Water view

Work by Stephanie Kolpy, at the Glimpse Gallery, Concord, N.H.

She says:

“My current work is realized through multiple layers of monoprinting, drypoint, and hand-painted high-density watercolor ink. A symbolist in my approach, I’m interested in visual and thematic parallels between apocalyptic mythos and the Holocene extinction, our present and ongoing sixth great extinction event, where ancient species are dying off en masse due to climate change. The theme of apocalypse—from the Greek word apokalypsis, meaning ‘to reveal’ —has driven me to articulate what the future might ‘reveal’ regarding the natural world. As our ecological crisis intensifies, humanity’s struggle with itself also intensifies through social unrest, toxic polarization, global pandemics, violence, and war. In my work, this conflict and unrest are exacerbated by modern-day conspiracy theories and harmful, science-denying myths, and I interrogate such narratives within a broader history of mythology and religion.’’