Digital, Pigment Print, 2016
This visual expression came about through research within cartography, biology, geography, and environmental studies. The image depicts a aesthetically pleasing map of Tulare Lake, while upon close inspection, also expressing the trauma of the lake’s disappearance from the Central Valley. The accompanying piece depicting the salmon, tells the story of the indigenous salmon that inhabited Tulare Lake before agriculture came to the Central Valley.
Matthew Rangel is a printmaking artist whose works are centered on layering place-based stories and research. Matthew is a 2-D Professor of art at the College of the Sequoias.