Strictly Abstraction

These works are influenced by climate change and its practical impact on landscapes. They evoke the tangible reality of our planet’s fragility and instability. While I focus on aesthetics, representation, and formal parallels in my work, I also address the documentation of events. In 2017, A68a—an enormous 2,300-square-mile iceberg— broke off of Antarctica’s Larson C Iceshelf. For over a year it hardly moved until currents, wind speeds, and warming waters accelerated its journey. On a collision course with South Georgia Island, A68a itself became a threat to endangered species living there. In the end, the iceberg was consumed by warming waters and higher air temperatures before it made landfall. This series of paintings correlates to A68a’s travels over a period of several years.