these mixed media paintings
are from an ongoing series
initiated in 2020 at the height
of the coronavirus pandemic.
some of the formal decisions—
the color palette in particular—
are intended to viscerally connect
the chronic severity and reach
of the pandemic with the general sense
of social alarm that continues to grow
in the divisive mires of climate change,
domestic unrest, and international politics.

slow accretive processes trace
and memorialize various aspects
of the ruptured quotidian.
the color orange is sign,
symbol, and signifier—
speaking from inside
a specific narrative frame;
in ways i normally don't
allow in my work.

the emergency series of paintings,
is an ongoing concern.