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Climate Change has already had observable effects on the environment. Shrinking glaciers, melting Arctic ice, early break-up of river and lake ice, shifting plant and animal ranges, and early flowering trees are all signs that uncontrollable Climate Change is occurring. Research shows that changes in climate, especially earlier snowmelt due to warming of spring and summer, have led to hot and dry conditions that boost the fire activity in some areas. Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a crucial moment. This is NOT a distant threat, it is happening now! These abstract expressionist paintings depict the catastrophic impact on our planet that our leaders are not taking seriously. I want to viewer to think about global warming and its devastating impact on our planet. But, I also want the viewer to be aware that we can head off some of these changes. I create many layers with palette knives and brushes, and pouring paint on the canvas. Over many days or weeks, I turn the painting many times and paint it in several directions until the painting emerges. I use the warm colors of orange and red symbolizing heat and fire, contrasting with the cool colors of blue and white symbolizing water and ice. Ready to hang, signature in the back and painted on gallery wrapped canvas.
2014
Oil on Canvas
One-of-a-kind Artwork
20 W x 20 H x 1 D in
Not Framed
Not applicable
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Thoreau once said: "NATURE is beautiful only as a place where a life is to be lived. It is not beautiful to him who has not resolved on a beautiful life." Thoreau’s quote unquestionably resonates with me. I too, wish to address the beautiful in NATURE and celebrate it's absolute wildness, innate freedom, and infinite strength. I look at NATURE with painter’s sensitivity and scientist’s eye. Through my art, I honor Nature by expressing it’s many riches, including mountains, sea coasts, sunsets, thunderclouds, and trees. I worship the environment we inhabit, but mourn its gradual destruction. I am richest when I use NATURE as my inspiration and poorer when I depict its destruction by Climate Change. When I am about to begin a painting, I become deeply reflective and in touch with the powerful emotions that NATURE instills in me. As the painting develops, these inspirations evolve into the raw elements of form, shape, contrast, color and texture. Upon completion, these all come together to create an incredibly powerful and cohesive statement. In my artwork I warn against the ecological poverty of that we are creating. We cannot continue to bulldoze the landscape, to pollute the air, and to ravage and exploit the NATURE with impunity. I want people to be in awe of NATURE and to take action to stop the Earth from becoming a barren wasteland!
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