2025

GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL EXHIBITION

MISAKO OBA

MISAKO OBA

(New York/Japan)

Don’t Limit Love, Limit Warming (b)

encaustic, watercolor, oil, paper, pigment ink transfer, graph bars- encaustic monotype on cradled wood panel, 14 x 11 x 0.75 inches

$1200 +$84 tax +  $55 shipping fee =

$1339.00 Total Price

Artist Statement:

I believe we are on Earth to love and be loved—to care for one another and our planet. I have been developing my ongoing climate-themed series “How Can You Show Love…?” since 2022. This body of work explores love, loss, and global warming, drawing from my personal experiences traveling and living around the world amid increasing climate disasters and extreme heat.

Each piece in the series blends abstract data with both ancient and contemporary elements. This work features bar graphs showing modeled global GHG emissions under various future scenarios, focusing on a projected cross-section of 2030. What happens depends on the actions we take today.

I use all four sides of a cradled wood panel, applying the traditional Japanese Shou-Sugi-Ban technique—burning the surface to create a rich brown tone and natural beauty while enhancing durability and preservation. The charred finish resonates with the history of this method and echoes contemporary wildfires, linking my process to resilience and environmental change.

The medium of encaustic—a temperature-sensitive material—deepens the conceptual nature of the work, visually and symbolically responding to heat.

This is a visual statement calling for awareness and compassion. I aim to connect past and present, integrating themes from ancient creation stories to our current environmental reality. To remind viewers of the sacredness of life and the planet, from Genesis to the future.

Ultimately, it’s about love: how we show it, how we protect it, and how we extend it to each other and the Earth.

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