By Daybreak They Were Gone

Collage and painting on board.

36x36"

Unframed on reinforced birch cradled panel. This collage uses photos by the artist of a forest devastated by fire juxtaposed with original photos of old barn wood, along with images soldiers at war and a veterans cemetery. Texts from a German bible, an old Farmer's Almanac and magazines are also embedded in the collage. The halo/sun encircles the words Outraged Reclaiming Our Future. Nature and humankind can be gone in an instant.