Victoria Russo
![Debris Sea](https://image.scu.edu/image/upload/v1622073323/College%20of%20Arts%20and%20Sciences/2021%20Senior%20Art%20Show/Russo_Debris_Sea.jpg)
Debris Sea, 2021
![Human Litter Box](https://image.scu.edu/image/upload/v1619899477/College%20of%20Arts%20and%20Sciences/2021%20Senior%20Art%20Show/Russo_Human_Litter_Box.jpg)
Human Litter Box, 2021
![Wastefilled Sunset](https://image.scu.edu/image/upload/v1622068539/College%20of%20Arts%20and%20Sciences/2021%20Senior%20Art%20Show/new_Russo_wastefilled_sunset.png)
Wastefilled Sunset, 2020
Artist's Statement
Mass consumption is at the heart of my painting series “Ignorant Bliss.” By utilizing humor, absurdity and irony, I tap into something that’s only funny because it is linked to something detrimental: pollution. These deceptively inviting oil paintings give a glimpse at what our beaches could look like if the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality is continued.