" Sins of the Father"

 I needed to create this mixed media piece after watching the heart wrenching documentary,

"Deliver Us From Evil".   It follows the destructive path of Father Oliver O'Grady as he

continuously molested children while many of his clerical superiors did nothing to stop him. The
most chilling part for me was when this priest spoke detachedly about his crimes without
any sign of remorse nor recognition of the lives he destroyed. Which was worse : the obvious

sickness of Mr. O'Grady or the deliberate cover-up by the Catholic Church ?

The above work was a very emotional one and became more abstract as I progressed. Materials used:  found objects, recycled tea bags, tissues, acrylics, ink, pencil, photos and typeface. There are pictures of the victims embedded/ buried under the decay. Here and there are glimpses of white for the loss of innocence battling with slashes of red for the violence.   Some words are emerging to break the long reigning silence. You may find a Christ-like image deeply hidden in the chaos.

Or, then again, you may not...