Without You (2012, in progress)
This series of painting explores a particular kind of dystopian film in which the protagonists are the survivors of a society that has recently undergone a radical transformation. The characters have to negotiate the trauma and loss of civilization along with whatever else is plaguing them. In some of these films there is a segment or montage, often in the second act, where the survivors explore this new abandoned landscape with excitement, wonder, and hope. In this series, I have appropriated imagery from this type of scene in The Quiet Earth (1985), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Zombieland (2009), I am Legend (2007), Children of Men (2006), 28 Days Later (2002), and others.
