Refugee Series

Part of my series on the Refugees in Europe. This continues my new relationship with negative space. So many images swarm the headlines, to sit and study just one can tell so much more. Painting: Gouache on Paper. 30″ x 22″ To Purchase, Please click here: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Axiom-of-War/746711/2815116/view

The images that trickle in to our news feeds have really touched my heart. This is the beginning piece in a new series about the Refugees struggle through the lens of photo journalists. Painting: Gouache on Paper. 30″ x 22″ To Purchase, Please click here: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Portrait-of-a-Syrian-Family/746711/2806429/view

Continuing in my series on Refugees. This image was taken from a photo journalist at a scene where Refugees were being tear gassed as they tried to cross a border in Europe. The more involved I get with the series, I am finding the crowds very interesting. As I picked my way through the image,

This is a continuation of the my refugee series. The inspiration photo was taken in a camp in Europe, where tents lined up in rows, and the families are trying to maintain some sense of normalcy. The look of numbness from this father holding his child just sweeps through me. Just a pair in the

This mother was photographed in a refugee camp. She was trying to walk through the massive puddles, of mud that have become the terrain of many of the camps.I threw a wash of water on the completed painting, and let the colors run, it implies that the two beings are being washed away, forgotten. Painting: Gouache on

This is the second piece in my new series on the refugee situation. This little girl is being lifted over a fence, mos likely into another country. It is unclear if her family made it over the barbed wire. She is cloaked with Jasmine Flowers, the flower of Syria, as protection Painting: Gouache on Paper. 30″ x

A young water protector in Standing Rock, North Dakota.This piece is in a private collection, not for sale. Prints available. Gouache on Paper 30″ x 22″ To Purchase, Please click here: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-The-Storm/746711/7860707/view

I have been touched by the events in Syria and the surrounding area. I came across this image of this beautiful young man, and felt the need for Hope , in the shape of a Flower bomb Painting: Oil on Canvas. 29″ x 29″ To Purchase. Please click here: https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Blasted-Hope/746711/2256443/view