Wake Up America
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-2023-069 | April 2023 | Oil on Canvas | 34" x 26"
By April 2023, political tension and institutional distrust continued to intensify across the United States. The arrest and arraignment of Donald Trump in New York remained a dominant national story, while debates over crime, border security, media bias, and federal authority deepened partisan divisions. Wake Up America reflects a growing sense of urgency surrounding the country’s direction.
It seems the heart of America is broken. We have lost trust in our institutions and no matter how hard we try the evidence is clear. Speaker McCarthy released 40,000 hours of video from January 6th to Tucker Carlson which changed the narrative of what really happened that day. The January 6th Committee didn't even view the video and cherry picked documents and video to fit their narrative,
Putin and Xi met in Moscow for three days calling it the "China Russia Alliance" These are dangerous times as this tests Biden's foreign policies and the Biden Administration downplays the importance of this meeting. The World is watching as our enemies are aligning against us. This deal with Xi and Putin brokers a Peace accord between China, Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia. This alliance creates a new "Axis of Evil and we are in very dangerous times. America is losing its seat at the table. Also the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Putin for War crimes against Ukraine. There is also a run on the banking system and financial institutions are weakened and we are becoming more and more vulnerable. Bailouts are happening for Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Is this a potential Black Swan Event? The FED is raising interest rates,stock market is volatile and Biden keeps saying "the economy is safe and strong." Believe me or your lying eyes!
Calls to ban Tik Tok are Nationwide as ByteDance CEO testifies before Congress. The worry is that the CCP is spying and collecting data on 150 million Americans through the APP. Biden continues to deny involvement in the Biden Family Business continuing to vow he "had no knowledge of Hunter's business dealings. But more info is coming out and Congress is "Following the Money and bank records don't lie. Congress has subpoenaed financial records from 2015- 2018 of family members Hunter, James and Hallie Biden and the Unknown Biden." Their companies collectively received $1.3 Million in payments from Rob Walker a Biden family business associate. Senator Chuck Grassley testified before the "Weaponization of Federal Government Committee" and said Whistleblowers make it clear FBI has significant and voluminous evidence to potential criminal conduct by Hunter, James and that further implicates Joe in knowledge of these crimes. The title Wake Up America functions as a warning and a rallying cry. Rather than offering a single solution, the painting preserves a moment when many Americans believed the country was drifting into deeper conflict and needed to confront uncomfortable realities.
