Student Name: Katie O'Driscoll School: Oswego East Grade: 11 Class/Club: Painting 2; Mrs. Stanich, National Arts Honors Society Title: "Spread of Our Own" UN Sustainable Development Goal: Life Below Water Brief Artist Statement: The fact that there is plastic in the ocean is something that you’ve probably heard a million times before, so here is your million-and-one time. Our oceans are being polluted by us, the human race, which is killing the beauty and life it brings to this world. We have to raise awareness and try to reverse the spread of this disease we call pollution in our oceans. We need to go back to the basics and simplicity, like using cardboard over plastic, so we can have a fighting chance to revive the vivacious life of the ocean and its inhabitants.