On May 18th, 1980 a major eruption occurred on the North face of Mount St. Helens in Washington State. Often sited as the most devastating volcanic eruption in U.S. history, it killed at least 55 people and thousands of animals and destroyed hundreds of square miles of natural habitat. The plume reached 15 miles into the atmosphere and deposited ash in 11 US states.
The small physical scale of these drawings is meant to bring attention to the grand scale of these events, both physically and in their lasting impressions on our national psychology. There are a few defining moments in each generation’s collective memory that we all remember, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, 9/11. These drawings explore that national collective experience in small meditative vignettes.
- Created: February 11, 2020