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I am an abstract artist on a mission to spread an awareness of climate change and its effects on our environment—one painting at a time. My work is my voice, sharing my views with others in galleries, exhibitions, on social media and beyond. I write statements about each painting referencing what I am experiencing while making the piece. The viewer is free to interpret their own vision. I hope others will join me in sharing the message about climate change and give it the exposure it deserves as the most important issue of our day. We are truly running out of time.

Nature is my solace.  It is my spirituality and comfort. I listen to and watch birds. I hike and hear my boots crunching the yellow and red autumnal leaves. I’ve swum with wild dolphins and giant turtles and watched humpbacked whales breech, spin, and explode back into the depths of the sea. I’ve had the honor to see lions, tigers, elephant herds and the great wildebeest and zebra migrations in Africa. 30 odd years ago, while I lived in Alaska, I witnessed expansive blue and white glaciers—gleaming as large hunks broke away into the ocean.

This is the planet I remember, not the one where underground freshwater aqueducts are being contaminated by chemical dumps and super-fracking; where the air is so thick with smog that we are called inside due to air quality emergencies; where increasing severity of weather events like tornadoes, hurricanes, and monsoons cause deadly winds, floods and landslides; and where, increasingly, heatwaves and forest fires kill not only humans but animals and plant life. The earth’s protective mechanisms, such as the old-growth trees and rainforests, are being decimated. Migratory birds and important insects for pollination have lost their traditional resting and feeding grounds to population expansion.  Our oceans have become dumping grounds.  Where will we call home when Earth has had enough of us?