Hello!
I am currently working on a side project with local artist, Jennifer Lynn Bates and her series, "Name That Dictator" investigating infamy, the ripple effects of power, stories of hope and survival, and international awareness.
This recently completed piece was inspired by the book of Numbers and the first census paralleled with our lives today and the census of 2010.
The background is a collage of vintage maps that create the land of the twelve tribes where Israel is today. The top layer is an intricately cut-out map of downtown Des Moines. The goal was to create this almost graphic, blank, top layer that represents today's google map society, contrasted with detailed 1960s road maps representing where we came from.
