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Yosemite California 08.07 The Fresno
An extraordinary photo of a firefighter dampening a giant Sequoia tree, in an attempt to save it from an encroaching wildfire, published in The Fresno on the 8th July 2022. The fires were particularly fierce in California that year, as the effects of climate change took hold more often, and with more force. It was still not a major point of discussion however.
It was painted as part of a project I undertook in 2022 to paint a year of reportage images on the effects of climate change. I painted 46 works in 12 months. You can read more about the project in my News section. From October 2023 – April 2024 the entire project titled You And I Are Earth was exhibited at Firstsite Museum and Gallery in Colchester, Essex, Gallery East in Suffolk, and Anteros in Norwich.
My aim in painting the project was to put a pause on these dramatic images, which are fed to us through our televisions and phones, and can pass us by in under a second. I wanted to see what an entire year of my edit of these images would look like. Spending time with each had a profound effect on me.
All panels are oil on gesso primed braced wood panels, 30 x 40 x 2cm, with clean natural wood edges, ready to hang.
10% of this sale will be donated to Greenpeace.
