Graffiti Nouveau #2 Print

This painting is part of my Graffiti Nouveau series of 12 paintings. I am inspired by the current state of disunion that we face in our country and the often overlooked but powerful underlying cultural forces that keep us united. My style here is purposefully refined graffiti taken out of context and placed on the more formal canvas space. This particular piece is the second of the series and my intention was to create abstract eyes within the painting to reflect our era of distrust, hypervigilancy, and even paranoia. I refined the piece in that shame should not be attached to these feelings as they are normal reactions to a society that has growing pains.