“So much of the power in visionary art comes from an understanding of how the forces of nature, humanity, science, geology, feminine energy, fractal evolution, macro-micro vibrations, sacred geometry, emotion, chaos, and balance all intersect, balance, and can be cultivated. Dr. Kim Farbota—an actual neuroscientist and also an environmental lawyer—uses not only her professional practice but her intuitive painting studio practice as well, to explore the effects of climate chaos on the human psyche. The question before us—and perhaps the esoteric, paradoxical, expansive world of visual art really is the best way to ask it—is whether we succumb to the fear, or instead embrace this fraught moment as the opportunity for meaningful, radical change that it offers.“

-Shana Nys Dambrot, LA Press Association Critic of the Year 2024, on “Rapid Evolution” for 13 Things LA