Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: Longitude Latitude
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Wax Crayons, Pencils, Water
Size: 50 inches x 60 inches
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Narrative: Longitude Latitude was conceptualized as representing a world map, with a focus on some of the key cities that will likely be impacted by the rise of sea levels due to climate change. On the canvas, the red strikes are located where specific cities would be found on a world map which will be impacted by rising sea levels. Under each of the red strikes, can be found small numbers, mostly obscured, which are the longitude and latitude numbers of that city. The larger white numbers found on the canvas are a repetition of the longitude and latitude numbers of cities that will be impacted by rising sea levels.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: Carbon
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Wax Crayons, Pencils, Water
Size: 50 inches x 38 inches
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Narrative: Carbon was conceptualized as representing a graph of the increase in carbon dioxide from before the industrialized age, to the present day. The text found on the work is taken from a research article discussing the increase in carbon dioxide, and is transcribed from that document and is written onto the canvas using a glass-tipped pen and paint. The text is written within the confines of a representation of the graph discussed in the research article, with the almost vertical increase on the graph representing the almost exponential increase in carbon dioxide of the present day.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: The Storm
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Wax Crayons, Pencils, Water
Size: 40 inches x 50 inches
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Narrative: The Storm is inspired by a poem composed by the English 16th century poet John Donne. In the poem, the author describes a harrowing storm at sea. I chose this poem as a representation of the increase in violent and unpredictable weather that is likely with the increase in climate change. Through the text, I have tried to represent the unpredictability and violence associated with such weather.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: Rosetta
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Wax Crayons, Pencils, Water, Ink
Size:15 inches x 18 inches
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Narrative: Rosetta is a representation of the Rosetta Stone which was uncovered in Egypt, and consists of a stone inscribed in the same text, but in three languages. This stone later went on to be what allowed scholars to decipher ancient hieroglyphics in the 19th century. In my representation, I have taken the shape and color of the stone as it is in its original and now found in the British Museum, and instead of the ancient text I have taken the passages from the United Nation's Kyoto Accord on Climate change and have placed that text which remains unfinished in two of the key languages of the United Nations - in this case French, Chinese.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: 2,000
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Wax Crayons, Pencils, Water
Size: 24 inches x 24 inches
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Narrative: 2,000 is based on research which examined how long it would take for the earth to fully recover to pre-industrial levels of carbon and other pollutants in the atmosphere. The research stated that it would take 2,000 years for the earth to recover. The piece has a red circle in the center representing the earth. Superimposed on the circle, are 2,000 lines, each representing a year for the earth's recovery. In the piece, some of the lines remain visible and others do not.
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Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: 98
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Pencil, Water
Size: 48 inches x 36 inches
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Narrative: 98 is based on a piece of research which looked at articles and research focused on the potential causes of climate change. In particular, the article did an analysis of research output and categorized the research as claiming climate change is human or naturally related. What the article found, was that a literature review showed that over 98% of research stated that climate changes were hypothesized to be from human activity. The piece of art is titled 90 to represent that research, and the canvas shows an almost fully black canvas, which has been altered through pigment and water. To the right of the canvas is a grey-white stripe which press-resents the 2% of research articles which claimed climate change is due to natural causes.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: Prediction
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Pencil, Oil Crayon, Water
Size: 48 inches x 36 inches
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Narrative: Prediction is based on the concept of weather prediction. The text found to the ride she pop the canvas is text written by Aristotle on the prediction of weather patterns. The design found on the canvas which looks as though it is a repeating pattern, were predicted paths of superstorm Hurricane Sandy. The black marks found on that pattern were the predicted landfall points of the storm along the eastern seaboard of the United States, and the red mark is where the storm actually made landfall.
Narrative Set: Climate Change
Title: Optimum
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Pencil, Oil Crayon, Water
Size: 48 inches x 60 inches
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Painting Narrative: There have been both warming and cooling cycles of the earth since its beginnings. In the past 1000 years alone, there have been multiple warming and cooling cycles. This painting narrative explores the mini ice age which occurred at the start if the modern era. The painting notes what scientists call the optimum – the optimum temperature for the earth. In the background of the painting there can be seen ghostly images of text, all of which is transcribed from research on the climate optimum and the mini ice age. The red graphics on the piece represent periods of increase in the temperature and the blue drop notes the mini ice age itself. We see after this, in the modern era, the sharp shift up in temperature, far beyond the optimum which is represented by the red graphic before that of the mini ice age.
NarrativeSet: ClimateChange
Title: Disparate Views
Year: 2007
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Paint Pen, Pencil
Size: 40 inches by 50 inches
Painting Narrative: This painting narrative explores one of the concepts of the null and void hypotheses as it relates to man being the creator of climate change – or not. In the background, an optical illusion can be seen which represents the notation for null and void hypotheses. The black graphics are the piece are actually reach articles supporting the hypotheses that man has created climate change. I then flipped the painting, and transcribed research which stated the opposite, this piece is about confusion of ideas. I have signed this piece I the two corners, denoting this piece can be displayed up or down depending on which hypotheses to which you subscribe.
NarrativeSet: ClimateChange
Title: Clausius Clapeyron
Year: 2019
Media: Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Oil Stick, Pencil, Water
Size: 48 inches x 60 inches
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Painting Narrative: Recent studies have examined the relationship between the intensity of extreme rainfall and temperature. Two main reasons justify this interest. First, the moisture-holding capacity of the atmo- sphere is governed by the Clausius–Clapeyron (CC) equation. Second, the temperature dependence of ex- treme-intensity rainfalls should follow a similar relationship assuming relative humidity remains constant and extreme rainfalls are driven by the actual water content of the atmosphere. This painting narrative centers on this equation as it relates to increased rainfall on the earth. The canvas should be viewed as a map, the red line being the equator. The ghostly white segments on the painting show areas where predictions indicate the potential for significantly increased precipitation. Under each of these white areas is text based on re- search into the relationship between the equation and climate change.
