After retiring from her position as an Associate Professor in the Department of Critical Studies, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Karolle chose to focus on her passion for the oceans, animals, and environmental education. For 12 years Karolle split her time between Maui and the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. She now calls her home S ,DÁYES (Pender Island), British Columbia. Most of the images found on this website are a result of spending a great deal of quiet time beneath the sea, looking closely for the tiniest and most overlooked creatures.
S,DÁYES is within the traditional territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, and home primarily to the SENĆOŦEN speaking W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations. However, much of Karolle’s exploration of the undersea world began in Xetthecum, also known as Retreat Cove, Galiano Island, B.C., where the language spoken for thousands of years was primarily Hul’q’umi’num, along with a few grunts from the Plainfin Midshipmen (a handsome fish) and calls of the orcas and clicks of the shrimp.
Although most of the images of fish on Maui were taken in Ahihi Kina’u Marine Reserve, most of the small creatures, especially the nudibranchs and sacoglossans have found sanctity within, or close to, the walls of the old fish ponds and accretion platforms that once lined the coast of North Kihei and Ma’alaea harbour — the Koieie fish pond being the most documented.
Contact: karollewall@gmail.com
