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"Scars of '94" (30x22 in) is a haunting charcoal and watercolor work on paper that confronts the viewer with the enduring trauma of the Rwandan genocide.

The Chicotte's Embrace

In the heart of darkness, where shadows dance and memories linger, a lone elephant stands, its trunk entwined with the cruel embrace of the chicotte. This instrument of torture, a whip woven from pain and oppression, becomes a haunting symbol of colonial brutality.

The elephant, once a majestic creature of the wild, now bears the weight of a nation's sorrow. Its eyes reflect the countless lives lost and the enduring scars of a brutal past.

Beneath its feet skulls silent - witnesses to the horrors endured - their empty sockets staring into the abyss of history.

In a swirling embrace of color and line, two souls entwine. Their dance, a fleeting symphony of touch and surrender, unfolds against a canvas of dreams. He gives himself to the moment, unaware of the sacrifice woven into their watery embrace. She, the keeper of life's mysteries, holds the weight of their destiny in her coiled arms. Soon, the dance will shift, a poignant echo of nature's relentless cycle. But for now, they are one, a testament to the ephemeral beauty of connection, a whispered poem of love and loss in the deep.

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St John’s Cathedral, Surreal Verve Medium: Watercolor Size: 22 ¾” x 15″ Year: 2023 Unframed   St John’s Cathedral is an iconic landmark and place of worship located on the riverbank of downtown Saskatoon. Designed by the local architectural firm of Thompson, Daniel and Colthurst, it is modeled on the work of J.S. (William) Cr...

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Lion and the Lamb graphite drawing.