Sunday, May 15, 2011

Taking Control

Taking Control, 2010
Tar, oil, oil stick, oil pastel, wax, graphite on drafting film
48.5 x 36 inches


Taking Control is a recent painting in my Approaching a Threshold Series.  Two months after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the oil spill had not been capped.  This painting depicts polar bear as iceberg taking control of the situation and capping the spill.