Laura Dumm

Painting

Scream Of The Butterflies. 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas This painting deals with Pesticides and air pollution. Painting by Laura Dumm after a sketch and discussion by Gary Dumm
As we poison insects food supply, we also poison our own. Pesticides are welcomed for making plants insect resistant but the resulting adverse consequences to multiple spaces including our own is problematic. Creating pesticide-reisistant plants appears to be a good idea until it isn't. 

Painting

Burning in Water, Drowning in Plastic 36" x 36" acrylic on canvas. Painting by Laura Dumm after a discussion and sketch by Gary Dumm.
We have created an enormous plastic floating island in the Pacific Ocean by the overuse and Pollution from fossil fuels, and the cavalier disposal of non-biodegradable plastic products (especially water bottles). It currently looms large as a threat to the biosphere. 

Painting

To Be Or Not To Bee  36" x 36" acrylic on canvas   Painting by Laura Dumm after discussion and a sketch by Gary Dumm. About the Loss Of Pollinators...
Decimation of the bee population and pollinators will come back to sting us with the reduction of our food supply. Humans are deft at destruction. Stronger societies obliterate weaker ones. And whole species may not survive due to lack of food, harsh climate, predation and the inability to adapt.

Painting

Reef, (Err), Madness  36" x 36" acrylic on canvas   Painting by Laura Dumm after discussion and a sketch by Gary Dumm  Dealing with the Loss of Habitat
Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been home to an incredible diversity of marine life, but, like the proverbial "canary in a coal mine" it now presents a stark warning about global warming. The colorful corals are dying due to the rising temperature of the ocean there: leaving behind only bleached bones and the stillness of a watery graveyard.