War Stories
War Stories began with the depiction of the emotional part of war memories of old people in Nebraska and Germany and of young people in Chicago, with emphasis on World Wars I and II and the Iraq War. Some of the works are made in an idiosyncratic intentionally-childlike style so that the difficult stories are not too horrible to look at. The series has evolved to include reports of refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria, and fittingly, the work has become more complex as have the stories.
Four White Cars Surrounded Me
Watercolor and Acrylic on Paper
23" X 33"
An Iraqi refugee, unhappily living in Chicago, had been a teacher in Baghdad and had been required to join the Baath party to keep her job. During the war, she was kidnapped. Her family paid ransom with their jewelry to free her.
