earth

open studio: no water /  by kelly heaton

No Water, 2016.  Digital photo collage.  Kelly Heaton

We had an old horse colic today.  Vet says not enough water and dry hay are to blame.  Fortunately, we helped him through it and he's going to be OK.  The scare got me thinking about this image, made for entirely different concerns about no water on earth.  Or water in all the wrong places.

open studio: coral reef /  by kelly heaton

Coral Reef, 2016.  Digital photo collage.  Kelly Heaton

Protect our rich natural heritage.  Heaven isn't somewhere we go when we die; it's right here, right now, and we're all at risk of going to Hell if we don't take care of the environment.

open studio: wish you were here /  by kelly heaton

Wish You Were Here, 2016.  Digital photo collage.  Kelly Heaton

Vintage resistors hamming it up on a trashy beach.  The ocean is green due to toxic algal bloom, but never mind.  Electricity doesn't like water, anyway.

open studio: harbingers /  by kelly heaton

Harbingers, 2015.  Digital photo-collage.  Kelly Heaton

Consumerism, pollution, dependence on fossil fuels, e-waste, climate change, off-shore garbage disposal, inequity of access to Earth's basic natural resources, manmade illness, children raised in ecological poverty, living conditions for future earthlings, the heaven that is natural Earth ...