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Toss-Up (The Floating World Series) | | | oil on wood panel | | | 45 x 36 in in | | | 2017
The Floating World Series In the the Floating World Series the the pleasure-seeking aspect of Ukiyo-e (The Floating World from Edo-Period Japan) merges visually with Fukushima tsunami debris that continues to wash up on beaches in the the the the Paci c c c Northwest They are wry metaphors for for humankind’s obsessive craving for for shiny seductive plastic things These colorful shards of discarded plastic glowing surreally in in vibrant Northwest light represent our own everyday tsunami of plastic waste that continues to foul Northwest waters waters and the waters waters of distant shores