by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson

Artwork Description

Pollution’s Ghosts by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson

45.0 x 35.0 cm

Pollution’s Ghosts Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson Medium: Oil pastels, mixed media (recycled bubble wrap), and varnish on paper Dimensions: 45 × 35 cm (unframed) — framed and ready to hang Signed: Front and back Year: 2025 Description: Pollution’s Ghosts captures the fragile beauty of marine life dissolving into the shifting currents of a changing ocean. Created with layered oil pastels and recycled bubble wrap, the piece evokes ethereal jellyfish suspended between existence and disappearance — a haunting metaphor for the loss of biodiversity in our polluted seas. The use of transparent, reflective textures transforms industrial waste into something organic and luminous, underscoring the tension between creation and destruction. Varnished for protection and light gloss, this work embodies both environmental awareness and poetic melancholy.

Artwork Details

Medium: Mixed Media

Genre: Figurative