I live quite near my brother who is often to be found diving in the waters off of Cape Cod

His passion is to explore the local wrecks and catalogue the colourful fish

I am an artist like my father before me

His name was Graham Rich

My name is Martha Rich

I was named after the island of my birth

My brother does not have a name

He does not care for names

Unlike my father I am an abstract artist

Who works on large canvases

I often paint the journeys of the colourful fish

As they swim shoal between the islands

My favourite fish are the rouge fish whose considerable numbers

Give the sea a strange glow especially in the winter months