New Minority
This series of works are dedicated to a new minority of people that have infiltrated positions of power and exhibit traits of megalomania, narcissism, avariciousness, cruelty and thoughtless stupidity. They are the demigods, ideologues and opportunists - the politicians, court justices, theologians, businessmen and women, neighbors, friends, or family members; folks that have dedicated their lives (or just need to feel part of a group) to destroying contemporary society, culture and institutions for their personal gain and ultimate control. They can be easily recognized as they are headless, yet manage to walk amongst us. To our detriment and demise, this regressive, thoughtless minority has gained the upper hand. By some stroke of good fortune, I've happened upon the place where their heads have been collecting along with felled logs and other debris that clutter and clog a progressive path forward - I’ve yet to determine what to do with them all. I hope that by painting their location you may help me to dispose of their heads, because eventually their bodies will stop functioning without a brain and surely this nonsense will stop. Through painting I am helping to eliminate this new minority of idiots before they take over everything. The physicist, Stephen Hawking, has stated that, “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity”. These paintings are not set in some dystopian future, but right here, right now.