Anthropogenic Crisis No. 6856 (Warming Water) copyright 2017/2022 Douglas Stockdale When following the news about the climate, I will also come across something that might be a little bit broader in scope. In this case it is the recent news that the earth's molten core is cooling about 1.5 times quicker than what scientist had... Continue Reading →
Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster – new go-to inkjet paper
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 3764 (Warming Water) copyright 2009/2022 Douglas Stockdale I am now settled on using Moab's Lasal Exhibition Luster, a US made inkjet paper, as my replacement for the German Hahnemuehle that I have been using for the past five+ years for making print evaluations. As I stated in my previous Lasal article, this... Continue Reading →
Anthropogenic Crisis – Warming Water
Anthropogenic Crisis No 081511 (Warming Water) copyright 2016/2022 Douglas Stockdale – One of the wonderful aspects of my Anthropogenic Crisis series is that my curiosity about global heating has resulted in what I think is a better understanding of what in the hell is going on about climate change. The science behind our climate problems is... Continue Reading →
Disturbing Beauty – Anthropogenic Crisis
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 164510 copyright 2022 Douglas Stockdale - "Disturbing Beauty. Thought provoking on many levels." This was a wonderful comment left on my recent Instagram post for another of my Anthropogenic Crisis series artworks. When attempting to raise awareness of the issues of climate change as we continue on the harrowing path of global... Continue Reading →
Printing paper test – Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 9024 copyright 2018/2022 Douglas Stockdale - Last December I started on a small quest to find better ecological alternative inkjet printing papers for my use here in the US, which the Moab papers that are partly manufactured in Moab, Utah, were one of the finalist. To keep my printing costs in line,... Continue Reading →
January 6, 2021 a date that will live in infamy
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 7608 copyright 2012/2022 Douglas Stockdale Just as Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 became a date in infamy to a mid-twentieth century generation, the attack on American democracy on January 6th, 2021 is a date of infamy for a twenty-first century generation. On both of these days, American democracy was suddenly and... Continue Reading →
Weather Warnings for 2022
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 070430 (Weather Omen) copyright 2017/21 Douglas Stockdale While developing my Anthropogenic Crisis series, I was reminded that while we lived in the Midwest, a really bad omen for a severe change in the weather was a greenish tint to the looming cloud clover. Usually that had meant that a tornado was likely... Continue Reading →
Looking ahead at 2022
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 103246 (Pathway Ahead) copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale - ____ Usually during the time of the holidays between Christmas and New Years I find it to be a great time for self-reflection on what has this past year brought and what might be in store for the year ahead. Normally this would be... Continue Reading →
Eco-artist & Global Heating
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 1031 copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale I had an opportunity to participate a couple of days ago in a pop-up exhibition and print critique at the Irvine Fine Arts Center (IFAC) with some of my recent artwork from my Anthropogenic Crisis series. Attempting to raise awareness about global heating that results from the... Continue Reading →
The Eco-Green environmentally conscious artist
Anthropogenic Crisis No. 085829 copyright 2021 Douglas Stockdale As I started to develop my new series, Anthropogenic Crisis, I was becoming more aware of the aspects of what it might mean to be an Eco-Green artist; someone who is concerned about the environment and becoming more worried about global-heating. I think it is like politics,... Continue Reading →