In a perfect example of “the community is there, you just have to look for it,” I painted a piece on local Climate Justice called “Duwamish River Dragon," and after tagging the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition as a great resource for nearby cleanup efforts, they reached out to feature my painting in the 15th annual Duwamish River Festival in South Park!

I’ll be there for meet-the-artist hello’s 12-2pm, so come say hey! 

Image description: close-up detail of Cleopatra’s "Duwamish River Dragon" painting shows a violet sky disrupted by a pattern of white airplanes, the lush greenery of the last natural curve in the Duwamish River with wild birds and a cement factory, and the river, lavender in the reflection of the sky, with a stylized iridescent black oil pattern in the lower right; text overlay says, “Duwamish River Festival Sat 8/7 12-5 South Park Plaza”