The paintings and sculptures in this series were initiated by the writings of Edward O. Wilson (Half Earth) and Elizabeth Kolbert (The Sixth Great Extinction). They are an artist's emotional response to the ecological crisis we presently face.
Will we continue to degrade the planet to satisfy our own immediate needs,
or will we find a way to halt the mass extinction for the sake of future generations?
If we choose the path of destruction, the planet will continue to descend irreversibly
into the Anthropocene Epic, the biologically final age in which the planet exists,
almost exclusively, by, for and of ourselves. I prefer to call this option by another
name, the Eremocene, the Age of Loneliness.
from Half Earth
"Ancient Pathways" oil/acrylic/plaster 24" x 24"
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"Descent" mixed media triptych
three 22" x 22" panels |
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"What If We Had Had Wings" plaster/cement approximately 14" x 9" x 4"
"The Findings of a Future Paleantologist" oil/paperclay on board 38" x 12"
"Rewilding" mixed media sculpture approximately 24" x 28" x 15"
"And If I Were Gone, Would You Still Feel The Same"
detail of mixed media sculpture approximately 26" x 28" x 6" |
"She Came In From Beyond The Divide"
mixed media painting 18" x 18" |
"Sapien Sea" oil/clay on board 22" x 22"
"Casting Shadows" oil/acrylic on panel 32" x 32"
