Lake Powell's bathtub ring

Earlier this month, I found myself standing here...

....Right on the edge of Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona. 

Lake Powell is a reservoir created by the Glen Canyon Dam in 1963. This impressive man made body of water is surrounded by the desert of Arizona towards the east, and the vermilion cliffs of Utah to the west. Currently it is the largest reservoir in the United States, due to the drought that has become the new reality in the southwest. In many ways, the beauty of this magnificent blue can override any politically driven conversation about humans over using natural resources, climate change, or diverting water for greener lawns, etc... but as beautiful as the picture may be, the evidence of drought sinks deep. The "bathtub ring," as it is dubbed across the internet, has become the new border of blue, and a new visitor like myself, wouldn't have noticed it as anything but natural. 

The drought crosses the orchards of California to the Colorado Plateau --  and beyond.
 It is not just a southwest conversation, but a global concern. 

A concern that I feel compelled to address in my art.

I create art about it not to complain, identify the cause, or blame a political party, instead I address the issue with the hope that maybe my art, my work, will help stir a conversation...

a conversation that will start something beyond words,
and into action.