Widespread Panic 2 The mosquito in amber was

The mosquito in amber was a tie in to my first thought and a way to punctuate the image

While listening to Magpie and the Dandelion I picked up on a theme of innocence lost

The layering of color is beautiful in person

The illustration is a nod to early hard liquor packaging and labels

Widespread Panic 2 The mosquito in amber wasI decided to continue with environmental themes established in my first Widespread print. I wanted to comment on the destruction of forests and wild life and all the reasons we justify doing it. Cutting down a tree is the promise of something more: homes, furniture and paper along with mining, oil and roads. Lines begin to blur when destroying something pure. I created a wolf standing at the edge of a forest gazing into a world of infinite promise and