New Work: Rising Tide

TITLE: Rising Tide
Artist: Lois Nesbitt
Dimensions: 18×24 inches
Medium: Collage on Paper

 

Commissioned by The Boston Harbor Association for its 2015 gala, Rising Tide was inspired by the mission, accomplishments, and challenges faced by this amazing organization. The fences refer to the many miles of public walkways TBHA created along Boston’s historic waterfront. The buildings are Boston’s sky line, the backdrop of these open spaces. The rising “waves” of silver/gray are the rising tides that, due to rising sea levels, now threaten much of Boston’s waterfront and coastal neighborhoods. The three fences and three sky lines “recede” as the water encroaches upon more and more land over time.