“Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.”
— Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It
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As the world heats and we begin to feel the effects of climate change, thanks to technology we are able to witness the desiccation of once-fertile lands across the world. I have been looking at images of dried riverbeds and the treasures that are exposed as these rivers die.
It's heartbreaking beyond words for me that these beautiful, ancient, complex, abundant energy sources are disappearing, but as they disappear, they reveal extraordinary textures, colors, and scars in their wake that I feel compelled to reinvent with mixed media.
I've created these pieces with a variety of papers, acrylic paint, acrylic inks, Neopastel, and pencil.