Acrylic on canvas, 50x60cm. May 2022. AVAILABLE
This piece is a part of the Arctic Polarity exhibit in the Virtual Water Gallery.
Foundations highlights the complex layers of the subsurface that play a key role in Arctic land stability. As air and ground temperatures increasingly rise each summer, permafrost thaw is exacerbated, and the integrity of these interwoven and interdependent horizons begin to disintegrate; the integrity of the root systems encapsulated by this once frozen ground, the above ground biomass and the columns of infrastructure lying atop supported by this rigidity. The equilibrium of water flow both surface and sub feeling the disruption, the ratio of water and ice walking a thinner and thinner line. The symphonic resiliency of nature as it adapts to these breaches, and the reflection of this resiliency within the hearts of all living communities.