Carry On wasn’t planned.
It began as an intuitive abstraction — layers of paint, collage, drawing, rotation. No imagery in mind. No message laid out in advance.
But, like much of my work, what I’m feeling tends to surface unconsciously.
At the time, I was struggling with what I saw happening to countless numbers of people — primarily in Gaza, but also in the U.S.
What emerged was Carry On. It became a piece that holds tension, grief, endurance, and a quiet refusal to look away. It is a record of moral friction — that dissonance between what we’re told and what we can plainly see.
I want to be clear about my position.
This isn’t about politics or insults. It’s about behavior. It’s about speaking my truth. It’s about the mission behind my art.
There is such a divide in our society right now…but it seems to me that if we simply apply the Golden Rule we could agree:
A civilized society does not separate families as policy.
A civilized society does not minimize civilian deaths because they’re inconvenient.
A civilized society does not normalize cruelty by calling it strength.
We should be willing to have real conversations — with disagreement and nuance. But a civilized society, by definition, does not behave in a way we are currently being asked to accept as normal.
Carry On doesn’t shout or accuse. It simply holds the line. It is simply stating things as I see them.
Thank you for being here, and for staying engaged.