Judy Todd Art: Art, Psychology and Emotional Reactions to Climate Change

In the Fall of 2022, I was invited to give a zoom talk on "Art, Psychology, and Emotional Reactions to Climate Change" to a group of psychologists (I was a psychologist once). I'll be giving it again this coming Fall to a group of emeritus faculty. Trying to give a coherent talk about my art and why I make it helped me focus on my artistic intentions.

As a psychologist-artist, I have struggled, with very limited success, to express my emotional reactions to climate change in a way that will both increase awareness of our dire straits and encourage coping and taking action in viewers. I have also tried, with much greater success, to help myself deal with my own emotional turmoil about climate change. Painting provides me a respite from all fears and sorrows so that I am refreshed and committed to environmentalism. Perhaps my art can do the same for some viewers.

To see a recording of the talk, click here and then click on my name and picture. To see the slides in the talk, see below. It's really challenging to try to talk or paint about something that is so grim and beautiful at the same time.