News-Scapes Kuwait I and II
Kuwait I and Kuwait II were executed in the dark palette reminiscent of Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) a Luminist painter who focused primarily on views of the Boston coast. Featuring dark foreboding storms, Heade's work may symbolize the post-Civil War trauma of the United States. Kuwait I and II show a literal and apocalyptic post-war trauma.
Kuwait I 2005, 8 x 10", Oil on board
In February 1991, during the first Gulf War, Iraqi forces retreating from Kuwait set fire to more than 700 oil wells. The resulting fires consumed nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil per day, creating one of the greatest man-made toxic hazards of our age.
Reference materials obtained from news photos.
Kuwait II 2005, 8 x 10", Oil on board
