This composition is totally ripped off from an Amnesty International poster – it was meant to be a study in how to use natural pigments (coffee) to create color. Much lighter from its original look, at least the smell of stale coffee has faded with the colors.
Modeled after the (award winning) photograph of the same name by Dorothy Leland, this portrait was more a study of how to create depth and detail on a grainy surface – do I use the grains or ignore them? (Some of each, it turns out). After Dorothy won an award for the photograph named “End of the World”, the community where this was taken was completely leveled in the 7.5 Thai Earthquake of 2018, making the title overwhelmingly eerie. Who knows if this spot exists today?
Part of a larger piece, this study lost a lot of its detail when I added other layers, but I preserved its original look in this photo.
During the 2020 fire season, our human rights activism was limited by the quality of the air outside (fires) and inside (COVID). So, we settled for making take-home action packs and distributed them to our usual co-conspirators.
Portraits help us remember people, and this is just how Derek Chauvin shall be remembered as he serves out his sentence for murder.
More art from the year of left handed art, these tiles were sold as a fundraiser to support refugees stranded in Greece. I was recovering from multiple wrist surgeries that year and stamping was about the extent of my ability.