Katrina

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This drawing of mother and child was based on several news

 stories and photos of the Katrina catastrophe in New Orleans, 

LA in 2005. Women who were pregnant and delivered children

during this time had to struggle not only to keep up their own

 hopes but to comfort their tiny children with the only security

they could offer at the time - tenderness and love.

From the grassroots level of a shocked nation, quickly came

 many donations of water, food, clothing and labor to help the

community. 

Months later, marine biologists related that had the size

of the wetlands been maintained along the Louisiana

coastline, flooding would have been dramatically reduced,

 since wetlands are nature's way of absorbing strong winds

 and tidal forces. They also collect and hold flood waters.

 Much of the wetlands were drained to make way for oil 

drilling platforms. The levees that replaced the wetlands

 broke apart under the force of the water.

                      (Watercolor/pastel 16" x 20")