Although ecologically intertwined, we each perceive different experiences. This painting series reflects on the California Wildfires of 2020 as an ecological disaster and a metaphor for gaps in – or perhaps willfully forgotten or suppressed – cultural knowledge. Blind spots, shaped by the capitalist patriarchy, influence how we relate to one another and how we treat the planet. The year of 2020 highlighted the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories – as well as uncovered for a wider set of the population knowledge that fueled the uprising against white supremacy, state-sanctioned violence, and systemic racism. As a white woman, with this body of work I contemplate the portions of narrative that have been erased, impeded, or ignored and how this manifests in my own life.
