Utah Artist Aims to Capture Great Salt Lake’s Fragile State Through Daily Paintings
Utah artist Erik Linton is undertaking an ambitious project to paint the Great Salt Lake every day for a year. His goal is to visually document the lake's current state, with significant portions of its bed exposed and low water…
Salt Lake City, UT, August 23, 2026 —
A Utah artist has embarked on a year-long project to document the Great Salt Lake through daily paintings. Erik Linton’s initiative aims to visually capture the lake’s current condition, marked by exposed lakebeds and historically low water levels.
Linton’s project seeks to create a lasting visual record of the lake, which faces significant ecological challenges. By painting the lake every day for a year, he intends to preserve its image for future generations and bring greater public awareness to its environmental decline.
The artist’s work is designed to connect scientific data about the lake’s condition with an emotional understanding of its changing landscape. Through his art, Linton hopes to highlight the environmental challenges confronting the Great Salt Lake, showcasing its evolving state over the course of his project.
The project underscores the urgency of the Great Salt Lake’s situation, offering a unique perspective on the environmental issues it faces. The resulting body of work is expected to serve as a testament to the lake’s current fragile state.
Story summarized from the original created by Georgia Metcalf, The Daily Utah Chronicle on utahnewsdispatch.com, see more information here.
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