CHICKEN LITTLE

“chicken little” acrylic on wood panel – 2003

This time frame – 2003 and a few years after, saw my art take on a political tone. I was a teen during the first gulf war and my mind back then was on catching my next tag, or the next girl. by the time the next iraq war broke out, I was settled down and had all the time in the world to brew on the news of the day. I began to follow world news closely for the first time in my life. the news of the day of course were filled with our exploits in iraq. the deaths. the countless innocent deaths, all for what? chicken little chicken hawks sent our men and women away to never come back whole or the same or at all. and for what?

the guy who sent them is now seen as an elder statesman, a quirky figure from a far away time. a dumb hick grandpa who gets to be playful by passing candy to the obamas and painting shitty drawings in his ranch. A stain in a long line of stains.

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