2026

GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL

RESILIENCE

EXHIBITION

JENNIFER PRETZEUS

JENNIFER PRETZEUS

(Albuquerque, NM)

Turning Tide

scrap metal, encaustic, cement, 13 x 10 x 7 inches

$900 + $63 tax + $85 shipping fee  =

$1048 Total Price

Artist Statement:

Constructed primarily from the remnants of an oil drum lid, this piece uses contrasting geometric and organic forms to illustrate the collision between nature’s resilience and technological destruction. While most of the sculpture remains raw metal, one fragment is coated in encaustic wax to represent the ocean, mirroring how the seas safeguard our entire planet.  

Despite the scars of global warming, the ocean silently absorbs roughly 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases and a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions. Left to its natural processes, the sea retains a monumental power to heal. Now, the tide is turning as global policy is finally catching up with this natural endurance. In January 2026, the High Seas Treaty officially entered into force. Signed by 145 countries after two decades of effort, this historic framework legally protects the “high seas,” the unregulated international waters that constitute two-thirds of the world’s oceans. Given space, the sea will continue to protect life on Earth.  

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