Why The West Was Won
18" x 24" etching
$230

This image is a result of numerous road trips out to the western United States, in particular going to Yellowstone National Park. Seeing the bison there as huge moving landscapes, I incorporated them into this print. I made the bison into the shape of a mountain, depicting the changing western landscape.

When ever a mountain is "conquered" there's usually a flag planted at the summit. Here the symbol on the flag is the UPC bar code, illustrating the changing of the environment into a commodity. The rest of the landscape is reflective of the development going on out there; clear cutting, strip mining, farming, pollution and massive urban sprawl.