The art of
Collin Douma
the art of
COLLIN DOUMA
Bone Kraken
Giant Pacific Octopus // V-22 Osprey
He's not a hugger.
Dustoff
Hippopotamus // Black Hawk
He's not the only one in need of rescue.
So do the rangers.
Sherman
Bullmoose // Sherman Tank
Sherman is increasing his odds.
Jackson Baker
Jackson's Chameleon // Baker Electric Car
He alters himself to suit his environment. We altered the environment to suit our greed.
Dragon Patrol
Dragonfly // Bell 47
Five years a nymph,
Eight weeks a predator.
Victor Hannibal
Elephant // V22 Osprey
For this war, Victor enlisted.
Buckstop
Buck // Ford Airplane
What's that old phrase about final responsibility?
Locust Motive
Locust // Steam Engine
They nearly darkened the sky and then nearly went extinct in 30 years.
Octavian
Octopus // Corsair
He didn't need to win a war.
He only needed to outlive it.
Nobody's Counting
Grasshopper // Excavator
The total carnage remains unmeasured. Nobody's counting.
Sidewinder
Crab // F-35 Lightning
You can dodge a lock.
You can't dodge the water.
Phantom Racer
Great Gray Owl // GeeBee Air Racer
Speed is the difference between
a kill by the road and road kill.
Ticked Off
Moose // Steam Engine
There's less North every year.
Surface Tension
Scorpion // Steam Roller
Velociraptors couldn't reach her. Ford Raptors end her without ever knowing she's there.
Dewlap Prowler
Iguana // Police Interceptor
Nobody calls humans invasive.
They call it Florida.
Shell Shocked
Hermit Crab // Camper
The shell markets have collapsed
Moz
Walrus // GeeBee Air Racer
Don't waste your breath with poachers or climate deniers.
Reacher
Giraffe // Excavator
Nothing grows back
from a hole.
United Fauna
Paintings
United Fauna began with five paintings I made for "Roll Call," a group show with the Five Lovely Guys Collective at Twist Gallery in Toronto, 2012. Researching the work, I found Archie Belaney, an Englishman who fabricated an Indigenous identity and became known as Grey Owl. Despite the deception, his conservation writing helped save the Canadian beaver from extinction. I thought he could have used an air force. Those five watercolor and ink paintings became the Grey Owl Air Force. The collection kept growing from there.
United Fauna follows animals that salvage discarded human technology and turn it against the forces working to destroy them: human aggression, habitat loss, a changing climate.
"His (work) may appear whimsical at first glance, but they ultimately serve as apocalyptic warnings of the future that awaits if humanity fails to curb the accelerating dangers of climate change."
Nicole Goldberg, Executive Director, WAAM
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