Roger D. Patrick

"The current pandemic and social unrest has lead not only to uncertain times but also uncertain standing within the community. I have watched with interest as the national dialog has rapidly shifted its view in regard to law enforcement from heroic first responders to racist thugs. These paintings are depictions of police interventions. They apply the aerial perspective so often employed by the news media as they attempt to shape the national narrative. This orientation creates a dehumanizing distance between viewer and subject by flattening the space and by changing objects into pattern. This is a purposeful effort to mimic the alienation that is so quickly attained through the repeated viewing of what so quickly becomes the same news story. These paintings show partial moments without a defined content. It is up to the viewer to use their context to determine the narrative of each."