Ellis Creek artist Patricia Johanson dies at 84

World-renowned environmental artist Patricia Johanson, who designed key details of Petaluma Ellis Creek water recycling plant, died at his home in Buskirk, New York. As reported on Monday According to the website Hyperallergic, an international forum for art world news, Johanson died in her sleep on October 16. He was 84 years old.

Creatively combining aspects of sculpture, philosophy, design and the natural world, Johanson’s A multitude of creations that defy explanation stand, stretch, tower, tower, tower, and turn heads all over the world. His installations include the “sculptural playgrounds” of the Rocky Marciano Trail in Brockton, Massachusetts, the Endangered Garden in San Francisco, and Millennium Park in Seoul, South Korea; This parkland transforms a large garbage area into the stunning figure of a nature protector. Other projects include designs for massive, environmentally conscious parks in the Amazon Rainforest and along Kenya’s Nairobi River.

For Petaluma’s Ellis Creek, Johanson designed various itemsincluding “polishing ponds” where water is recycled and cleaned using the natural wave of water from marsh vegetation. He began working on the project in 2001, and 2009 saw the opening of the facility, which was designed to include walkways and other interactive features.

Adjacent to Petaluma’s Shollenberger Park, Ellis Creek has become one of the most popular and well-used public parks in the city.

“He taught me a lot about ecology and how you connect ecology to people for a healthy community,” said Petaluma City Council member Janice Cader Thompson, who was instrumental in getting Johanson involved in the Ellis Creek project. beginning.

“It made me very sad that he left us,” Cader Thompson said. “I feel privileged to be friends with him.”

About Johanson’s impact on the world and his contribution to environmental art, hyperallergic The article, written by Maya Pontone, said her many years of pioneering work “combines art and engineering into a decades-old practice aimed at restoring ecosystems degraded by human activities.”