art works

2000 & Ought

I created two short series that reflect Amera-Centric issues of the first decade of the 21st Century. The politics of this decade, above all other things, will be remembered for polarized perspectives. In the first series, "2000 and Ought", personal dept, national dept, immigration, stem cell research, alternative inceptions and the wars are represented. The work is created with oil on laminated canvas with augmenting multi-media. For "Betrothed" and "Out Out Damn Bombs-Bombs Away", people from various background and differing opinions were asked to write with Sharpie Marker, a short comment supporting their political viewpoint, directly on the canvas. Other images in the series contain collaged materials. Downloaded, clipped, painted or pasted and painted over images and cut faux plastic cards become media for developing contemporary metaphors.