it can't happen here (in oz)
2025 • ACRYLIC, CHARCOAL, MIXED MEDIA • 11 in x 14 in
🎶 It couldn’t happen here… in Oz…
This piece unexpectedly became Wicked-inspired over the course of the many layers I added. It wasn’t the plan, but abstract pieces go where they want to go. From yellow bricks to ruby slippers to a certain green girl’s hat, there are a lot of fun moments that developed.
The title is a twist on a lyric from act I combined with the title of a different political dystopian story, one by Sinclair Lewis, about the fragility of democracy.
I was cast in the play version of It Can’t Happen Here in early 2020… and then COVID hit. At the time, we were doing the piece because the country had survived nearly four years under Trump and were looking at potentially four more. Once the pandemic restrictions lifted and live theatre started up again, Biden had the presidency, and it felt less urgent to do the play.
For apparent reasons, narratives like It Can’t Happen Here and Wicked are very front of mind right now.
2025 • ACRYLIC, CHARCOAL, MIXED MEDIA • 11 in x 14 in
🎶 It couldn’t happen here… in Oz…
This piece unexpectedly became Wicked-inspired over the course of the many layers I added. It wasn’t the plan, but abstract pieces go where they want to go. From yellow bricks to ruby slippers to a certain green girl’s hat, there are a lot of fun moments that developed.
The title is a twist on a lyric from act I combined with the title of a different political dystopian story, one by Sinclair Lewis, about the fragility of democracy.
I was cast in the play version of It Can’t Happen Here in early 2020… and then COVID hit. At the time, we were doing the piece because the country had survived nearly four years under Trump and were looking at potentially four more. Once the pandemic restrictions lifted and live theatre started up again, Biden had the presidency, and it felt less urgent to do the play.
For apparent reasons, narratives like It Can’t Happen Here and Wicked are very front of mind right now.
2025 • ACRYLIC, CHARCOAL, MIXED MEDIA • 11 in x 14 in
🎶 It couldn’t happen here… in Oz…
This piece unexpectedly became Wicked-inspired over the course of the many layers I added. It wasn’t the plan, but abstract pieces go where they want to go. From yellow bricks to ruby slippers to a certain green girl’s hat, there are a lot of fun moments that developed.
The title is a twist on a lyric from act I combined with the title of a different political dystopian story, one by Sinclair Lewis, about the fragility of democracy.
I was cast in the play version of It Can’t Happen Here in early 2020… and then COVID hit. At the time, we were doing the piece because the country had survived nearly four years under Trump and were looking at potentially four more. Once the pandemic restrictions lifted and live theatre started up again, Biden had the presidency, and it felt less urgent to do the play.
For apparent reasons, narratives like It Can’t Happen Here and Wicked are very front of mind right now.