Title: Dry Cry

Series: Conflict (2019)

Status: Held in Private Collection

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 16 x 20 inches | 41 x 51 cm

A primary work from the Conflict series, Dry Cry investigates the systemic atrocities and social injustices defined by the exploitation of child soldiers under the Lord's Resistance Army. The work serves as a visual meditation on the internal friction experienced by those forced into cycles of violence and the subsequent struggle for reclaimed dignity.

By utilizing a high-contrast acrylic methodology, the piece explores the 'dry cry'—an expression of grief and endurance that persists when the capacity for outward mourning has been exhausted. Originally exhibited at the Macon Arts Alliance, this work establishes the artist’s long-term commitment to naming the invisible traumas of the marginalized, a thread that continues through the Rōstrum and Living in Tents interventions in Kansas City