Figurative

The victims of war are not sacrifices made as a means to an end of any kind, but in the most precise sense are both the means and the end in themselves.~Elaine Scarry

what one imagines of clouds 30″x22″

small family with mother 4″x5″ appr.

those who had escaped 13.5″x14″

shelter ( mother and child ) 3, 15″x11″

the angel was silent 50″x38″ 2008

the streets were littered 2″x 3″

winter refugee 4.5″x6″

the eye begins to see 14″x18″

shelter ( mother and child ) 1

My figurative work hovers between a literal and metaphorical depiction of the human form, imitating the difficulty of describing traumatic memory. Realism is fleeting; feeling remains, even as detail fades; images are put down quickly ; traces of tenderness linger as if not to lose sight of  goodness in the face of catastrophe.