Painted: 5/13/2015
(This mural has since been removed.)
About the Bird: Purple Finches (more of a rose finch, really) are commonly seen along the Northern and Eastern United States during the summer. If left unchecked, climate change will likely push it out of the United States during its nesting season entirely. The forest dweller鈥檚 survival may depend upon its ability to adapt to the far northern taiga and tundra. Limiting warming will help it maintain breeding habitat in a broad swath of Canada, in some of New England, and along the West Coast.
About the Artist: grew up going between the woods of South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago. This back and forth continues in his art with conscious, realized line work coupling with abstract mark making. That moment of potential, that feeling of the unknown, is the foundation of his efforts鈥攁 dystopian harmony between what is and what could be. He had never painted on a roll-down surface before the 爆料公社 Mural Project鈥攕omething he later called a fun challenge. 鈥淢y work went more textural than normal,鈥 he says, 鈥渁nd it was a great night to paint and see Harlem.鈥
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