‘Cima Dome Fire IX’, monoprint, 71x100cm

One-off monoprint — only one available

While researching for my Joshua Tree series in 2022, I was fortunate enough to come across an article on The Guardian’s website that highlighted the perilous situation of the species in the western states of the USA.

This focused particularly on the havoc wrought by the wildfire in the Cima Dome region of the Mojave National Preserve, which destroyed over a million Joshua Trees in August 2020.
Efforts are underway to replant/replace these keystone plants, which are relied upon by more other plants & animals
than any other within their ecosystems. sadly due to climate change they cannot migrate, germinate & grow at a sufficient rate to replace the current generations, & estimated projections on rising temperatures & lack of rainfall in their environs mean that without concerted interventions the Western Joshua will become extinct by the end of this century.
This is the second of the two big ‘Cima Dome’ prints I’ve completed in relation to the affected trees in the Mojave National Preserve; I painted on masking fluid in negative for the outline of the tree, before printing this area, then removed the masking while the ink was still wet. I then used a dry brush to enhance the scorched flowers and leaves.

Accreditation for the original photographs I used for the creation of these prints goes to @kovi.konowiecki originally published here;

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/20/joshua-trees-climate-crisis-wildfires