The Scar Spangled Banner (detail) (2021) | 10’ x’ 20’ | Decommissioned US flags

This piece consists of almost 40 decommissioned US flags. The one inconsistency in the flag is the number of stars. There are 332 stars in this flag representing the 332 million Americans. In other words, my 320 million neighbors. I want to do my part to mend what has been torn, to bring together what has been separated. I want this piece to make the viewer ponder whether they are helping tear their community apart or helping mend it back together.