“Rise”; 12″ x 12″ acrylic on canvas, 2013. Painted from first image taken on iphone upon leaving the storm shelter on May 10, 2010. Painted on a canvas recovered from the rubble of my studio. What you are looking at is the guest room, brass bed, linens, washer and dryer to the right where the laundry room was. Glass sliding door with blue flannel sheet draped over it. The back of the canvas, oddly, is my favorite part. It holds a collection of dirt, wallboard chips, and fiberglass insulation. I had the framer preserve it with an acrylic cover screwed over the opening.
