Taina Litwak

I paint in acrylic and collaged paper on canvas to create objects of beauty, the harmonies of color and pattern are a lure, which on closer examination focus the viewer on the issues of biodiversity loss and climate change.

Fallen leaves and animals cut from newspapers and maps create visual poems connecting human actions with the timeless procession of the seasons; the passage of time and the constancy of change. I edit and juxtapose the words into new messages. Headlines of loss and hope swirl. The elements of water and stone are central in many. The stones, solid and eternal, have been sculpted by water and time. The water, formless and yielding, a substance in motion which buoys up, moves objects with it, transforms earth and stone. When involving the sky I focus on the fleeting quality of dusk and dawn, moments of transition/transformation.

My installations are autobiographical and consist of discarded plastics; mostly my own and my neighbors’ discards. The work is immersive and is monochromatic to convey a feeling and perspective on the plastics. We seldom think of these varied and useful things as the same, but reduced to one color, it is all the same toxic petroleum-based material.