Station II: Jesus Carries His Cross

John Hitchcock

My current artwork consists of mythological hybrid creatures (buffalo, wolf, boar, deer, moose) and military weaponry (tanks and helicopters). It is based on my childhood memories and stories of growing up on indigenous lands in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma, a wildlife refuge next to Fort Sill, the largest field artillery military base in North America. I explore notions of good, evil, death, and life cycles. My depictions of beasts, animals, and machines act as metaphors for human behavior and cycles of violence. My artwork is a response to intrusive behavior by humans towards nature and other human beings.

John Hitchcock is an Associate Professor of printmaking in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Brutality Ghosts and the Angel of Death
Drawing/screenprint, 60” x 44”