aRchiPelAgo Watercolor, acrylic, gouache, ink and pencil on paper Deep in the northern Atlantic Ocean, the Faroe Islands jut out of icy waters like the fins of sharks. Like many islanders, the human inhabitants face resource constraints. The most palpable? Space itself. The cliffs continuously erode as waves, tourist foot traffic and coastal development bear down on them. The sheer cliffs central to this piece are depicted in black and white to express the distillation of their value to modern humans. They have progressed from being dynamic, geological entities to precious commodities.
ZeNith Acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pencil and linen on paper Dillon Reservoir of Colorado’s Summit County has a tale not dissimilar from many water bodies near populated mountainous regions of the U.S. With a rich mining history, acid mine drainage (AMD) has long compromised the health of waters downstream from mines. AMD occurs when mining exposes rocky surfaces that contain an abundance of sulfide minerals or liquid draining from coal stocks travels into waterways. Both activities change the chemistry of the water, often turning it orange, symbolized by the vertical orange stripes running through “Zenith.”
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