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The economic collapse of 2008 left many individuals across age and class demographics grappling to make ends meet, and adapt to the changing world around them. Global economies saw the illusion of safety and security shattered, and symbols of childhood and community transformed. Using landscape and atmosphere as metaphor, my paintings investigate the idea of a personal and collective loss of innocence. Familiar landscapes are depicted in stages of burning and destruction, and imagery shifts between brutal, uncontrollable natural force, and subtle indications of human intervention. Smoke is transformed into a physical body, and layers of light and haze obscure information.
