Stay

The work is inspired by the first two lines of Robert Power’s 2014 Pulitzer fictional novel about the evolutionary wonder of trees called THE OVERSTORY. They read: “First, there was nothing. Then there was everything.” This refers to the primordial universe, followed by the evolutionary miracle that is life on earth. The work plays with scale, depicting simultaneously the macro and microbiotic worlds, rare marine creatures as well as Hawaiian birds, flowers and snails. “Stay” references the anthropocene epoch by way of our technologies which have harnessed food, water, and energy but which have also left us terribly brittle, diminishing the diversity that sustains us.

2020

oil and silk stitched serigraph on linen, 39.75 x 39.75 in

The painting considers the affect of globalization across time and space, from the microbiome to the macro universe. The work plays with scale, depicting rare marine creatures as well as Hawaiian birds, flowers and snails, as well as the global supply chains and the industries of our modern age. “Stay” calls into question the human reach by way of our technologies which have harnessed food, water, and energy but which have also left us terribly brittle and susceptible to global pandemic disruptions and planetary species extinctions.

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