Replanting Resilience (Diptych)

Watercolor, Acrylic, and Colored Pencil, 2022

Replanting Resilience (Diptych) addresses the ways humans and natural habitats are responding to shifting environmental conditions and climate adversity in the Gulf of Maine. The work draws inspiration from current actions being taken to restore the Great Marsh along coastal Massachusetts, such as re-planting marsh grass and monitoring the effects of sea level rise.

Look for the three line-graphs incorporated into Jill’s images. They depict, from bottom to top:

● Historic sea level rise from 1950 to 2020 and projections for future rise to 2050

● Increase in National Wildlife Refuge acreage in Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire from 2001 to 2020

● Increase in the percentage of US adults who supported policies to protect the environment from 2008 to 2019

Together, the data show how public mind-frames and efforts are rising to meet the tide—a story of how we can come together to act on what we know and feel.

Data references:

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-sea-level

https://www.fws.gov/refuges/realty/archives.html

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/21/how-americans-see-climate-change-and-the-environment-in-7-charts/