"Wave of Change" By Emma Atterbury
Size : 18"x30" No Frame
ARTIST STATEMENT
Now more than ever we are so far removed from the products we use and what happens after they leave our hands. Being so distant from how things get made or where they end up has created a big gap between us and the environment. This gap allows us to use and discard products frivolously, causing a lot of waste and plastic to end up in our oceans. Small actions such as seeking out renewable options for everyday items or refusing to use one-time-use plastics can become a habit quicker than you think. It is our responsibility to hold ourselves and our communities accountable to address our impact on the environment meaningfully. My piece “Wave of Change” urges you to know that sometimes the smallest actions towards greater care of our planet can build into a bigger wave of change.
- Emma Atterbury
ARTIST BIO
Emma Atterbury is an illustrator and painter born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her work blends the natural world and the enchanted through vivid colors and otherworldly imagery. Upon closer inspection in these landscapes, Emma’s skeleton character takes on often unspoken thoughts and feelings, encouraging the viewer to step into the skeleton’s headspace to work out their own demons.