Gallery

“To live into the future means to leap into the unknown, and this requires a degree of courage for which there is no immediate precedent and which few people realize. What is courage? This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed, every sensitive person has been… in this country. ...Courage is not the absence of despair; it is, rather, the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.”
-Existential psychologist Rollo May, from his book, “The Courage To Create,” 1994.

Prayers for Democracy

Series by PeaceCrew 2016 — Present

MOTHER, DO YOU THINK WE’LL DROP THE BOMB?: PRAYER FOR PEACE
2017 — 2018.
Acrylic, ink, oil stick, chalk marker, aerosol paint, acrylic marker, oil marker on canvas.
42 x 36 inches.

JOIN PEACE CREW: TELL HIM, “bOY, BYE.”
2019 — 2021
Acrylic, ink, acrylic marker, oil marker, and aerosol paint on canvas
36 x 35 7/8 inches

PRAYER FOR THE HONORABLE - V2
2019
Acrylic, ink, oil stick, and oil marker on canvas.
36 x 36 inches.

RIDING WITH DEATH 2020— [UNDER THE PROTECTION OF ARTEMIS]]. March 2020 — Sept. 2024. Acrylic, aerosol paint, ink, oil stick, ink block, chalk marker, charcoal, acrylic marker, oil marker on canvas. 35 7/8 x 71 7/8 inches.

DEATH DON’T HAVE NO MERCY IN THIS LAND: ONE NATION UNDER NUIT & MA`AT — PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN
2018 — 2019.
Acrylic, ink, oil stick, aerosol paint, and oil marker on canvas.
29 7/8 x 40 inches.

CHURCH FOR THUGS: THE WRECKAGE OF THEIR PRESENCE [JAN 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH] - V1.
Jan. 2021 -- 2023
Acrylic, aerosol paint, ink, oil stick, ink block, chalk marker, graphite, acrylic marker, oil marker on canvas.
47 7/8 x 71 7/8 inches.

LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD: WE THE PEOPLE ARE KEEPERS OF THE LIGHT. 2019—2024.. Acrylic, ink, oil stick, and aerosol paint on canvas. 47 7/8 x 36 inches.

SHE’S COME TO TAKE HER CHILDREN HOME: PRAYER FOR DEMOCRACY
2018 — 2019.
Acrylic, aerosol paint, ink, acrylic marker, oil stick, oil marker, chalk marker, and photocopy collage on canvas.
60 x 47 7/8 inches.

THE DISHONORABLES: HARLAN'S WELL-KEPT PRISON BITCH AND TARTUFFIAN SAM. Sept. 2024 Acrylic, ink, oil, and oil stick on canvas. 29 7/8 x 48 inches.

PRAYER FOR A NONPARTISAN, HIGHEST-GOOD CONSCIOUSNESS.
2018 — 2019.
Acrylic, ink, aerosol paint, oil stick, and oil marker on canvas.
36 x 47 7/8 inch.

SHOT-DOWN PROPHET? OR BURNING MONK?: HERO’S JOURNEY INTERRUPTED.
2017 — 2022.
Acrylic, ink, oil stick, chalk marker, oil marker, and aerosol paint on canvas.
36 x 47 7/8 inches.

MISSING JANET RENO: TERROR CRINGING FEEDS DIRE WOLF [IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM BLAKE]
JULY 2022 — FEB 2023.
Acrylic, aerosol paint, ink, oil stick, ink block, chalk marker, graphite, acrylic marker, oil marker, and photocopy collage on canvas. 2020-2024

BAD MONKEY: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SOUL ROT [PRAYER FOR A RECKONING]
2019 — 2023.
Acrylic, ink, acrylic marker, oil marker, and aerosol paint on canvas.
36 x 35 7/8 inches.

Weeping Angels Study. 2023 Acrylic, acrylic ink, watercolor ink, graphite, acrylic marker, oil marker on canvas. 20.32 x 25.4 cm / 10 x 8 inches.

PRAYER FOR THE HONORABLE - V1
2018 — 2019.
Acrylic, ink, oil stick, and oil marker on canvas.
36 x 36 inches.

“SUCKERS & LOSERS”?!!?!
2020 — IN PROGRESS.
Acrylic, aerosol paint, ink on canvas.
36 x 36 inches.

JAN. 6: “I HOPE I GET TO BE A MOTHER SOMEDAY:" PRAYER FOR A TERRORIZED FUTURE MOTHER-TO-BE.
JAN. 2021 — In Progress.
Acrylic, oil stick, aerosol paint, ink, ink block, acrylic marker, oil marker, chalk marker on canvas.
48 x 48 inches.

What we tolerate, we become.

Countless people across America — from students to grandparents, from every socioeconomic background and circumstance, from those who have never been politically active to those who have not been involved in years — realize for the first time that our young republic is not an entitlement and cannot be taken for granted.

Prayers For Democracy emerged in the wake of experiencing and witnessing the individual and collective trauma resulting from the 2016 presidential election outcome and its aftermath. The series was inspired by people from diverse backgrounds standing up, resisting, and taking action as a result of our current sociopolitical climate. These paintings reflect our understanding that we have power as citizens. That awareness, plus our resolve not to give up hope or give in to exhaustion or despair, is getting us through our current reality. And shoring us up to fight to protect our young, fragile, sacrosanct constitution and democracy.

This is not normal. And we are not alone.

VISITATIONS

Series by PeaceCrew 2016 — 2024

PSYCHODELIC GODDESS: THE EMPRESS THEODORA REIMAGINED AS ARTEMIS. 2016 — 2018. Acrylic, ink, oil stick, acrylic marker, oil marker, glitter on canvas. 48 x 24 inches

WOUNDS -- POINTS OF ENTRY: LIFTOFF 2016 — In Progress. Acrylic, ink, acrylic marker, oil marker, oil stick, aerosol paint on canvas. 48 in X 72 in.