As a race, we are slowly becoming aware of the damage mankind has done to our planet. Yet we continue to decimate nature as we have since the Industrial Revolution. This is a mindset where nature is solely for human consumption, animals were created for our profit and the Earth is too large for us to destroy. 
I have entitled my upcoming series of paintings “Seven Generation Rule.” 
The title refers to a belief of First Nations people that states that when you are going to make a major decision, you should first think back on seven generations of your ancestors and then think ahead on seven generations of your children. We would never want to desecrate the memory of our elders and we would all want to conserve a home for our children seven generations into the future. In these works, I will address my concerns about our treatment of the Earth as well as the consumer-driven society in which we live. I will be combining images of plants and animals taken from Aesop’s Fables with brightly colored packaging and garish carousel decoration in order to create an ironic image. With this series, I hope to critique modern life and provoke discussion regarding our place in the natural world.