Winner (as part of a body of work): Third Place "Overall Best Quality Artwork", Ridgefield Art Association Annual Show, 2005. "Houston" explores the difficult subject matter of how we as human beings tend to cause damage to the environment and our often botched efforts to correct those issues. The pod of dolphins swim in an ocean devoid of other life, including any food sources. In the orange and black-and-white segments above, a military C130 cargo plane is seen dropping supplies to the dolphins: supplies of canned tuna. Since dolphins do not have can openers (nor do they eat tuna), the oversized can they will soon encounter is of no use to them. Alas, it just becomes garbage to clutter their environment. The use of segmented, monochromatic divisions of the canvas is an expression of the one-sided way we tend to view the world and the needs of its inhabitants, as well as the division our civilization has put between man and nature. Unframed, painted edges. Copyright 2004 Amy Buchheit. Size: 51" h x 40" w x 1 3/4" d