Gearing up for an intense month of painting to get ready for my upcoming show at Ghostprint Gallery with Edward Kinsella.
New work for the June 2012 issue of The Progressive. The article deals with Syrian refugees in Jordan who want to return to Syria despite knowing that it almost certainly means death for them. One woman in particular recounts getting caught in the barbed-wire at the border as she escapes, frozen, not wanting to believe that this may be the last time she sees her homeland. In the illustration she stands in Jordan, on the living side of the barbed-wire border, and casts a shadow into Syria that takes the shape of a grim reaper. As she says late in the article, “It’s better to die in Syria than live in Jordan.”
As always a heart-felt thank you to AD Nick Jehlen for thinking of me for this piece.
(Source: jeffreyalanlove.com)







