LandEscape Art Review, Special Edition

We live in a time of changing weather patterns due to global warming. As Temperatures rise, the waters swell and grow warmer. Storms have become more frequent and destructive in some areas, while drought and forest fires have plagued others. I explore the natural world and its deconstruction caused by man, while depicting these environments made by man being reconstructed by nature. Is it a form of self correction? Does or can one exist without the other? These are the questions I ask, while exploring the waters around me.The surfaces of the waters reflect the environment around us. While currents of running waters rush through the estuaries of suburbia and the remote countryside, pedestrians move through the canyons of the urban landscapes. The ebb and flow create the abstractions and aberrations in the reflective surfaces. Whether it is a splash from a footstep in a puddle in an urban landscape or fish swimming upstream in the wilderness, the layers of complexity are overlapped and transformed. Our world is round, front to back, top to bottom, side to side, we revolve and as we do we evolve. What an important time for us to reconnect with nature and to reflect on the natural elements in our world and the fragilities and intricacies we have to balance. It is an archeology of discovery when we turn the world upside down or inside out. The threads of the present are intertwined with the past, the woven tapestry changing as we change. Through my investigations I illuminate these changes to engage us to think and ultimately act in new ways.