Oil on Canvas – 32” x 48”
April 2018
This painting was inspired by the events that transpired in Mocoa, Putumayo in March 2017, where more than 300 people, many indigenous, died in a flash flood and landslide after an uncharacteristically intense downpour. Over the past decade, the region around Mocoa, which is within the Colombian Amazon rainforest, has been heavily deforested for cow pasture and unsustainable agriculture. The weak and degraded soil was quickly washed into the rising river during the storm, taking trees, rocks and many other objects along with it. The water came rushing through the valley and destroyed hundreds of homes and lives. These dangerous floods and landslides are a consequence of climate change, deforestation and degradation and other unsustainable land use practices, and are becoming more common both in Colombia and around the world.
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