The Slasher Landscapes are the next phase of the SLASHERS series. This suite of artworks focus on our relationship to land and the divine.  The compositions of these paintings reference a common scene found in “slasher” films - a quick framed shot of the killer’s raised arm, usually holding a knife or weapon or sharp claws, just before it slashes its next victim.  In these paintings, an apex predator of the jungle is the ‘slasher’. Rather than the neck of its next victim, the creature in these artworks reaches for the sky giving an existential quality to each landscape.

The animals interrupting the landscape stand in for colonialism and imperialism as many European nations and monarchies use these same animals in their royal family crests and coat of arms. With the claw extending upwards to heaven, the creatures allude to ‘Manifest Destiny’ as they colonize and conquer these landscapes.

But the use of these animals of the jungle is layered. Many indigenous cultures around the world view these animals as deities and as a protector of landscapes. They reach out to heaven for salvation, revelations of our time and place, and reference our spiritual relationship to nature while drawing attention to habitat loss and the importance of conservation.