Artist statement

Melissa Cowper-Smith uses handmade paper, bold color palettes and intricate brush strokes to capture the movement and perspective shifts of the landscape. Working to bridge the gap between climate change, memory and forgetting, her work calls attention to the timelessness of nature while exploring clouds, fires and other phenomena in the world around her.

Through the exploration of color, line and form, she generates a narrative between the past, present and future, building a visual record of the ever-changing nature of the land, and inciting conversations about the immediacy, absurdity and uncertainty of the human experience in relation to nature.