Site-specific installation at Bronx Children’s Museum

The numerous plants, animals, and fish making the Bronx River their home are sometimes difficult to see. This installation uses a form of printmaking called screen-printing to reproduce the lush river environment. Black light is used to make the invisible, visible, illuminating the often unseen yet vibrant wildlife. American lady, viceroy, and eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies hover above burdock flowers. Sunfish, alewives, and mummichog swim in the currents. Painted turtles sun themselves along the riverbank while wood ducks, an egret, a black cormorant, and gray tree frogs weave in and out of the dense green canopy. While the varied forms of life along the river are well hidden, patience and a keen eye can learn to spot even the most camouflaged wildlife.