American Gothic
Date 2021, Medium: Archival Pigment on Gelatin Silver Fiber, Signed Print size: 15"x15", Archival Framing size: 24"x26" series: 5/12, Price $1600
Grant Wood's "American Gothic" continues to Inspire Great Artists .... Grant Wood Colony
Mission District,
Day 7 of my nocturnal trek through boundaries of Mission District San Francisco known as "Inner Mission" also known as "The Castro" I was addressed by, "excuse me sir". Ok, cameras hanging off shoulder, appearing somewhat exhausted, looking down I respond, yes can I help you? What is your name? Owen he says as he reaches up to hand me my note pad that had fallen from my pocket. Thank you Owen...then in the background a voice says Owen don't bother that man. No bother at all i replied-
Time passes, introductions are exchanged. Overwhelming loss, emotional pain, financial despair are smack front and center, this is the family's reality. Their togetherness brings a fleeting calmness into their daily life battle. This "family" which consists of an exhausted single young struggling mother - Rachel and her two children - Owen and Izabel. This 8pm interaction became my present-day inspiration of "American Gothic".