updated May 25, 2025
Angry Rats (summer of 2020)
In the summer of 2020 I was filled with anger. Anger about how the president was mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic (and the country), anger about the pandemic and its devastating effect on the world, anger about the senseless and brutal death of George Floyd, and anger in general.
I couldn't make happy art. I had too much turmoil inside and had to express that in "dark" paintings. I was inspired by street art, and the rat theme is inspired by legendary street artist Banksy, who commonly uses rats in his work. I drew and cut stencils, spray painted and then used a paint market to draw in the details.
There are 20 rat paintings total. Six are related to the president, one is my version of Jeff Bezos, nine jeopardize the rat, three show the rat as the victor, and one represents 2020. Can you identify them?
