Carrie Grubb's work uses representation as a means through which to allow the viewer to experience the daily life of another. In these representations, Grubb focuses on the historical and ongoing destruction of the Appalachian Mountains - the destruction of both the natural landscape and the communities that exist within it. Through eerily beautiful and often emotionally jarring landscape paintings, Grubb aims to raise awareness of the harm inflicted by coal mining operations on the mountains of West Virginia.
Grubb's work begins with photographic images and develops into large representation paintings, employing various materials that are deeply connected to the sites she depicts: coal from mining sites and slurry from acid mine drainage found in on-site creek beds. In this way, the finished piece is even more deeply connected to its subject matter.
Carrie Grubb | Ghost Town | 2010 | oil on canvas | 3' x 4'
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