Both Sides Now (2021)

Oil on Canvas, 18"x24"

The work, Both Sides Now, inspired by the song by Joni Mitchell, talks about the realization the world is imperfect and the cracks in society.  Once learned, it is hard to unsee the world as broken.  

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"Rows and flows of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere

Looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun

They rain and they snow on everyone

So many things I would have done

But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down and still somehow

It's cloud illusions I recall

I really don't know clouds at all"