Winter Clear Days (1 month of Smog), 1990
Smog, wood, and Plexiglas, triptych
11 x 7 inches each
Artist Quotes:
“The challenge is to realize the larger picture so that immediate activities become a continuum in a greater effort toward the positive.”
“There are some things that are more humorous or profound when they are made visual.”
Additional Links:
Orange County Register article in which Abeles discusses the political aspects of her work and what drew her to smog. September 25, 1993.
Artist interview in which she describes her thought process behind her work.
Abeles describes the process in making The Smog Collector series and how she brought the process into the classroom for students.
California Landscape into Abstraction Research 