Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Vivian Peachey

Ane's Ribbon Bow

Painting
2021
Acrylic on canvas
24x24 inches
'Abundant Ingenuity’ gives nod to the proliferation of global plastic production. With 2 million metric tons produced in the 1950’s to 380 million metric tons (Mt) in 2015, there is likely to be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050.

“Proficiently efficient in our productivity Hungry and voracious in our consumption We’ve built whole economies on petrochemicalsWe are now drowning in their abundance”

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Ane's Ribbon Bow
Ane's Ribbon Bow

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Vivian Peachey

“Branches entangled with fabric and plastic signify a climate crisis and echo feelings of despair and disassociation. The deluge paintings reflect on an issue that is numbing us and congesting our...” [More]