TOURING EXHIBIT: The True Cost of Oil: Tailings Pond in Winter, Abstract #2. Alberta Tar

Even in the extreme cold of the northern Winter, the toxic tailings ponds do not freeze. On one particularly cold morning, the partially frozen tailings, sand, and liquid tailings and oil residue, combined to produce abstractions that reminded me of a Jackson Pollock canvas.Exhibition print:  40{quote}x60{quote} archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle bamboo, bonded to aluminum.
Tailings Pond in Winter, Abstract #2. Alberta Tar

Even in the extreme cold of the northern Winter, the toxic tailings ponds do not freeze. On one particularly cold morning, the partially frozen tailings, sand, and liquid tailings and oil residue, combined to produce abstractions that reminded me of a Jackson Pollock canvas. 

Exhibition print: 40"x60" archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle bamboo, bonded to aluminum.