Reflection

Reflection

The inspiration behind my work is from my experiences every year around Christmas time. Every year I would hope for snow on Christmas in order to see that magical "White Christmas". However, year after year I would feel more disappointed due to the lack of snow from the higher temperatures of global warming. In order to spread awareness on climate change, I have created this artwork to showcase my disappointment to others and show that we should not wait any longer to stop climate change. In my artwork there are many details that show the effects of global warming and climate change, the kids playing around while eating ice cream, the green leaves of the trees, the gecko, and the date of Christmas Eve. They show that even in the middle of winter on Christmas Eve, the temperature has risen to a point that kids can go outside and eat ice cream, trees no longer have to shed their leaves, and animals who once could never survive the cold of winter can survive. In order to symbolize the disappointment of me never having a snowy Christmas again, the girl in my drawing stares at her snowflake and ice reflection in the window, her hopes of what she wanted Christmas to be. Although in my artwork I showcase a small little change of a green Christmas, I have realized that small changes like these will add up in the future to change the world we know as it is. That is why we need to start spreading awareness of climate change and start working together to prevent climate change even more.