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​incredulous


coming full circle
as it were
once again
no tongue-in-cheek
no highly stylized pleasantries,
LEDs

mistrustful
dubious
unconvinced

raw
turn your head and cough
self-examinations

​Los Caprichos 2020
I set out to explore the concept of WWGD—What Would Goya Do? I imagined a contemporary Goya, seated at his computer, crafting digital collages, and instantly sharing them with the world through social media.
For this series, I sought to faithfully recreate the compositions of Los Caprichos using contemporary figures. Each piece reinterprets an original print, with its title sourced from a related tweet by @RealDonaldTrump. The work’s tone draws inspiration from George Orwell’s 1984, employing rough digital collaging and historical obfuscation—echoing Winston Smith’s role in rewriting history to serve a totalitarian Big Brother.
After months of researching Trump’s tweets and collecting collage materials for all of Los Caprichos, I had to stop after just four images. It was simply too much.

Post 2020 election.

Leading up to the 2016 election I was documenting the Republican candidates for president using traditional campaigning materials.

​Digital Misogyny

​Paying homage to the greats like The Who and The Decemberists, with the raw edge of Green Day, my imaginary digital band presents a binary rock opera inspired by the tweets of @RealDonaldTrump. Transformed into binary code, the tweets generate a hypnotic rhythm, driving this eight-track series that delves into Trump’s history of misogyny, spotlighting his attacks on female celebrities, journalists, and politicians through a surreal, algorithmic soundscape.

Miscelaneous commentary from over the years.

Amazingly, these prints were made pre pandemic when there was a measles outbreak at Disney ... brought to you by anti-vaxers.

These prints were produced after No Child Left Behind was hitting all schools serving minoritized populations disporportionally compared to wealthier schools.

When I first learned relief printmaking, I was very influenced by Sean Starwars. The Bush/Cheney years were full of angry art.

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