Description
“NEVADA: The Driest State” (acrylic paint, oil/wax crayon, and pencil on heavy watercolor paper) confronts a reality behind the state’s desert beauty: Nevada is the nation’s driest state, receiving an average of only 10.2 inches of precipitation annually. Its major population centers depend on water systems beyond their immediate landscapes—Lake Tahoe for Reno-Sparks and the Colorado River for Southern Nevada—making water both essential and precarious. As statewide temperatures have risen nearly 2.4°F since the beginning of the twentieth century, diminishing snowpack, intensified heat, and persistent drought compound the pressure on ecosystems, agriculture, and growing cities. The work asks viewers to consider how life can be sustained in a place where every drop carries the weight of an uncertain future.
