Gallery piece i made, 10ft H x 30in W. commentary on social situation in the world or at least in the American world that I know. The pattern on the piece is actually the conceptual content, screen printed in bright blue. In it are symbols of war and destruction, but I have duplicated and arranged them in such a way that if you don’t look closely at them they are just another pretty pattern on a pretty art piece. I created sheets with a monoprint background (monoprint = single edition print, made by inking up a plexi glass slab and using paint thinner and brushes to create the texture I want. I think put paper over the ink and run it through the press transferring the ink to the paper) for those who don’t know the printing process. I then created the fantastical characters fighting each and centered them other on the paper. The characters were etched into copper plates, inked and then pressed. The characters are medieval knights, dragons, lions and so fourth all battling head to head colliding and creating an abstract silhouette that I was hoping would disguise their true identities to the viewer who only looks at works of art for 2 seconds. I then decorated the surroundings with floral elements using a matte medium transfer process. Very fun can do it at home. I took each sheet and secured one under the next to create a sense of scale armor. They were all secured to the wall with a rusted iron plate that I bolted into the wall. I was trying to talk about complacency in our social system. The people are blinded by pretty pictures and superficial information from the mainstream media, but if the people were to look deeper into the images or start researching based on what they see in the news and so fourth they would see a much different picture. But I thought I'd put this up just for fun hope you enjoy looking at it all comment are welcome sorry for the size, thought it the best way to view the whole thing.

here is a link to more pictures of the show: [link]

some bigger pictures, a little clearer.