Betsy Levels

The Expulsion

BY Betsy Levels
MEDIUM Acrylic

Artist’s statement for “The Expulsion” Betsy Levels Life began in a garden. I am an avid gardener, so that conjures up glorious visions of beauty and bounty in my imagination. I love the delicate blossoms, the soft clover, the sweet fruits. The fulfillment of the cycle of seasons and the ever-present faith in life’s renewal to come. But we as a species seem determined to ravage the magnificence of the environment we depend on, and are ultimately doomed to destroy it if changes are not rapidly made. Will our frantic lust for bigger, faster, more powerful objects seal mankind’s doom? Are we determined to keep taking bite after bite from the fatal apple? Perhaps the snake knows.