ATLAS / WATERSHED - Christie Scheele
September 29 - November 12, 2023
an exhibition of paintings, map collages and monotypes contemplating climate change and biodiversity.
Christie Scheele
Site Map, 2020-23
Mixed Media/Collage, artist-dyed rice papers and other papers, dried leaf and flower bits, moth and cicada wings over area road map
48 x 36 in.
Images on the sides are monotype interpretations of the major paintings in the show. Numbered map tacks correspond to the locale of the images depicted. These numbered tacks are also foundnext to the corresponding paintings on the wall.
Lake Tear of the Clouds references the source of the Hudson. Other paintings depict the Esopus/Stonyclove/Oxclove Creeks and impacts of climate change.
Title hand-printed by by Mary Emery on a vintage press.
SELECTED WORKS
Esopus Highwater | 2023
Contrasting Sunset | 2016/23
Triptych in Summer Color | 2023
Lake Tear of the Clouds | 2022
After the Rains Fell | 2019
Freshwater | 2022
Summer Haze | 2023
Creek Bend with Summer Light | 2023
Things Past/Strawberry Field | 2023
Maintaining Equilibrium | 2022
September Light | 2020
Fall Warmth | 2022
Ashokan in Soft Blues | 2022
Ascending/Descending | 2023
Catskills Walking Rain | 2021