LANDeSCAPES

LANDeSCAPES is a multi-media collaboration with printmaker Merrill Shatzman, and musician Jonathan Henderson that examines the fragility of our environment and how it is threatened by global warming, industrial exploitation, and overpopulation. In addition to raising awareness of these important issues, depicting the spiritual beauty that exists within the landscape, from the most minute species to ancient geologic rock formations and their life cycles is principal to our collaboration. Reacting to the impending downsizing and industrial abuse of select areas of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah, our installations celebrate the beauty of selected landscapes found within this barren environment and their ability to survive. The subjects and materials used in the installations display vulnerability as these endangered animals, plants, rock formations, and populations withstand extreme heat, erosion, flooding, fires, and profiteering by depleting rich underground natural resources through drilling and mining.

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