Sculptures and paintings inside a shipping container.
In Bloom, installation view at Escolar, Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025

brat

one hundred dead as
another hospital bombed
new charli it's the same one
hundred troops deployed
journalist lights his arm on fire
it's brat but completely different but also still
more megatons than Hiroshima
prisoners left behind as the hurricane
two for one popcorn chicken
buy one get one tents set aflame
behind the scenes of our product photoshoot

it's always night
and I frequently feel like I don't
exist

like tornado warning no
power for ten days abandoned
militias hunting FEMA workers
in the floodplains drone
shot down over the oil fields

we're raising money for medical bills
we're raising money for insulin
we're raising money for flood damage
to clear the black mold and the insurance company won't
we're raising money to rebuild
we're raising money to repair
we're raising money for aftercare
we're raising money for our programs
we're raising money to relocate
we're raising money to feed the students we're raising money
to replace the pipes we're raising money to send
while they try to flee the Gaza strip

new limited edition
new special offer new
special edition
ethically made sustainably
produced sheer black
new special edition limited time offer
new Krispy Kreme Ghostbusters
limited time offer special
edition double album
Israel is burning Palestinians alive again.

Here is a spray painted sidewalk that says FREE GAZA
Here is a spray painted sign that says FREE PALESTINE
Here is a billboard that says FUCK ISRAEL
Here is a spray painted wall that says
ACAB
Here is a hand painted cardboard placard that says
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA

I have to remind myself I'm not alone
in the miasma

we're in a bad place
we're in a pickle
in a rock place
in a hard stop

the bombardment does not stop
the artillery does not stop
the planes do not stop

there is heavy shelling
my leg hurts and we have to walk so far

we all said it would happen
we said look out this will happen
and we all waited for it to happen
and then it happened and is happening now and we say
look it is happening now
just like we said it would
and all the killing just goes on
there's nothing we can do they say
it's out of my hands they say
I am speaking now, they say.

. . .

Meanwhile, we are animals.
We eat, we shit, we fuck.
We cheer on the death
of our oppressors.
We weep at the felling
of our heroes.
And we feast on their flesh,
the both of them.

Sculpture and paintings in a shipping container gallery
In Bloom exhibition view.
A sculpture in the form of a tall rectangle with various horizontal, vertical, and diagonal intersecting lines.
Third Sigil, 2025; plaster, rainwater, steel wire, soil, marigolds, detritus; 56 x 22 x 4 inches.
A close up of previous sculpture, showing dirt and roots embedded in the plaster surface
Third Sigil, detail.
A painting with illegible text and skulls wearing crowns of roses.
Bertha, 2024; oil on linen; 16 x 12 inches.
A painting with a skull graphic a la the Grateful Dead, and bubble text spelling Black Rider and Death in a repeating pattern
Death, Repeated, 2024; oil on linen; 16 x 12 inches.
A sculpture in the form of a tall rectangle with intersecting divisions in horizontal, curved, and diagonal lines.
First Sigil, 2025; plaster, rainwater, steel wire, soil, marigolds, detritus, wood, hardware; 59 x 26.5 x 32 inches.
A close up of previous sculpture showing dirt and roots embedded in surface.
First Sigil, detail.
Same sculpture as previous, seen from reverse.
First Sigil, alternative view.
Detail of previous sculpture, highlighting yellow marigolds embedded in surface.
First Sigil, detail.
Painitng with text  forms and fragments of band logos.
Estimated Prophet, 2024; oil on linen; 16 x 12 inches.
Painting with text forms and overlapping partial views of Grateful Dead skull logos.
After Bruce, 2024; oil on linen; 16 x 12 inches.
Painting with layered text and cartoon images of dancing figures.
Too Much Too Fast Die Young, 2024; oil on linen; 16 x 20 inches.
Painting with layered text forms, banners reading INTIFADA, cartoon figures from band iconography, collaged papers, skulls, skeletons, flowers, and more.
In Bloom, 2024; oil on linen; 57 x 70 inches.
Detail of previous painting
In Bloom, detail.
Detail of previous painting, highlighting painte flowers and list of dates.
In Bloom, detail.
Detail of previous painting, highlighting a square hole in the surface
In Bloom, detail.
Detail of previous painting
In Bloom, detail.
A pair of small painting, one of a skeleton in a downward dog yoga pose, the other of nasturtium flowers on a patio
Left: Seeker II, 2024; oil on linen; 9 x 12 inches.
Right: Nasturtium, 2024; oil on linen; 9 x 12 inches.
A sculpture in the form of a low horizontal rectangle with a crenelated top, broken up by vertical and diagonal lines, standing in a wood base.
Second Sigil, 2025; plaster, rainwater, steel wire, soil, marigolds, detritus, wood, hardware; 23 x 31.5 x 24.5 inches.
close up of previous sculpture showing surface and wood support structure.
Second Sigil, detail.
Painting with overlapping text forms and a partial view of the arm of a grateful dead bear.
Black Rider White Night, 2024; oil on linen; 12 x 16 inches.
A pair of small paintings, one an abstracted view of a passion flower vine in a vase, the other a pile of cartoony skulls.
Left: Passion Flower, 2024; oil on linen; 12 x 9 inches.
Right: Skulls II, 2024; oil on linen; 12 x 9 inches.
Two small paintings hanging on the wall beside a tall sculpture leaning on the wall.
In Bloom exhibition view.
A painting of a lower torso, including the top of a pair of Old Navy underwear, and a bare belly inscribed with the word Grateful in calligraphic text.
Grateful, 2024; oil on linen; 12 x 9 inches.

Photos by Perry Doane.