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.
He Wanted To Keep Them Safe
Watercolor, Ebony Pencil and Acrylic Ink on Paper
15" X 12"
From an interview with a 93-year-old woman whose husband could have received an exemption from World War II but went because of his children. He was killed in The Battle of the Bulge. She loves him still.
