Completion Date: 04 August 2020
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 20 X 32 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 20-31 July 2020
21 July 2020
S&P500: 3,251
Bitcoin: 9,198
CO2 (PPM): 413.2
JPY/USD: 107.25
USD/EUR: 1.14
Trump Approval: 40.5
US cases: 3,808,104
US deaths: 140,828
31 July 2020
S&P500: 3,271
Bitcoin: 11,342
CO2 (PPM): 413.9
JPY/USD: 105.8
USD/EUR: 1.17
Trump Approval: 41.2
US cases: 4,705,018
US deaths: 156,741
21 July
* Trump Says He ‘Aced’ a Cognitive Test
* UK suspends extradition treaty with HK
* EU reaches “pivotal” covid relief bill
* More vaccines and treatments are showing positive results
* Trump concedes pandemic to ‘get worse before it gets better’
22 July
* US orders China to close Houston consulate
23 July
* Trump cancels Republican convention in Florida as virus soars
24 July
* China orders US consulate closure in tit-for-tat move
25 July
* Experts urge shutdown as coronavirus deaths climb
* 100 days(!) until the 2020 election
26 July
* Experts say the nation needs to shut down again
27 July
* Republicans introduce $1tn pandemic recovery plan
29 July
* Federal forces to pull back from Portland protests
30 July
* Trump suggests delay to 2020 election
* Nasa rover launches on mission to find Martian life
* Record decline of US economy
31 July
* Obama warns that Trump’s actions threaten US democracy
* Republicans to Trump: You can’t delay 2020 election
