Use right/left arrow to navigate to all images or wait for slideshow to begin. In November of 2019 11,000 climate scientists called for urgent action and the need to do everything we can to stop the climate crisis with action and policies to move us toward the use of only renewable fuels plus the adoption [...]
Cold wax and Oil
j k2020-01-15T10:28:18-08:00These images are new works created using cold wax, oil, and mixed media. Image on left will display a slideshow of the 3 paintings. Use arrows on right/left to navigate from one painting to the next. Size: 5 x 7 originals framed to 13 x 13, $75 each. Titles: Momentum, Mapping the Day and Coastal [...]
Art as Activism – Bleached
cstrid2019-11-13T11:09:53-08:00Engaging with the concept of BLEACHED, this installation explores our bleached ocean environment and the bleaching of our cultural diversity. It was created for the Invitational, Art as Activism Exhibition at Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon. The exhibition runs through April 1, 2018. ON BLEACHED ENVIRONMENTS…. My paintings document the changes of our coral reefs in a short 36-year period, and the ensuing dismay at such a great loss. The Great Barrier Reef, experienced a significant coral bleaching event, affecting 1/3 of the reef in 2015, and more bleaching occurred in 2017, one of the warmest years on record for our planet. What causes the bleaching of coral? Scientists agree the invisible CO2 pollution we send into our air when we fly, drive, eat beef, heat our homes by burning fossil fuels, effectively wraps a blanket around our planet, making the oceans too warm for coral to thrive. The coral expels the algae on which it feeds, which compromises its survival.
Mother and Artist
cstrid2018-03-26T13:21:29-07:00MOTHER AND ARTIST...the search for balance This series of images evolved out of my insistence on creating art within my domestic responsibilities as a mother. The images document the residue of my practice of incorporating an artistic gesture, using olive oil on a cast iron fry pan, as I cook my morning egg. A [...]