Too Late For Change?
by Darren Robinson
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Title
Too Late For Change?
Artist
Darren Robinson
Medium
Painting - Mixedmedia On Canvas
Description
For this piece I decided to paint how I feel as an artist about our current climate situation and the reasons that I believe for the situation we are facing. I am a fan of Salvadore Dali's surrealism so he was my main inspiration for this piece.
I created this piece using hand painting and airbrushing combined with collage techniques. I felt by using these techniques I could achieve a realistic and surrealistic look to the finished piece which is so apparent in Dali's work. On a 24 by 20 by 1.5 inch gallery wrapped canvas I started with an airbrushed background using acrylic paints and acrylic inks. Next came the collage elements applied with rubber cement. I used magazine cutouts for the city scene, sinking statue, and mountains and lower clouds. Then I attached some small metal gear like objects to add to the "industry like" feel I wanted in that portion of the piece. Finally I painted and airbrushed the upper clouds with the eyes in them, the ocean and beach scene with palm trees, the storm in the far background, and the chains and steel cables attached to the smoke stacks.
The idea or story I want the viewer to feel is our struggle between the use of fossil fuels which are non-renewable, and our slow attempt to develop alternatives. The focal point that pulls you in are the smoke stacks near the top left. One in brick and 3 in steel. The black and gray billowing smoke coming from the stacks represent the emissions we pollute our atmosphere with burning fossil fuels like coal and gas. The stacks are eroding at the bottom but are also chained to different points in the city scene below. This is meant to show how we seem to be "chained" to this form of fuel for power ever since the industrial age. Near the city scene is a pile of money and jewels. This I feel is representative of the corporate greed which I believe is the main reason we are still using these antiquated types of fuel for power. The stacks and gears are also configured to represent a hand up as if to say "HALT" as I believe we must stop continuing to rely on this form of fuel because it is slowly destroying our planet. The smoke carries the eye across the top of the canvas to the beautiful partly sunny day above a tropical landscape. This portion of the canvas is intended to remind the viewer of the beauty of mother nature and our planet as it once was and still can be. The water changes from beautiful tropical turquoise on the right to a muddy almost blood red stained liquid as it gets closer to civilization or the city scene. the reddish color also strongly divides the the artwork in this area just as there seem to be strong opinions as to whether or not we are affecting our planet as badly as the scientific community says we are. The sinking carved statue is representative of the ancient earth that is eroding and disappearing from our own neglect and refusal to change. You can faintly see a pair of eyes faded into the clouds above the palm trees as if mother nature herself is crying at the site of what we as humans are doing to her beautiful creation. near the center of the canvas you see what appears to be a huge storm brewing way off in the distance. Rolling dark clouds and lightning as if to serve as a warning that the worst is yet to come if we don't change. On the right side also the glowing sun and blowing palm trees with wind blown waves lapping onto shore could be representative of other options we should be pursuing like Solar and Wind energy which is much better and kinder to our environment.
I created this piece because I am noticing a change in our climate. Our winter this year was longer than normal and it only now is starting to feel like spring (and it is almost summer). I believe that these climate changes are a direct result to our over use of fossil fuels which increases the amount of carbon emissions in our atmosphere, thus changing our weather. Scientific proof of this has been revealed yet we continue to ignore it. I believe that the people who are the strongest disbelievers are also the ones who are profiting the most from the continued use of fossil fuels. I hope this creation helps people to connect emotionally with this problem and seriously take a look around at what is happening to our planet. If enough people do this maybe we can do something before it is too late. The intention is to make the viewer question their own thoughts and beliefs on this important subject. This is why I decided to title this piece:
Too Late For Change?
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June 8th, 2013
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