The richness of both North and South America in Yin and Yang is accentuated by the reflections created by using precious metals. Natalia Kapchuk focuses her attention to the issue of the extraction of oil, the “black gold”. The artwork represents an oil spill that covers the surface of half the Earth’s oceans and coastal waters, changing their bright blue hues to darker sapphires and black.
The colour palette and textures of these two continents are identical in appearance, foreshadowing the eminent depletion of natural resources that give rise to such barren desertic territories.

Imagine our planet before the dire impacts of the industrial revolution, a perfect world without the continued abuse of its natural resources. Lost in Blue brings this vision to life. Using an array of vibrant textures and colour patterns, Natalia Kapchuk represents the original virgin beauty of our planet; concealing the unsightly scars of deforestation, omitting the vast plastic islands that litter the world’s oceans and eliminating layer upon layer of smog polluting the atmosphere, we can discover Earth in all its grandeur.
The overexploitation of natural resources tarnishes the beauty of the Earth’s surface, changing its compositional structure, coastlines, and natural colours. It will come a time when humanity will no longer be able to recall the exquisite beauty of our planet. Will we realise what we are going to lose and what has been already lost?

Ocean’s DNA is created through a layering technique that combines resins with a variety of natural materials such as fermented moss and sand from the coastline of the Maldives. The artist recreates the ecosystem of coral reefs, bringing to light the physical damage caused by dredging, destructive fishing practices and removal caused by tourists.
Natalia Kapchuk is aware of the pivotal importance of coral reefs for all sea life. Global warming rising ocean temperatures poses a major threat to coral reefs and, through them, to the larger marine community.
Without immediate change and conservation efforts we risk losing our coral reefs already in 2050. With over twenty-five percent of all marine species living symbiotically with the reef and the 850 million people directly benefiting from its existence, the loss would be catastrophic.