入侵物种艺术家劳拉·谢普：用生态危害材料创作美丽画作

“I’m going to paint snakes and fish one day.” I grew up in a small town in Ohio in a typical Midwestern tract home. Except it didn’t stay typical for long, because of my amazing parents. My engineer dad was the builder. My artist mom was the decorator. Both were great with their hands and had a keen eye for detail. Together, they took the standard house I grew up in and made it unique, hand-crafted, and special. They were creative problem-solvers who made things better than they found them through craft, care, and their own two hands. And they were lifelong learners—curious and interested until the day they died. …