This work is part of an on-going series of young people, looking directly at the viewer, challenging us. The subject here is one of the survivors and activists of the Parkland, Fla, mass school shooting, from Valentine's Day 2018, in which 17 died. Overlaying the entire surface are drawings of cartoon characters holding guns, and vintage Valentine's Day images, where a gun was used as a "punchline." Balancing these are more drawings of female superheroes, and historical women that have made a positive difference. The 17 victims' names are written on hands holding flowers, and a series of passion vines, and butterflies and moths, and a few assorted symbolic images, tie it all together.

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