{"id":72,"date":"2017-07-31T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2022-01-04T00:21:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T00:21:02","slug":"floaters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/portfolio\/floaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Floaters and Focal Points"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pessimism and Hope Travel Together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I am in red rock country, I sit enamored with the beauty in front of me. Then it happens\u2026 somewhere in the back of my mind, a newspaper article or Facebook post surfaces that reveals the oil and gas drilling operation being proposed for that very area. The thought taints my experience with the desert view. I can\u2019t see it without it being obscured by politics, ecologic crisis, and cultural complacency. These floaters<\/em> distract me. They are ever present. They are blinding.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sick of the floaters, I look for a cure. I make a conscious choice to hear the words, perform the actions and appreciate the beauty that makes me believe (even for just a few seconds) in humanity and in nature\u2019s ability to heal. Focusing-in<\/em> takes effort and requires discipline. But I do it because I have skin in the game – literally. The shear will that arises from giving birth has sharpened my focus and challenged my view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grief, 2019<\/span>
oil on canvas<\/span>
54″ x 60”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Resilience, 2019<\/span>
oil on canvas<\/span>
54″ x 60”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Love Letter from a Sinking Ship, 2019<\/span>
oil on canvas<\/span>
54″ x 60”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hope is a Function of Struggle, 2018<\/span>
oil on canvas<\/span>
60″ x 54″<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I Am the Sea\/I Am an Island, 2019<\/span>
charcoal on paper<\/span>
22″ x 30″ (each)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I Am the Sea\/I Am an Island<\/span>
(details of red and green glow)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of 5 viewfinders the hang below the drawing, I am the Sea<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Singular viewfinder hangs below the drawing, I am an Island<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Floaters (The Pacific Trash Gyre), 2017
charcoal and gouache on paper
22″ x 30″\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Floaters (Drilling in Canyon Country), 2017 <\/span>
charcoal and gouache on paper <\/span>
22″ x 30″\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Floaters (Melting Glacers)<\/span>
charcoal and gouache on paper<\/span>
22″ x 30″‘\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Floaters (Damming the Yellowstone), 2017<\/span>
charcoal and gouache on paper<\/span>
22″ x 30″\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yatsugatake – Warming Melting, 2017<\/span>
charcoal and gouache on paper
30\u201d x 22\u201d<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Yatsugatake – Warming Melting side, view with pink gouache glow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Koumi Town, Changing Leaving, 2017<\/span>
charcoal and gouache on paper<\/span>
30″ x 22″<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Koumi Town, Changing Leaving, side view with pink gouache glow<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Viewfinder, Changing view, 2017<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Viewfinder, Changing view 2, 2017<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Viewfinders, detail, gallery display<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Viewfinders, detail, stand displayed in Koumi, Japan<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Viewfinders, detail, stand displayed in Koumi, Japan view 2<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pessimism and Hope Travel Together.\u00a0 When I am in red rock country, I sit enamored with the beauty in front of me. Then it happens\u2026 somewhere in the back of my mind, a newspaper article or Facebook post surfaces that reveals the oil and gas drilling operation being proposed for that very area. The thought […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"parent":36,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":767,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erikaosborne.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}