Many of the pieces are about reality and simulacra. Modern western culture as simulacra, in Baudrillard’s sense of the word. Culture as simulation. Everything mediated—staring at cell phones and seeing information second and third hand, manipulated. Propaganda. Misinformation. Disinformation. The pieces use spray paint and pencil as well as stencils and free-hand painting. I’m moving towards mixing up the media more. In the "nature" paintings, I cling to the hope that was tattooed onto my brain back during the cultural revolution of the 1960s. I always reach for the hope and joy of that era when things seem darkest. If my work brings some of that energy to the viewer, then I’m a happy man.