Meredith Nemirov
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RIVERS FEED THE TREES
Rivers Feed the Trees addresses the issue of climate change specifically regarding water in the West and Southwestern United States. This past summer of extreme wildfires side by side with the Covid pandemic created a figurative conflagration in the studio which resulted in these works on paper. It is a procress where I am painting a “rewatering” of the landscape. Working on historic maps showing the topography of Colorado, the image makes a connection between the trees and a multitude of rivers appearing in the surrounding canyons. The linear elements and patterns assigned by map makers to the various aspects of the geology of the land are visual elements in the landscape and the form of the tree. The idea of connectivity in nature has been a recurrent theme in my work and is expressed in this particular series and in this quote by Barry Lopez, “To put your hands in a river is to feel the chords that bind the earth together”. Confluence, flowing together or merging, is another visual idea that emphasizes the connectedness of rivers with their tributaries, and with the trees. My intention for this series is for the visual images to be akin to a…
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S.W. COLORADO & PARTS OF NM, AZ & UT, 21.5” x 33.5”, 2025, acrylagouache and ink on historic topographic map
S.W. COLORADO & PARTS OF NM, AZ & UT, 21.5” x 33.5”, 2025, acrylagouache and ink on historic topographic map