"I'm an artist and a printmaker. My work tends to focus on the contemporary crisis of biodiversity and what can and can't be done about it. I'm a member of the Justseed Artists' Cooperative (justseed.org), a group of North American artists producing socially and environmentally engaged artwork."
-- Roger Peet
Roger Peet has found an active artist who is involved with organizations like the Center for Biological Diversity and the Justseed Artists Cooperative and other projects. More than many other artists that I know, Peet's work is active and purposeful. Making direct commentary on the global biodiversity crisis and other environmental issues.
This is an image he was commissioned to complete for the Center of Biological Diversity, a very cool commission!
These next two were also commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity. These were designed for their Endangered Species Condoms.
This piece is dear to my heart, because it is about an issue that I have also worked on. It explores the critical connection between social and environmental issues. The ridiculous and unsuccessful war on drugs has been ruining lives from Colombia to the United States for decades. The ongoing violence and illicit cultivation and trade of the drugs is destroying habitat not only in Mexico, but also throughout Central American and the northern South America. Coca cultivation in Colombia is causing deforestation of the rainforest. The illegality of the cultivation of this traditional crop, forces its growers to go deeper and deeper into the forest, cutting down more and more trees and destroying habitat. The severity of this problem let to the Shared Responsibility initiative supported by the Colombian government.
Roger Peet has found an active artist who is involved with organizations like the Center for Biological Diversity and the Justseed Artists Cooperative and other projects. More than many other artists that I know, Peet's work is active and purposeful. Making direct commentary on the global biodiversity crisis and other environmental issues.
This is an image he was commissioned to complete for the Center of Biological Diversity, a very cool commission!
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| Roger Peet
"I was
recently commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity (http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/) to design a banner for their new
Portland office. They gave me a list of endangered animals that they’ve worked
to have listed federally as endangered, and I made them into this image. From
left to right: Green Sturgeon, Fender’s Blue Butterfly, Marbled Murrelet, Orca,
Wolf, Siskiyou Mountain Salamander, Spotted Owl, Taylor’s Checkerspot
Butterfly, Streaked Horned Lark, Caribou, and Fisher."
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| Roger Peet The leatherback is the largest of all sea turtles, growing up to seven feet long. They are the last of an ancient line of turtles. Their numbers are declining rapidly wherever they occur, mostly as a result of human activity: they frequently mistake plastic bags for their favorite food, sea jellies, and die when their digestive systems clog with plastic. As a consequence of their decline (and that of other jelly predators) the oceans are filling with enormous jelly blooms. |
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| Roger Peet Polar Bear |
Central America also suffers from habitat loss from the illegal drug trade. The drug cartels, seeking secrecy and security find refuge in the forests and do what they please to make successfully smuggle their product. Acres of forest are cut to make impromptu airstrips for transporting their drugs.
Not only do I appreciate this piece for its content, it is a elegant and powerful image. Thank you Roger.
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And then this one, which made me smile. I have been seeing a lot of buzz recently about the possibility of adding insects to our daily diet. Hmmm....
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