this is a class war.

free trade, freedom, free for all, free sample, free market, freewill, free time, free me, free

the majority of us use a sizable sum of our earnings on basic needs soap, spices, and shit paper, just for survival,

plastics are the icon of a modern age, simple, cheap, versatile, and we choke on them.

we choose to be bound to our endless production and consumption.

now we need the material our lives drown in beginning to end.

wishes and wants. grasping and thirst gaining levels, winning prizes, collecting items

save the planet, save water, save the princess, save me a seat, save the date, save gas, safe!, save up, save me one, save Mart, save the whales, save time, save money, save yourself.

art as violent nonviolence, nonviolent violence.

a monkey wrench and a spade in the shoulders of those that get paid off the backs that work

they reap and plunder the mass asunder and paste a trench of lies over lives

and yet we compare into despair, we fight wonder

and cry for lumber under the number of protection from the notion of need and desire

without fire, mixed with sorry and pain of a fear of the un-near unquestioning superiority

We’ve evolved from revolution into simple systems keeping us connected,

keeping us contained, feeding a system of oppression that taxes our very existence

diversionary tactics spend more time, pay the price, pay it forward, pay respects, pay per view, pay pal, pay up, payless, pay day, pay your way.

need. desire. nostalgia, and pressure for normality.

Nostalgia - Fire 2017
Acrylic on Board. 15.6 x 22.5 x 5cm

Original painting comes with a card of authenticity, signed, stamped, and numbered by the author. (1 of 100 original works from the show)