Early in the 20th century, the United States military adapted the nature studies of American painter Abbot Thayer to conceal ships, weapons and soldiers.  Thayer had made studies based on his theories of the natural protection afforded animals and birds, which render themselves invisible through “concealing coloration” and silhouette disruption. Subsequently, governments throughout the world hired artists, known as camoufleurs, to design a wide variety of camouflage specific to different environments. 

I intend to reclaim these various patterns of concealment by re-contextualizing the camouflage of troubled countries into oil paintings on alabaster-gessoed panels, thereby transforming these patterns from their military usage to a more peaceful purpose.