‘Cima Dome Fire XII’, framed monoprint, 43x38cm

One-off monoprint — only one available

‘Cima Dome Fire XII’ was selected for the British Contemporary Printmakers show at Delamore Arts 2024 and the Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Open in 2023.

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.
These ‘Cima Dome’ prints completed in relation to the wildfire-affected trees of the Mojave National Preserve, & are reduction monoprints on blended bases, and done at speed to emphasise the transient nature of these habitats and the fragility of their inhabitants.

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