"One Coal Car" 30"w x 40"h Mixed Media
And
the painting goes on…
I wondered,
now that 2015 is here, whether I would continue referencing in my art the
concern I have for the pollution and destruction caused by burning, mining and
transporting of coal. The subject matter
can get depressing, especially when one realizes that almost all the US coal
transported and exported to Asia goes to the greatest polluters: China, Japan, India and South Korea.
Nonetheless,
I decided to keep on truckin’ and continue to paint art work depicting the topic of man-made environmental destruction.
Coal Cars on the lake in Sandpoint, Idaho
This is a photo I took of coal trains crossing lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. My painting, "One Coal Car" was inspired by this photograph. The
bridge, which goes across the pristine waters of this beautiful large lake supports, numerous times a day, trains lugging as
many as 126 open coal cars. Other hazardous cargo, such as crude from North
Dakota, also travels along these tracks. To make matters worse, the building of
an additional bridge in Sandpoint to transport even more coal and crude is now under consideration.
My
hope is that the artwork I create will encourage others to use their voices to show concern about environmental plundering and encourage the development of alternative energy sources.
Please
look at my earlier blogs and also at my website. Soon, there will be more artwork posted on
the site.
www.maryloudauray.com
