Huntington Beach Oil Spill Work of Art Lot #4
This print is from a body of work that explores the material of an environmental disaster. In October of 2021 a pipeline from offshore platforms Elly and Ellen broke and spilled thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean. The news of the spill came out late in the night, the next morning I went down to Huntington Beach to see the damage and collect some of the material. There I encountered heavy machinery sealing off the wetlands to try and protect them as best they could. After collecting a few cups full of tar covered sand I brought the material back into my studio. After a week of experiments I was able to separate the sand from the tar and worked it into a pigment used to create this print.
Artists Bio: Taylor Griffith' practice instigates exploratory dialogue that considers Our natural world through the complementary, yet divergent perspectives of art and science. Griffith's efforts help to
develop a shared community understanding of the urgency of our rapidly changing climate, and prompt us to action.
Griffith works across mediums including photography, sculpture, video, sound, and printmaking. He received his MFA from ArtCenter College of design in 2021 and is a current Artist at Work fellow in Los Angeles County.
Size: 8.5 x 11 size print mounted on a white board
Donated by: Taylor Griffith
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Artists Bio: Taylor Griffith' practice instigates exploratory dialogue that considers Our natural world through the complementary, yet divergent perspectives of art and science. Griffith's efforts help to
develop a shared community understanding of the urgency of our rapidly changing climate, and prompt us to action.
Griffith works across mediums including photography, sculpture, video, sound, and printmaking. He received his MFA from ArtCenter College of design in 2021 and is a current Artist at Work fellow in Los Angeles County.
Size: 8.5 x 11 size print mounted on a white board
Donated by: Taylor Griffith
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