Faded Forest

Faded Forest was a visual idea that came from a photograph of the artist walking through the bleached out forest in southern Mongolia close to the Great Wall of China. There was literally no moisture in the air and the leaves, what leaves were present, were paper thin and silver and crunched under foot like walking on old fashioned cellophane. In this image I have transposed a middle aged me to a much younger woman who despite her little legs that seem to belong to a much older woman is striking out into the wild and into the world. For those of us who have children or nephews and nieces we are often full of fear and trepidation as we look on and they leave home bravely meeting the challenges of a society in an emotional and environmental crisis. Like so many of the younger generation, our heroine broadcasts her antagonism at the state we're in by having an Extinction Rebellion logo on her shoulder bag. If only the old guard, protecting their interests at the expense of the survival of Earth, would succumb and roll over to our country and this new breed of eco-warrior - TH