Plastic Seas, Rising Tides #6

This mixed media painting, titled 'Plastic Seas/Rising Tides #6, by painter, public artist and writer Susan Hoffman Fishman is a clear reference to the global climate crisis.

The painting portrays waves made from one-use plastic bags, which are responsible for the growing mountains of plastic in our lives and in our seas, as well as the looming catastrophic fires, floods and wars over access to potable water that are caused by climate change.

The images of a grandfather clock, a tank and a baby doll allude to the limited amount of time available to mitigate these events, the specter of a new kind of war that is not fought by conventional weapons and the damaged environment we are leaving our children.