Rise & Fall (city under the sea)

I had been thinking about this theme since it was announced last winter. I felt it was a very sobering topic, particularly in light of the political climate our country is navigating these days. Civilizations fall, become history, then become rediscovered amongst layers of time. 

I wanted this piece to suggest a spectrum of imagery that represent eras that have preceded the one we now live in: pyramids, Grecian art, the Nordic peoples, tribal cultures… all woven together awaiting the historians of the future.