[338] Cry the Wounded Country (19 June – 03 July 2020)

Completion Date: 05 July 2020
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches

All components are painted on acid-free mount-board, and then glued onto acid-free mount-board. Two coats of matte acrylic varnish are then applied.

I am contemporaneously documenting current affairs through art. Every piece is numbered and goes into my book series, OF OUR TIMES. Volume 1 covers 2016-2019 and is on Amazon (the link is in my profile). This piece will feature in Volume 2, which will be available in January 2021.

News Headlines 19 June – 03 July 2020

19 June 2020
S&P500: 3,097
Bitcoin: 9,267
CO2 (PPM): 416.2
JPY/USD: 106.8
USD/EUR: 1.11
USD/GBP: 1.23
Trump Approval: 41.4

02 July 2020
S&P500: 3,130
Bitcoin: 9,057
CO2 (PPM): 415.2
JPY/USD: 107.5
USD/EUR: 1.12
USD/GBP: 1.24
Trump Approval: 40.7

19 June
* Barr attempts to fire powerful NY prosecutor Berman
* Berman refuses to step down

20 June
* Judge rejects Trump bid to ban Bolton’s book
* Trump fires NY prosecutor who investigated his inner circle

21 June
* Poor turnout at Trump’s first campaign rally (Tulsa)

23 June
* Top US health official Fauci warns of ‘disturbing’ new US surge

24 June
* EU considers barring Americans from travel list
* Covid recession will be worse than expected – IMF
* Appeals court orders judge to dismiss Michael Flynn case
* Senate confirms Trump’s 200th judicial nominee
* Surging cases set records in several states; markets drop sharply

26 June
* Texas shifts from reopening to containment
* Leaders backtrack reopenings as virus cases soar

28 June
* Global infections > 10m

29 June
* SCOTUS blocks controversial Louisiana abortion law

30 June
* US cases reach record for 4th day in a row

01 July
* Trump calls Black Lives Matter a ‘symbol of hate’

02 July
* ‘Perfect storm’ for a spike is coming, experts warn
* US cases: 2,828,113
* US deaths: 131,411

* 03 July
* WH has new pandemic plan