Nature, in its many forms, dominates the images that fascinate me. I feel life most intensely in a natural environment, in its elemental state: water, rock, tree, soil and sky come together again and again in infinite designs and patterns that breathe, grow and change. A living artwork, the land speaks to me most through its details, short stories and vignettes, rather than broad expanses of landscape. I take what calls to me, tells me about its life, and points to God.
Yvette Lucas: Buried
Moths to Flame
Moths are irresistibly drawn to light even if that results in their own destruction. Like them, we seem oblivious to the danger we create for ourselves when we over-harvest the resources of this planet for our own comfort and gratification. We continue our own downward spiral to its predictable end. Trees are consistent guardians, and throughout time have been sentinels of trouble coming in the environment. When they begin to fail we know something is wrong with our world. In this series, moths are paired with the essence of fallen leaves to symbolize our continual pattern of destruction and conservation, often when we are at the edge of the precipice.
This series is created using combination of eco-prints and photo transfers: Eco-prints are created by steaming fallen leaves under heavy weights on BFK Reves printmaking paper, and the moth mages are later photo transferred onto them.
