When I designed grave stones for a living I was one of the first small independent monumental masons to use CAD within the industry. The image of Jesus was one of the first images I digitised and used as a mass market design. It was created on a 486 computer using an American piece of software whose name has gone out of my head. I can still hear the ‘ping ping’ of the cursor as the green plot points were entered onto the black screen. Creating a design was a labour intensive process and took hours and hours.

After a few years computers got faster and programs (thanks to Windows) became easier to use. I took the original memorial design and created the image below adding on a military helmet with a skull and crossbones insignia on it. It was designed on a computer running Windows 98, manipulated and edited using Signlab. The finished version was cut out in vinyl with a Camm-1 Plotter and stuck onto board.

Exhibited at: “Gallery Night & Day, October 24th & 25th, 2003 @
Kunzelmann-Esser Lofts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin “

Capitalism = Terrorism

Who decides who is righteous? God? The populous? The global economy?

Does the minority of the population, who hold the majority of the world’s wealth, make the ultimate decisions, hold the moral high ground and decide who or what constitutes terrorism?…….Or is this all just ‘old hat’ and an old debate?

In the eyes of the ones who have nothing….Capitalism = Terrorism.

Mon Aug 25 19:38:30 2003

This painting was auctioned off and sold and is still in the USA