The Trauma of the Incident

The Trauma of the Incident is a personal response to a violent event that I witnessed in New Orleans in 2013. The central element is an installation of photographic transfers, encaustic, and oil paintings on wood panels intermingled with thrift store items threaded together by string. The resultant piece creates a web connecting objects to their location on a map of the Crescent City. The installation develops the core theme of duality in the layered history of a culture beleaguered by intractable racism and the indomitable spirit of those seeking social justice.

Young Indians, mixed media, 5 x 5 inches, 2013 (private collection)