Miami After-image #17

Year: 2022
Dimensions: 8 x 10" (plus 3" frame/mat)
Medium: Watercolor and pastel on paper

Artist Description of Work:
Juxtaposing the needles of a native Dade County pine next to a non-native king palm, this painting examines migration and how plant and animal species end up in different places. We as humans are part of nature and interfere with species location just as a bird might spread seeds. Yet, as our species is at an imbalance with nature and we travel the globe, our actions have weightier consequences. This is part of my After-image Series, which forewarns that the beauty of our world may some day only survive as an after-image if we do not act to protect it.