Description
“TEXAS: The Lone Gunman State” (acrylic paint, oil/wax crayon and pencil on heavy watercolor paper) examines the tragic legacy of mass shootings in Texas—from the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting to the Luby’s cafeteria, Santa Fe High School, and 2019 El Paso attacks. Set against the mythology of the Lone Star State, the work reflects on how the ideal of rugged individualism can become distorted into isolation, violence, and extremism. By invoking the “lone gunman” narrative, the piece asks viewers to consider the human cost of a culture that glorifies the solitary figure and too often normalizes gun violence.
