in October, observing new hours: 10 to 5:30 each day. We forward to welcoming you view our outdoor photography display in person again this fall.

I will be showing new work from Arches National Park, Alaska, and the Big Sur Coast. Open Studios will be at my studio just off Highway 9 in Felton. You can come to Felton and just follow the bright yellow signs with "Marc Shargel" on them. Or get yourself a free guide to all 300+ artists when they come out in September.

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We've just launched a new presence on Patreon. Patreon allows us to offer you a stream of monthly imagery, news about our work and environmental updates. Subscribers get a new photo to download each month, which can be used as wallpaper on your phone if you like. You also get access to posts on Patreon just for our fans. Subscriptions start at just $3 a month.

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At higher levels you can receive notecards and prints bearing our photos, along with the digital pictures and information described above. Check out our new page on Patreon!

As Sea Urchins Devour Kelp Forests Inside Central California Marine Protected Areas
And Out. We Ask: Will Anything Be Done?

Marc Shargel's newest video Help Save Kelp examines what is happening, and efforts by local volunteers to fight back the onslaught. But so far the state won't help—and makes them criminals for trying!

The complete video of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, presented on May 8, 2020 in collaboration with the vailable now! Share Marc Shargel's underwater adventures along the California Coast and learnhow the recent proliferation of sea urchins has caused a major ecosystem shift in kelp forests from Monterey to Mendocino.

We now have a store for merchandise bearing our photographic images at RedBubble.com.

You Can Do Your Gift Shopping With Us!
Fine art photo enlargements, books, notecards and mini prints are all available directly from this website.

A huge array of items bearing our photographic images can be ordered from RedBubble.com. From t-shirts to socks, shower curtains to pillows, mugs to rugs, RedBubble.com has all kinds of gift items.

Marc Shargel's Wonders of the Sea series of books, currently at three volumes, is the most complete underwater photographic presentation of California's sea life available. These gorgeous, full color coffee-table books will beautify any library or living room, and captivate adults and children alike. The Wonders of the Sea books have been praised by marine biologists, conservationists, and members of California's Fish and Game Commission. Copies signed by the author are available directly through this website.

Our website gives you access to an "ocean" of marine imagery by Marc Shargel. You can easily select pictures of any subject from our online library of images. As of November, 2014 there are more than 9,700 images here. Just type what you want in the "Search for..." area at top right. You can browse our many galleries under the "Portfolio" menu choice. Or look into our Wonders of the Sea series of books, framed photography for your walls, or our marine conservation work.

"I've seen a lot of changes in Central California's ocean since I began diving here in 1978. I first took a camera underwater in 1982. Since then I've been using images to communicate the beauty and fragility of our marine life to people who might otherwise never know about it."
— Marc Shargel