Final Battle
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-2024-087 | January 2024 | Oil on Canvas | 32" x 26"
A new year 2024 opened with Time Has Come, marking the arrival of the long-building 2024 election cycle. January is shaped by primary battles, courtroom drama, economic unease, border tensions, and a nation bracing for another bruising contest. Final Battle introduces the year as one carrying urgency, consequence, and political collision in real time.
Biden says this election will be between him and "extreme MAGA Republicans." Climate Czar John Kerry resigns amid allegations of impropriety. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin goes MIA for over a week for cancer surgery without notifing the Administration while Houthis and Yemen attack our troops and ships in the Middle East. Call for his resignation. Mayorkas is getting calls for his impeachment over the open southern border as illegals pour in by the thousands. Special Counsel Jack Smith is accused of concealing evidence and colluding with Biden Administration against Trump. DA in Georgia Fani Willis has her "Fani in the Hot Seat" as Judge calls for hearing on her sexual affair with her lover and fellow prosecutor in the Trump case. She alledgedly paid her lover $650,00.00 to prosecute Trump with no experience. First son Hunter agrees to be deposed by Congress as a second subpoena looms large in his future, trying to avoid contempt charges.
Trump wins iowa in a landslide as Vivik Ramaswamy suspends his campaign and Tim Scott from South Carolina endorses Trump which is a blow to Niki Haley in her home state. So now it is on to New Hampshire and South Carolina.
The Final Battle frames the coming race as more than routine politics. The painting preserves a moment when many Americans believed the next vote could shape the future direction, identity, and stability of the nation.
