“An integral mix, water and oxygen, sustains all living entities on our small blue planet. A gem suspended on the black velvet glove of space, Earth suffers from human ignorance and neglect. In my world, I assumer water will always be freely available. On most days clean air is a given. Yet, some day water may not flow so readily. Glaciers melt at an alarming rate without sufficient snowfall to replenish them. Failing glaciers, many rivers would disappear. Canada abounds in lakes and rivers, so easily taken for granted. In fact, twenty percent of the world’s freshwater is housed in the Great Lakes. Another twenty percent is produced by the amazon water pump now threatened by the expansion of the beef industry in Brazil. Pollution and greed increase the profit margins; however, we cannot breathe nor eat gold. The cracks in our perfect plan for success reveals the stress lines. Cracks are part of my process. I create cracks and deliberately encourage paint to run in all directions. Then I paint in between the texture and the runoff. Neomosaic. It hints at an underlying instability. Sustained at the moment, we can still see the beauty and appreciate the source of our wellbeing. Let us hope the glaciers last and the rivers continue to feed our lakes while we share our abundance with those less fortunate.” — Karen Blanchet