Facts vs Lies
Every painting in Chronicle of an Unquiet Age documents the defining events, people, and issues that shaped its moment in history. Created in real time as events unfolded, each work serves as both an original oil painting and a historical record, reflecting the belief that the news of today is the history of tomorrow.
TRTA-2026-135 | February 2026 | Oil on Canvas | 31" x 26"
February 2026 brought an intensified struggle over truth, credibility, and who controlled the national narrative. Disputes surrounding politics, war, immigration, the economy, and institutional trust continued to sharpen as Americans were confronted with radically different interpretations of current events. Facts vs Lies captures a month when information itself had become a central front in the wider conflict.The composition is built around contrast and confrontation. In the early morning hours of February 1st Nancy Guthrie 84 year old grandmother and mother of news anchor Savanah Guthrie went missing from her home in Tucson, AZ.
Miss Guthrie was allegedly kidnapped and is now still missing after 13 days. Currently there are no leads and no persons of interest. Disgraced former CNN Anchor Don Lemon is arrested and charged for participating in a riot in a church in Minnesota. He is now facing "conspiracy against rights and violations of the Face Act." Lemon says he is just a Journalist covering the story but the internet whips back with "If Don Lemon is a Journalist.. Katy Perry is an austronaut." Rep. Ilan Omar is supposedly attacked at aTown Hall in Minneapolis Social Media explodes again asking if she pulled a "Somalian Smollett" as it really looked staged. Turns out she was sprayed with Vinegar. and states she will "Not be intimidated" amybe because she is having major issues with deporation and involvement in Somali fraud. Trump launches Trumprx.com to make prescriptions are affordable for all Americans. This website will match any price worldwide for the cheapest price. Bill Gates is caught with his pants down as Epstein emails reveal Bill caught an STD from Russian girls and wanted to get antibiotics to slip Melinda so she would not find out. Rut Roh! To root out fraud and "Bleeding the Beast" meaning stealing from Government subsidies and taxpayers Colin McDonald is named the New Attorney General for "National Fraud Enforcement." Hakkem Jeffries is accused if issuing a veiled threat on the life of Kristi Noem and this language aligms with the methods like "Stocchastic Terrorism" where public officials and media inflame passions against a target or group. Social Media posts claim the government should change ICE to NICE to make media and leftist say "Nice Agents" all day long. Funny... but a pretty good idea. Grammy attendees wearICE OUT pins on the red carpet. Bad Bunny flops Bigly at the Superbowl and halftime show was reviewed as absolutley terrible being too woke, cringe, unintelligable and singing only in Spanish. Seattle Seahawks beat the Patriots in Super Bowl LX (60) Major ratings drop as Commie "Green Day" and Bad Bunny Bud Lights the NFL. Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA hosts alternative "The Great American Halftime Show" and Kid Rock brings the thunder with 25 million viewers. Kevin Warsh is nominated for Fed Chair as "Too Late" Jerome Powell will be leaving soon. Facts vs Lies is direct by design. It frames the moment not as a simple disagreement, but as a battle between truth and deception. The painting preserves a period when many Americans believed the fight over facts would shape every other political outcome still to come.
