By
Sophy Tuttle
Piece description from the artist
Colony Collapse Disorder has gone by many names over the years, but until recently, no one had a clue why it happened. It occurs when most of the healthy worker bees abandon a normally functioning hive which causes the queen, nurse bees, and brood to die off. From 2007 to 2013, over 10 million hives were lost, leading to widespread economic losses and serious questions about homogenous farming practices. A class or pesticides called Neonicotinoids, or neonics, has been fingered as a possible culprit for the widespread die off.
Sophy Tuttle is a painter and muralist based in Boston, Massachusetts. She got her BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Hartford Art School. She is inspired by her childhood growing up in the woods in Central Massachusetts and all the plants, animals, and people she has met along the way.
Sophy studied mural painting in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2013. Since then, she has painted environmentally-themed murals locally from Salem to Worcester, as well as nationally and internationally. She has been recognized by American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and holds the key to the City of Worcester for her mural work there.
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