Circus Guernica Painting

I’m interested in how we use architecture to relate to nature and to each other. Our structures serve to provide shelter and safety in ways that allow us to thrive. They also can be very specific in facilitating how we practice religion or indulge in recreation. We zone and district our structures and activities in response to our social needs. My current series of work, Fun House, uses visual elements and references to amusement park icons and attractions. In this painting, I've introduced a circus lion performing the trick of jumping through a hoop lit on fire. His presence is scaring the horses from Picasso's Guernica who are running along side some carousel zebras. All in all this is a mashup of several environments that, when overlapped, I hope will provoke a re-evaluation of our assumptions about the world and how we chose to live in it.