PAINTING THE DARK ECOLOGY engages with the ecological crisis not only as an environmental issue but as a cultural one, confronting life and death, the aftermath of Colonialism, extinction and the degradation of habitats. It manifests as Vanitas symbolism, distressed palimpsest surfaces, hybrid and posthuman forms and an overarching sense of melancholia and the uncanny.
Underlying my interest in dark ecology is a desire to re-enchant people with the world around them, moving them from detachment toward recognition, empathy and responsibility. I believe art can reveal ecological processes and hidden interconnections that are not obvious in daily life, making us more aware of our entanglement with our environment.
Sheridan Hume