Vida Pavesich: Art and the Anthropocene

two men standing by an iceberg

Stratigraphers coined the term “Anthropocene” to designate a new human-caused geological age.  My article on the Anthropocene [in the essay section] attempts to understand the grip that the idea has come to have on so many people.

 See more images in my children series on the Art page.

Children as Hope

Young children, temporarily free of climate anxiety, represent innocence and possible new directions.

woman with two children inside transparent globe of earth
two children working with flowers in front of earth with people sailing toward mars in the background

Fires

Man walking away from a smoldering forest.
people walk away from fire

Many collages take their cue from the California fire season in 2020 and after, which created spectacular red and orange sunsets and suffocating air.  People find temporary relief by wading in the bay.  See more collages on the Art page.

Water

Calm water in a storm or rising, turbulent seas that underscore vulnerability?

girl walking in water following birds
wild seas with small rowers

Gardening

Gardening as a way to center and meditate.

small figure of a woman atop an immense orange and roots against a backdrop of green and red.
small figures of a boy and a man standing on an earth shape and near a large earth shape filled with roots.