These works aim to bring beauty, balance and grace to underlying structures of destruction, trauma and loss. natural disasters have become common occurrences in our world, and while the devastation and trauma remain for those impacted by them, they are news flashes washed away for the rest of us. Intrigued by aesthetically pleasing aerial destruction news media shots in the wake of these events, I paint over prints utilizing the colors and compositions inherent in the images in a visceral and playful approach to abstraction; randomly covering parts and consciously choosing elements to keep. All the while, bringing awareness to what I'm hiding, losing or holding onto. In the end, I may provide brief glimpses into what occurred beneath.