Hometown, 2022

ONIA #64

I grew up right outside of Washington DC and there's a Mormon Temple right off of the highway. As a child, I often thought it was Disneyland, or the Emerald City from The Wizard of Oz. I couldn't make sense of why such an interesting building would exist in what seemed like the middle of the woods. As I left my hometown and became more distant from my past, I began to see the cracks and criticize where I came from. I now find DC transplants pretty insufferable, and have very few reasons to go home. What was once a "Disneyland" in my head is now more like the tower of Sauron from Lord of the Rings. This piece is meant to depict that.