roadkill
As we continue down our path of over-consumption
we get nearer to mass extinction. I created this series of
road kill drawings to reflect the decimation of our environment
by our current lifestyle. I photographed the animals in Texas,
where it is illegal to remove carcasses killed on the highway.
The animals were left to be picked clean and decay, so manifest
the full process of disintegration. I feel it is important
to bring attention to the current state of the environment
as we depend on the natural world for our own survival. The
works carry a warning for the future if we continue to allow
what is happening through our current disregard of the environment.
view roadkill drawings
right: sparrow - detail; pencil and tar
on paper, 2008 |
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| materialism
The pine beetle has killed 98% of Colorado's lodgepole pines,
leaving behind whole mountain valleys cloaked in the rust
color of dead forest. Warmer winters have allowed the beetle
to flourish as they are usually kept in check by over a month
of subzero temperatures.
view pine paintings
right: pine; oil on canvas, 2007 |
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bleeding
forest
In the last couple of years, groves of aspen have started
bleeding to death. Their unexpected demise has baffled
the scientific community, but it is believed that this new
virus is caused by global warming.
right:
source material for series of oil on shotgunned panel paintings
of the current state of aspen in Colorado. 2007 |
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Colorado
Landscapes from my homeland.
view spring aspen paintings
view fallen spruce field studies
right: Aspen; oil on shotgunned panel,
2007 |
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UXO
A new crop of unexploded bombs and landmines emerge from
the earth after every monsoon season in Southeast Asia. Laid
down over a generation ago, their presence demonstrates how
the effects of modern warfare does not end upon the signing
of a peace agreement, but goes on to affect communities around
the world for decades.
view UXO monoprints
right: UXO; drypoint monoprint with burnt
chine collee, 2002 |
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flower
opposing the energies of creation vs destruction as well
as masculine vs feminine.
right: lillies; oil on shotgunned plywood,
2005 |
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