Woolf has watched glaciers shrink and burned forests increase; she painted whole landscapes but then had to portray their ecological disturbances. Portraits of individual burned trees became her metaphor for human impact. Despite anxiety, she also sees unusual beauty: fire-carved snags are the same, carbonized, eaten away, yet different—the fire's physics and plant structure create sculptures. Painting them is a climate crisis meditation. Many scientists and artists have been advisors, collaborators and beneficiaries: Woolf’s work helps them begin and continue important conversations.