MoEA/EAI Exhibition Catalogs 2020 Global Warming is REAL | Page 21

grandparents on their farm in West Texas, my
flying over the fields and stock tanks, spraying
ecessary to kill boll weevils in order to save our
We once found a five-legged frog in the stock
by the pesticide. It’s clear what pesticides and
perienced pollution in the air, learned about
the damage caused by hurricanes in warming
nsible.
Teresa Foster
Artist Statement
was a reason the fish was named after the sun—
t flipped and struggled on the hook, my father
and threw it back into the water. “Too small,” he
, it went into the water on the hook to deceive
t my father caught a dozen and I ate the sunfish
ed, fried in the pan. I devoured the fish greedily
e.
rrun with motor boats, jet skis, boom boxes, rafts,
er. The sunfish struggled in the water muddy with
t quietly with a fishing pole, hooks, and worms.
r minnows, mosquito larvae, and frogs their food
ying French fries and inhaled stale beer through
.