On November 13, 2005 I opened the newspaper to a striking and disturbing photograph of an Iraqi woman suicide bomber. Her bomb had failed to go off and she was captured unharmed. Her husband succeeded in his mission, blowing up an entire wedding party. I kept this image on my bulletin board and thought about it for two years, wondering what goes on in the mind of someone who thinks they are going to heaven in the moment of immolation. This image sequence imagines this moment, from within and without. You can see the series by clicking on "What Does Heaven Look Like" in the gallery on the left.
This mixed media piece and another of my politically themed pieces can be seen as part of the national ART OF DEMOCRACY network of exhibits. The show, "Up Against the Two Wall", opened with an artist reception October 3rd from 6-9 PM at the Two Wall Gallery on Vashon Island, 17600 Vashon Highway South.
The exhibit included local Northwest and some from as far away as Ohio and Minnesota:
Beverly Naidus, Swaneagle, Norma Fried, Selene Vasquez, Greg Hartman, Bob Tomolillo, Todd Thyberg, Rick Tuel, Patti Bowman, Scott Nichols, Ben Meeker, Den Hanmer, Emily Gunter, Ildiko' Kalapa'cs, Betty Gardner, Neil Brooks, Sarah Dillon, Kristin Morris, Erin Hoffman, Laurel Leuders, Mary Pekarek, Tom Gross Shader, Greg Wessel.
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