Completion Date: 05 September 2020
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 20 X 32 inches
All components are drawn on acid-free mount-board, and then glued onto acid-free mount-board. Two coats of matte acrylic varnish are then applied.
News Headlines 01-31 August 2020
Ongoing stream-of-consciousness series that includes at least one major news headline for the day.
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. This piece will feature in Volume 2, which will be available in January 2021.
01 Aug 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
31 Aug 2020
S&P500: 3,505
Bitcoin: 11,732
CO2 (PPM): 411.90
JPY/USD: 105.9
USD/EUR: 1.19
Trump Approval: 42.1
US cases: 6,189,570
US deaths: 187,431
01 Aug
* GOP convention in Charlotte closed to press
* Trump says he will ban Tik Tok
03 Aug
* US firearms purchases skyrocket during pandemic
* Fauci: Schools and colleges can reopen, but safety should come first
* Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in the Carolinas
04 Aug
* Mail-in voting is picking up steam
* Trump on Covid death toll: ‘It is what it is’
* Trumps chief target right now is USPS
* Dozens dead and thousands injured in Beirut blast
05 Aug
* France records two-month high in cases
* Biden to accept nomination remotely over virus fears
07 Aug
* NYschool districts authorized to reopen
* Congress’ last-ditch talks on virus stimulus fail
08 Aug
* WH reached out about adding Trump to Mount Rushmore
* world surpasses 19 million virus cases
09 Aug
* Worrying rise in child virus cases
10 Aug
* G7 meeting postponed until after US election
11 Aug
* Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate
12 Aug
* Trump continues to attack postal service
13 Aug
* Trump promotes a birther lie about Kamala Harris
14 Aug
* Israel and UAE strike historic deal
15 Aug
* Postal crisis ripples across nation as election looms
17 Aug
* DNC holds virtual convention
18 Aug
* US stocks hit new high after coronavirus crash
* Biden is crowned as Democratic nominee
19 Aug
* DNC 2020: Kamala Harris savages Trump ‘failure of leadership’
20 Aug
* Russian opposition leader ‘poisoned’
* Steve Bannon arrested – border wall “fraud”
* Trump must turn over tax returns to D.A., judge rules again
21 Aug
* Biden vows to end Trump’s ‘season of darkness’
* Pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head
22 Aug
* Massive California wildfires
23 Aug
* Kellyanne Conway resigns as senior White House advisor
* FDA allows expanded use of plasma treatment
24 Aug
* Trump uses dark message to kick off RNC
25 Aug
* US cases are on the decline
26 Aug
* Two shot dead in third night of Wisconsin unrest
* RNC speakers emphasise law enforcement & military
* Trump challenges Biden to drug test before debate
27 Aug
* Republicans cast election as crusade against violent disorder
28 Aug
* Paralysed Jacob Blake handcuffed to hospital bed
29 Aug
* Clashes at rival Portland protests
30 Aug
* Trump and Biden trade blame over Portland unrest
