The Vestiges Paintings envision a world in which icebergs and glaciers no longer exist. These “paintings from the future” may be seen as mythologizing the natural world as it once existed. I often think of my work as cave paintings, recording a world now lost, coupled with images of the world humans have created. The layering and repetition of symbols: tree stumps and icebergs (nature under threat), horns (protection), eyes (the observer/watcher) and circles (biology and the microscopic world) all serve to create an alternative visual language. This visual language is all part of the reordering of the world as a means of grasping the uncertainty that lies ahead.
Vestiges (Iceberg with Washington Square Park)
22.5” x 30”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (glacier)
22.5” x 30”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (Icebergs with horn)
30”x 22.5”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (Iceberg, glacier with fence)
30”x 22.5”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (Iceberg with octopus)
30”x 22.5”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (iceberg and creature)
23” x 30”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (with trash bag)
26”x40”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (with astronaut, WSP)
26”x40”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges no.1
26”x41”
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (Diptych)
45”x 60
Gouache on paper
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Vestiges (Map)
36.5” x 58”
Gouache on paper
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