OBVERSE PAINTINGS

In our property-laden,

urban-sprawling invasion

of forest and chaparral,

we implore our mechanical ANGELS,

our fire-fighting heroes--

our martyred SAINTS--

to intercede with GAIA:

Tamp down her fiery indignation,

fueled by our neglect

by our constraint

of her natural cycles

of Destruction and Rebirth.

Salva me, salva me.

Salva mio.

This is my first piece of "public art," inspired by the 2009 Station Fire, in which two firefighters died.  If you see a visual reference to the Medici tombs, you're very perceptive.  I hope to post here its permanent home, so that you can visit it and light a candle of respect and remembrance for our brave firefighters.