Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
Amy Lynn Bumpus
Ink and Paper Collage
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.
