The Before Time Print
Artist: Ursula X Young
Collection: VTA 2022: Perspectives on Erasure
Art Description: This piece highlights the immense amount of Flora and Fauna that were lost or depleted right here in our region, and the forever changed landscape that the gold rush - "the great destruction" - left in its wake. The Nisenan people lived harmoniously for thousands of years on this land, and it took just a couple of generations to strip so much of that natural environment. Here, nevada city sits at the top of the painting - dark & foreboding - the landscape buried below like the roots of a tree exposing all that was lost: herds of wild elk, wolf, rattlesnakes, and condor - a time before. Also featured are the sierra buttes, large ponderosa, black oak, mugwort & service berries which were all of great significance to the Nisenan people. My intention was to create a dream-like piece showing an alternate universe - of the time before.
Print Size: 10” x 10”
Artist: Ursula X Young
Collection: VTA 2022: Perspectives on Erasure
Art Description: This piece highlights the immense amount of Flora and Fauna that were lost or depleted right here in our region, and the forever changed landscape that the gold rush - "the great destruction" - left in its wake. The Nisenan people lived harmoniously for thousands of years on this land, and it took just a couple of generations to strip so much of that natural environment. Here, nevada city sits at the top of the painting - dark & foreboding - the landscape buried below like the roots of a tree exposing all that was lost: herds of wild elk, wolf, rattlesnakes, and condor - a time before. Also featured are the sierra buttes, large ponderosa, black oak, mugwort & service berries which were all of great significance to the Nisenan people. My intention was to create a dream-like piece showing an alternate universe - of the time before.
Print Size: 10” x 10”
Artist: Ursula X Young
Collection: VTA 2022: Perspectives on Erasure
Art Description: This piece highlights the immense amount of Flora and Fauna that were lost or depleted right here in our region, and the forever changed landscape that the gold rush - "the great destruction" - left in its wake. The Nisenan people lived harmoniously for thousands of years on this land, and it took just a couple of generations to strip so much of that natural environment. Here, nevada city sits at the top of the painting - dark & foreboding - the landscape buried below like the roots of a tree exposing all that was lost: herds of wild elk, wolf, rattlesnakes, and condor - a time before. Also featured are the sierra buttes, large ponderosa, black oak, mugwort & service berries which were all of great significance to the Nisenan people. My intention was to create a dream-like piece showing an alternate universe - of the time before.
Print Size: 10” x 10”