Trish Harding

Weathered Remains — Artifacts of Fire and Flood

As a lifelong Pacific Northwesterner, I’ve watched a once‐steady climate turn volatile— swinging from mega‐storms to drought, from flood to fire. Many of these works grew from a road trip between Bellingham and Santa Rosa, where I painted en plein air in wildfire zones, standing in ash among charred trees and a silence stripped of life. Children’s toys placed in the burnscape—a doll, a small truck—mark who will inherit the consequences.

Through pastel and metal substrate, I explore the fragile balance between water and flame, abundance, and loss. My hope is that these pieces stir reflection and encourage care while change is still possible. All paintings are for sale.