Resilience in Community by Lela Shields
Resilience in Community is an original painting by local artist Lela Shields, created specially for Party on the Pacific Plate 2025. The piece vibrantly depicts the natural wonders of Point Reyes National Seashore, featuring diverse flora and fauna alongside the park’s iconic landscapes. We invited community members to share their favorite “gifts” the Seashore has offered—the moments and memories that tie them to this place—and Lela skillfully wove them into an intricate composition, textured with minerals and gold leaf that illuminate the thriving biodiversity and spirit of community at the heart of Point Reyes. Resilience in Community is a luminous reminder of the connection and belonging that we find when we come together to protect and celebrate the Seashore.
Places: Abbotts Lagoon, Drakes Estero, Limantour Beach, Mount Vision, Tomales Point
Plants: American dunegrass, beach strawberry, Bishop pine, California poppy, coastal bush lupine, coast paintbrush, common eelgrass, Douglas iris, dune bush lupine, huckleberry, seep monkeyflower, Tidestrom’s lupine
Fungi: candy cap, fly agaric, king bolete, mycelium
Animals: bat ray, brown pelican, California bumble bee, California quail, chestnut-backed chickadee, coyote, great horned owl, harbor seal, humpback whale, leopard shark, moon jelly, northern elephant seal, sea lion, western snowy plover, Wilson’s warbler