Currently, I’m working on a series of paintings of my family and friends that highlight the environmental effects of the climate crisis in South Florida. I’m interested in painting my loved ones as if caught in a flood, their bodies distorted by water or blurred by humidity. I paint using a quickness in my brushstrokes, keeping the paintings fluid and loose, while using bright reds, oranges, and greens to reflect Miami’s increasingly hot climate and the murkiness of a warming and rising sea. I originally began working with this concept in 2020 after the pandemic started and I was back home in Miami for quarantine after living in Baltimore for school. While living at home I felt the intensity of the climate crisis more than ever. I was feeling uncertain about my future, about the future of my home, and felt the pressing need to make work that reflected those feelings. I’m not sure what these painting can really do other than add to the growing conversation around climate change, but I intend to continue this series and see where it can go.

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