Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
What we are made of
Earth, Minerals, Water, Bugs….
The evolution of DNA.
We are relative
We are precarious.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
In Leonardo da Vinci’s sketchbooks, there is a beautiful drawing of a bird in flight; hence Da Vinci Bird. The drawing was not only a drawing but also a rendering of a mind curious about the mechanics of flight. This piece is an ode to a genius who influenced the world of art, engineering, anatomy, the environment…..
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
Due to human influence, we have helped to create an environment that is not sustainable. Scientists are sounding the alarm that we could be in the beginning of a 6th mass extinction. We must acknowledge that we are reaching a moment in history
where there will be consequences not only for us but for all species. Olive Branch speaks to a plea for peace and camaraderie.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
Decline Denial was a result of my frustration knowing we will not come close to meeting the goal of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to not more than 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2100. In the years after the agreement, our time frame has shortened. Our influences on our planet are now so extreme we have created a new geologic era- The Anthropocene – viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on the climate and environment. We are just one of many species on this earth. Yet, we have managed to negatively change the intricate workings of our planet on it’s evolutionary journey.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
The definition of gaslighting is a manipulation by psychological means into causing someone to question their own sanity. In other words, telling someone they are not seeing what they are seeing. There are, sometimes inconveniently, things called facts and they are real. Attempting to blur the line between fact and fiction doesn’t change actual reality.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
The thought behind Mono-Vision is that we all do better when we see beyond the me. We live in a community that has become global. In fact, there are now 8 billion of us. That is a lot of neighbors. And, I say “neighbors” knowing that I cannot possibly be acquainted with 8 billion people, but that I am a part of a local community that I am infinitely better off knowing. One view is limiting. A more expansive view is so much more interesting.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
Do you ever get the feeling you are just talking to yourself?
As a visual artist, I am never sure that anyone will like or even be interested in what I create or say. But, I create and say anyway. That’s the key. Do what you do even when no one is looking.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
One of my recurring themes in my work is about looking at problems so we can fix them. The idiom speaks to having an optimistic view (a good thing) but thinking it is better than it actually is ( not so good). Optimism can help us through, but the reality can get us motivated.
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
What Apple is about holding up a humorous mirror to our human tendency towards being willfully obtuse. We are very good at not looking at what we don’t want to see even when it is right in front of us. The only way to fix a problem is to acknowledge it then act to find a solution.
