The Electromagnetic Campfire, 2016. Digital photo collage. Kelly Heaton
garbage
open studio: coral reef /
Coral Reef, 2016. Digital photo collage. Kelly Heaton
Protect our rich natural heritage. Heaven isn't somewhere we go when we die; it's right here, right now, and we're all at risk of going to Hell if we don't take care of the environment.
open studio: wish you were here /
Wish You Were Here, 2016. Digital photo collage. Kelly Heaton
Vintage resistors hamming it up on a trashy beach. The ocean is green due to toxic algal bloom, but never mind. Electricity doesn't like water, anyway.
open studio: pretty bad /
Pretty Bad, 2016. Digital photo collage (sketch). Kelly Heaton
I'm old enough to remember when water was free. Bottled water started appearing in the late 1970s as a gourmet fad (think Evian and Perrier). I thought it was a ridiculous luxury product, even more absurd when they started to bottle plain water. Tap water is safe and free. I get why people drink bottled water in countries where sanitation is a concern, but here in the USA? Wikipedia says "The U.S. is the largest consumer market for bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil. In 2008, U.S. bottled water sales topped 8.6 billion US gallons (33,000,000 m3) for 28.9% of the U.S. liquid beverage market, exceeding sales of all other beverages except carbonated soft drinks, they are followed by fruit juices, and sports drinks. Americans drink 21 US gallons (79 L) of bottled water per capita per year." Forget the waste of money, it's just plain bad behavior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottled_water
open studio: apocalypse of the heart /
Apocalypse of the Heart, 2016. Digital photo collage. Kelly Heaton
In case you're wondering why the flurry of blogging, I am once again bedridden - this time, with a bad cough and malaise. I'm sketching ideas on my computer, so it's not all bad. In case you're wondering why the cheesy apocalyptic image: I am obsessed with human impact on the planet and it makes me awfully depressed, but I am determined to cure myself with humor and beauty. As a child of the 70's, there's nothing dearer to my heart than a technicolor view of life, especially where love and nature are concerned. Admittedly, "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a product of the '80s, but the shoe fits.
open studio: harbingers /
Harbingers, 2015. Digital photo-collage. Kelly Heaton
Consumerism, pollution, dependence on fossil fuels, e-waste, climate change, off-shore garbage disposal, inequity of access to Earth's basic natural resources, manmade illness, children raised in ecological poverty, living conditions for future earthlings, the heaven that is natural Earth ...