Sunday, December 22, 2013
Monday, December 9, 2013
Thesis Statement
I have always been fascinated
with visual story telling, particularly comic books and graphic novels. My
digital illustrations and images explore the violence resulting from religion
throughout history. My art examines the way such violence comes and goes in
waves, like the cyclical tide on the beach. The crusades of the middle ages are some of the biggest
religious wars in Christian and Islamic history. They weren’t the first, nor
are they the last. Even today the two religions collide in the middle east and
also here at home. The judgment of a person’s belief is just as strong now as
it was then. The characters in my art display the actions of what has been and
what is surly yet to come.
The silent comic tells my story
through actions and not words. I encourage curiosity in the viewer to seek out
the meaning of my art. I combine the style of the comic with the layout of the
triptych to draw the viewer into my art and envelope them within its panels.
It’s the story of our failure to accept and our emphasis of forceful change.
Religion brings people together, tears them apart, and its one of the greatest
forces of conflict in our history.
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