My concern for environmental changes due to global warming has inspired me to create a series of paintings I've entitled "Flammable Florida". My wild and tropical Florida provides a dramatic contrast to what our future could look like if climate change accelerates. Human beings are quite capable of voicing opinions about global warming, but hey, what about the flowers? The wild creatures like the Florida panther? What about our mermaids? What do they have to say about these changes? In my paintings I have given them all a voice in the form of fiery protests.
"Sunset" features the dramatic and fragrant Queen of the Night - it only blooms once a year, at night, and wilts by dawn. It seems appropriate that its short-lived beauty echoes the dwindling stream that is also disappearing in the evening's fading light leaving the house stranded high and dry.