It all begins with an idea. Mine was to create an arts organisation that restored marine coral reef habitats. Merging visual arts with science, combining artificial reef technology and coral gardening with sculpture to create Living sculptures in the Sea.

‘ I believe that everything here on earth is here to create and participate in creation be that a bee collecting pollen or the acorn on the oak. As humans we can choose what to create and how to participate in creation that is a gift and a power,” Celia Gregory

Celia Persephone Gregory is the founder of the Marine Foundation, an Eco-arts organisation that uses art for change - not only in awareness and education, but also directly on the restoration of coral reef habitats, fish stocks, and associated provision of livelihood.

Celia has over twenty-five years directing and managing a varied selection of creative projects around the world. Having completed her padi pro dive master in Costa Rica in 2004 she was inspired to take her creative  process under the sea, developing ‘art in symbiosis with marine conservation’.  She created The Living  sculptures in the sea program, an international series of underwater sculptures and a creative collaboration of local communities, conservation organisations, science and the creative arts.