linoleum print
“The social justice that I issued in my artwork is deforestation. Many different animals, insects and plants lose their habitats each day by deforestation. I have seen the effects of deforestation firsthand when I went to Canada and saw the millions of trees that get cut down each year to make lumber. However, deforestation mainly affects the many different
species of animals in the South American rainforests. I carefully picked four animals from all around the world that symbolize the animals in various countries that experience deforestation. I also made sure that viewers would know what the image represents by portraying the bulldozer coming at the animals and their habitat. I put a big tree in the center of my piece to divide the positive side with the animals from the negative side with the bulldozer. The bulldozer is there to represent the tree that is about to get chopped down, which is also the animal’s habitat. I was inspired by Barbara Krueger’s piece and how there was a solid divide between the two parts of the lady’s face. I then created the two positive and negative perspectives on my artwork.”
ARTIST BIO: Sarah HUNING is a student at Summit Country Day School studying art under art teacher Carrie Barnett.