Wildfires, 2014-Current
Hand-pulled CMYK Silkscreen Prints
This series of silkscreen prints were printed by hand using the CMYK process printing method where 4 layers: cyan, magenta, yellow and black on a single page to create a full range of colors. The imagery is a digital collage of photos I took of suburban developments and images of historical and current forest fires and dust storms. Living in California through one of the worst droughts in recent history caused me to meditate on the dichotomies of environmental control and chaos. There is nowhere I feel this border between the controlled and uncontrollable more than in the sprawling suburban developments throughout the state. While HOAs carefully monitor every paint color chosen for master-planned communities the threat of disaster in the form of wildfires, mudslides, and dust storms loom as this drought continues. The juxtaposition of these images creates a sense of sublime foreboding.
This series of silkscreen prints were printed by hand using the CMYK process printing method where 4 layers: cyan, magenta, yellow and black on a single page to create a full range of colors. The imagery is a digital collage of photos I took of suburban developments and images of historical and current forest fires and dust storms. Living in California through one of the worst droughts in recent history caused me to meditate on the dichotomies of environmental control and chaos. There is nowhere I feel this border between the controlled and uncontrollable more than in the sprawling suburban developments throughout the state. While HOAs carefully monitor every paint color chosen for master-planned communities the threat of disaster in the form of wildfires, mudslides, and dust storms loom as this drought continues. The juxtaposition of these images creates a sense of sublime foreboding.