Too Hot! Fire, Blood, and Mud, Black Oil Falls

Another effect of the manmade climate crisis from burning oil and methane (“natural gas). After the seesaw of storm and drought and wind and fire comes more storm and now mud and debris slides. Black oil flows down this painting too – a symbol of the burning cause of global warming. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, finished 1.24.25.

Too Hot! Oil Flowers Burning, Scorched Earth, Cerise Sea

Flowers, opening to the blessing of the sun, burn in the fires of Los Angeles, their soil red with fire and blood. A view of scorched black earth stretches out beyond them. The ocean glows cerise. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, 1.17.25

Too Hot! Blooming in Fire

I needed to paint this painting. This is Los Angeles in January, 2025, and the Texas panhandle in February, 2024, and fires globally. Climate change has increased the risk of large, frequent, and severe wildfires. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, 1.13.25

Too Hot: Fire in the Hills and Canyons of a Golden City

The Big Question: The great American West Coast city of Los Angeles was attacked on 1/7/2025, just as the great American East Coast city of New York was attacked on 9/11/2021.Why did we respond violently to the foreign enemies who attacked New York City, but not to the enemies within who attacked Los Angeles?It was not “weather” or incompetence that attacked Los Angeles. It was the violent whipsaw of the manmade Climate Crisis caused by the burning of oil or methane (“natural gas”) in our cars, factories, and civilization writ large. The resulting historic atmospheric levels of CO2 brought on a blanket of heat, rains, plant growth, and then long drought that dried everything to kindling. Violent Santa Ana winds blew cascades of embers through dry canyons to the sea, burning all before them. This was a man-made disaster that originated with the oil and gas companies and all who genuflect before them.

They knew. This is their responsibility.

If we are going to burn stuff to create energy, why not reject oil and turn to the sun instead? 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, finished 1.11.25

Too Hot! Pure Water Flowing into a Polluted Sea

I remembered the heat of our recent hideously hot “summer” and older memories of something very different: pure cool water. Once, high in the mountains of Colorado, I was in a place where snow melted and a perfect river began. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, finished on 1.4.25.

This is painted in memory of my sister Cynthia Anderson. The pure water is Cynthia.

Too Hot! Burning Sky, Water, and Oil; Exploding Sun

One of a new series in a new palette responding to the miserable heat of the man-made “summer” of 2024. 20” x 16”, Golden paints on canvas, finished on 12.30.24.