Claire Townsend

Lungs, 2020
Collage, Text, Acrylic on card with Vellum overlay

17" x 11"

Value: $100.00

Shipping: $10.00

A collage inspired by the claustrophobia and panic quarantine inflicted.

Please note this work is one single piece of card with 2 pieces of vellum overlaid on top. This produces a lot of reflections, which intentionally obscure the text from certain angles. Please bear in mind you are seeing some of those reflections on this image, and those reflections will change in your own environment.

This work is not framed.

Artist bio:

Claire Townsend is passionate about nature, and the deep, reflective thought that it allows. Her multimedia creations include paintings and fabric embellished canvas' that feature recycled and found materials. Aiming for the intersection of beauty and perception, the work is meant to encourage the awareness of environmental impermanence, and how this fleeting beauty is due, in part, to climate change.

As an avid scuba diver, the artist has the unique opportunity to examine the ecosystem of the oceans up close, to observe first-hand the destruction to vital coral reefs caused by industrial waste, and microplastics, in particular. The use of recycled sequins and beads alludes to the ocean as a precious and delicate luxury, while also reminding the viewer of the disproportionate damage these minuscule man-made trifles and seemingly insignificant, harmless tiny objects can cause to our largest, and perhaps most delicate, ecosystem.