These global warming artworks represent a synthesis of my experiences in the Arctic and interests in and concerns about the future of our planet. They contain a multiplicity of different perspectives simultaneously in each piece. My viewpoint moves in and out of the landscape but always from above. They map my body’s relationship to the terrain; I am not looking out at it, I’m grounded in it or floating above it. It’s vast flatness and virtually no sign of human presence for thousands of miles, make it at once incredibly distant and also very intimate. I move in and out of this space, at once attached and grounded, at once detached and unrelated. The pieces thus become metaphors for a state of being not unlike our connection to climate change and global warming - intimately connected to our environment and responsible and eager to assist in reversing a potential planetary disaster and simultaneously detached from the vastness of the problem and our feelings of impotence to effect change.
Please click on the works below to view the series currently in progress.
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Forests This series of artworks looks at changes in forest, primarily deforestation due to climate change, the introduction of new species of flora and fauna, and invasions of insect species which destroy forests. |
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Changing Forests 1 (2009) 21" x 20.5" $475 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Forests 2 (2009) 18" x 22" $400 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Forests 3 (2009) 21" x 20.5" $475 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Forests 4 (2009) 18.5" x21 " $445 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Changing Forests 5 (2009) 22.5" x 22" $495 Mixed Media /fibers/collage
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Changing Forests 6 (2009) 18.5" x 22" $495 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Desertification This series explores the issues and areas of desertification which is occurring as areas dry out, shifts in rain patterns occur and human activity removes natural resources resulting in an ecosystem change. |
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Desertification
1 (2009) 20.5" x 25" $475 Mixed Media /fibers/collage
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Desertification
2 (2009) 14" x 27" $475 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
Desertification
3 (2009) "16.5 x 22" $485 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
Desertification 4 (2009) 18" x 17.5" $460 Mixed Media /fibers/collage |
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Madelaine's initial artworks from the Global Warming series were based on her 2006 trip to the Arctic. Please read more on her trip and original inspiration for the exhibition on the Special Exhibitions page. |
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Arctic
(2006) 41" x 30" $2,750 Mixed Media/oils /encaustic/fibers/collage
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Arctic
(2006) 34" x 41" $2,750 Mixed Media/oils /encaustic/fibers/collage
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Arctic
Impressions 1 (2006) 36" x 36" $2,900 Oils/Encaustic |
Arctic
Impressions 2 (2006) 24" x 36" $2,750 Oils/Encaustic
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Arctic
(2006) 36" x 48" $2,950 Oils/Encaustic/Ceramic
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Ice
Break (2007) 30" x 30" $2,350 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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Knitted Forms
(2007) Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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USA 2100 (2008) 28" x 40" $2,750 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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Ice
Cracking (2008) 27" x 48" $2,850 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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Melting (2008) 33" x 42" $2,800 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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Wildfires (2008) 25" x 45" $2,850 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage
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Riches Revealed (2008) $2,750 Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage |
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Tundra Blooming (2008) 32" x 34" $1,950 Mixed Yarn/Fibers/Fabric
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Urban Waterways These artworks are concerned with the effects of pollution of urban water sources and waterways. |
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Urban Aerial (2008) Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage 26" x 38" $2800 |
From Above (2008) Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage 25" x 38" $2600 |
Puget Sound Aerial (2008) Mixed Media/oils/ encaustic/fibers/collage 39" x 38" $2800 |
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