‘Imagined coastal Images’

“Intertidal,’’ by Phyllis Ewen, in her show “Inundation,’’ at Kingston Gallery, Boston, April 3-June 1

She says:

“I explore how our imagination and memories interact with the natural world. The movement of the earth’s surface has been a source of inspiration and imagery for more than a decade. The surface of the earth has many forces that affect it. 

“My ‘Sculptural Drawings’ -  three-dimensional reliefs - have been “in the ocean” for many years, but in this show my pieces move on land as the waters flood our coasts.

“Maps, charts, and photographs form the basis for my work. I invite viewers to imagine themselves within the landscape, in topographical waterscapes I scan charts and weather maps, alter them in Photoshop, and print them.

“Then they are reassembled to form imagined coastal images – the effects of anthropogenic global warming.

“Although maps imply a viewer looking down at the landscape, I hope that the dimensional qualities of my images allow us imagine ourselves within it; to inhabit the seas as another way of understanding.’’