we’ve been feeling sorrowful and terrified about the escalation of the war in Ukraine and other wars being waged around the world. I’ve been outraged at the treatment of migrants and marginalized peoples and I wanted to make some art as that always helps me move energy and leverage my skills to build awareness.
This new 2-color screenprint poster was inspired by the 1966 anti-war poster by Lorraine Schneider. It is a poster that remains etched in my imagination since I first saw it when I was 19 years old and just starting out as an artist. I was doing an internship at the @politicalgraphics in Los Angeles and first saw the poster by Lorraine Schneider. I loved the message because the reality is that war is devastating and toxic for humans, animals, and for the earth itself.
And 12 years later, I am recreating this poster. Instead of the words “War is Not Healthy for Children and Other Living Things,” I am using the words “War is Not Healthy for HUMANS and Other Living Things.” Because war impacts ALL humans, not just children, we should be moved to help out our fellow humans regardless of their age.
This poster is available, visit my first link in bio. I will donate some proceeds to organizations supporting migrants and queer folks attempting to leave Ukraine.
This war is fueled by fossil fuels! Just like the last war. We can’t forget to connect the dots. It’s time to end the economic era that extracts oil from the ground, poisons and kills humans and the earth itself, and then wages war for global domination. Over the next few days, you will be hearing a lot of bull about expanding fossil fuel infrastructure.
But the only way out of oil wars is energy independence, which means transitioning to a clean energy economy now!