Artwork:
The shadows of the voting rights struggle of the early 1960s have returned and gather like storm clouds wrapping dark murky fingers around modern voting policies. For a time, overt acts of racism and injustice like the beating suffered by John Lewis and hundreds of others as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 had been replaced with at least an attempt at equality. Yet recently, it seems equality is no longer the goal. Consequently, injustice returns under the guise of policies that limit access to ballot boxes, or voting venues, or even registration.
Artist Statement:
Although I think of my art as extremely personal, I believe the themes are somewhat universal. The subject matter will likely include inequalities pertaining to gender or social status; the state of education; the failings of organized religion, or faith and spirituality versus religion; or any current event that sparks an idea.
I think art should change the world. With each new canvas or page, I endeavor to change my small part of the world for the better. With each new idea or concept, I hope to send an ever-increasing ripple effect that could someday wash away the recurring atrocities and injustice that tend to plague humankind.
I am often inspired by things I see on TV, the internet, or hear on the radio. However, more often than not, my own reality becomes the subject of my work--expelling my darkest fears, revealing pent-up frustrations, or releasing my deepest hopes.
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