By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
The landscape painting NATURE DIALOGUE depicts climate change and drought.
A man stands in a steppe desert. The land is parched. Before him looms a water tower, rusted and worn, a symbol of depleted resources in an environment increasingly hostile to life.
The Mixed Media underlayment of the painting, which resembles checkered paper, adds a grid-like structure beneath the scene. This pattern suggests order and human design, It serves as a reminder of humanity's attempts to impose structure on nature, often with unintended consequences.
The artwork highlights the impact of climate change on water scarcity and the growing tension between human needs and environmental limits.
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a large victory for me. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
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