The New Cartography

Drifting Stations. Rudderless. No compass bearing. No North or South. From my series Rising Waters: The New Cartography, these paintings reference our being adrift as a society. Floating Ice Research Stations, or ‘Drifting Stations’ are oceanographic ice breaker ships or small research settlements built on drifting ice sheets in the high arctic seas. Sea ice is melting at an unprecedented pace. Rising sea levels impact shorelines and coastal cities worldwide as ice melts at both Poles. We are awash in every way. My images reflect this state of mind.