Patricia DaRif

Imbalance: Algae Bloom In The Great Lakes cotton and silk fabric, paper 34 x 67 in. Dear Earth, I fear for you. I know we have failed you. I see severe environmental changes occurring with increasing speed all around us and know that we have been achingly slow in our efforts to halt and reverse these changes. The work I have submitted for this show deals with the effects of climate change on the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Erie, within which watershed I live. Sometimes I have to start with the problems close to home because the totality of the…