Sunset Wind

Artist: Marie Wise
Title: Sunset Wind
Media:  Oil on panel
Dimensions: 5" X 7"
Date: 2008  

Marie lives in Kalama, Washington.  She is an artists as well as a public relationship professional.  Her interests include “Oil paintings in the old masters style, blogging about life as an artist.”

Artist Marie Wise states on her blog that she painted Sunset Wind from a photograph that she took in Washington. She loves bright colors and wanted the shape of the clouds to match the turbine so she painted everything “loose and brushy”.  She states that the painting being such a small size probably added to her enjoyment of drawing a wind turbine.

Marie Wise doesn't state that she painted Sunset Wind in relation to climate change but her stating that she enjoyed drawing the wind turbine and the sunset is what made me select her artwork.  My previous posts have all been about what has caused global warming and the dangers of global warming which is why I thought I would end my exhibition with a painting that emits hope. We can take action to stop global warming and one of the things we can do is invest in renewable energies that release no greenhouse gases (the gases causing the Earth to heat up) such as wind turbines. According to the Climate Accountability Institute, since 1751, sixty-three percent of the greenhouse gases have been emitted by ninety companies; the majority of the companies are in the oil, gas, and coal (Goldenberg). There are no artworks that (I have seen) show such a  beautiful colorful sunset with a coal mine or oil pump and I doubt an artist would say that she enjoyed drawing and oil pump and a  sunset .  I think Artists like Marie can draw such a beautiful sunset and a wind turbine at center because the wind turbine and the sunset are harmonious with each other-neither one is effecting the other. People can still see beautiful sunsets, like Marie Wise drew, and live in a hospitable place with wind turbines…but how much longer can we with oil, gas, and coal industries? 

http://mariesartjourney.blogspot.com/2008/06/sunset-wind.html

Goldenberg, Suzanne. "Just 90 Companies Caused Two-thirds of Man-made Global Warming Emissions." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 21 Nov. 2013. Web. 12 May 2014. <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/20/90-companies-man-made-global-warming-emissions-climate-change>.