đź”— Head to the link in my bio to read "The Architect of Color" and see how physics, chemistry, and emotion collide on the canvas!
#HansHofmann #ColorTheory #PushAndPull #AbstractRealism #MixedMediaArtist #StudioProcess #ContemporaryArt #ArtHistory
Dynamic Depth: How I Apply Hans Hofmann’s Color Theory in My Studio
Lee Krasner Art:
Brock-Krasner-1Brock-Krasner-2Brock-Krasner-3 #abstractRealism #art #artInspiration #artist #conservation #CreativeExpression #creativity #EndangeredSpecies #KeystoneSpecies #painting
Make Waves: The Story Behind My Sockeye Salmon Painting and the Species It Champions
Conservation:
In Idaho, thousands of sockeye once swam up the Columbia, Snake, and Salmon rivers — migrating more than 900 miles from the Pacific Ocean to Redfish Lake every year. Between 1991 and 1998, only 16 sockeye returned to Redfish Lake. (NOAA Fisheries) In 1991, the Snake River sockeye became the first salmon in the Pacific Northwest declared endangered under the ESA. Within a few years, 16 more species were listed as either threatened or endangered. By 1999, wild salmon had disappeared from about 40% of their historic breeding ranges in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. (RCO)The Pacific Salmon Foundation’s most recent State of Salmon report confirms the pattern holds: with two-thirds of salmon populations below their long-term averages, the data underscores persistent declines over many decades. “Recent gains for some salmon species show that salmon can rebound when conditions are right,” the report notes, but “a few good runs in recent years don’t outweigh decades of decline.” (Pacific Salmon Foundation)
The central battleground is the four lower Snake River dams. In 2022, NOAA published a landmark report concluding that removing the four lower Snake River dams as soon as possible is “essential” to avoiding extinction. In December 2023, the Biden Administration announced a historic agreement with six sovereign nations — Washington, Oregon, the Nez Perce Tribe, and other Columbia Basin Treaty Tribes — committing to advance salmon recovery and pause Snake River litigation. (Conservationalliance)That agreement is now in jeopardy. In June 2025, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing federal agencies to withdraw from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement. The White House also revoked a Biden-era memorandum supporting native fish restoration across the basin. Conservation, fishing, and clean energy groups represented by Earthjustice subsequently filed a motion in response to the withdrawal. (Earthjustice) What conservation hatcheries can and can’t do
The captive broodstock program helped save the Redfish Lake sockeye by protecting remaining genetic diversity in conservation hatcheries — and by 2000, 252 adults made it back. But NOAA acknowledges that over dependence on hatcheries could undermine the population’s genetic heritage and fitness. (NOAA Fisheries)Without removing the lower Snake dams, hatchery efforts and tributary restoration work risk being futile — spending enormous sums on actions whose benefits are negated by the gauntlet of dams and reservoirs the fish must survive.
After salmon spawn and die, their carcasses are a valuable source of energy and nutrients to the entire river ecosystem — contributing nitrogen and phosphorous that improve the growth and survival of the next generation of salmon. (NOAA Fisheries) The forest, the river, the next run — all of it depends on the body of the one that came before.
Government / Science
NOAA — Sockeye Salmon (Protected)
NOAA — Conservation Management
NOAA — Saving Pacific Salmon & Steelhead
Advocacy
Earthjustice — Snake River Timeline
The Conservation Alliance — Dam Removal
Data / Reports
Pacific Salmon Foundation — State of Salmon 2025
WA Recreation & Conservation — Salmon Problems
Take Action
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Wildlife Art for Conservation | Florida Panther Mixed Media by Neisha Landers
I used my signature “Ecological Fusion” style to literally paint the panther’s habitat inside its form. Within the silhouette of this majestic cat, you see the humid, vibrant life of the Florida wetlands—the swaying palms, the life-giving waterways, and the burst of native wildflowers.The background is washed in dreamlike, sunset hues of coral and violet, utilizing loose, impasto brushwork to create a sense of movement.
– Neisha Landers
Conservation & Stewardship
Protecting the Florida panther requires a multi-agency approach involving government programs, non-profits, and private land initiatives. Given the panther’s status as a keystone species, these organizations focus heavily on habitat connectivity and wildlife corridors.
​Government Agencies & Programs
The Forest That Walks: El lobo / Mexican Wolf Painted from the Inside Out “Eco-Fusion” Wildlife Art by Neisha Landers
Through a signature “Ecological Fusion,” my mixed-media paintings blend abstract realism, rich thick textures, expressive brushstrokes, emotive colors, and a dreamlike double exposures technique to serves as a somatic healing tool and revealing the universal truth of divine oneness.
– Neisha Landers
WOLF CONSERVATION CENTER:
https://mexicanwolves.org/?hl=en-US
REWILDING INSTITUTE:
https://rewilding.org/the-saga-of-the-mexican-gray-wolf-el-lobo/?hl=en-US
MEXICAN WOLF CONSERVATION:
https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/biopark/conservation/mexican-wolf-conservation-facility?hl=en-US
MEXICAN WOLF MANAGEMENT:
CALIFORNIA WOLF CENTER:
https://www.californiawolfcenter.org/conservation?hl=en-US
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