Game of Chance, 2024

Collage/acrylic on canvas

Feeling safe in a public space is a necessity for society to function. It is assumed one will return home. When an intentional tragedy occurs in that space, a piece of our sense of security is chipped away. Using the technique of photocopies transferred into an acrylic medium, online images of victims from mass shootings (Sandy Hook Elementary, Orlando gay nightclub, and Las Vegas) were collaged onto the bodies of figures in a fair ground scene.