Liberty Once Lost is Lost Forever (2026)$19,500
Currently featured and available in my private collection.
ARTIST STATEMENT (LIBERTY ONCE LOST IS LOST FOREVER)
This mosaic reimagines the American flag through the language of modern life.
Thousands of reclaimed computer keyboard keys—objects once used to communicate ideas, opinions, and beliefs—are assembled into a timeless national symbol.
Above, the flag stands resolute; below, the word LIBERTY anchors the work, rendered with deliberate clarity and space, demanding to be read, not glanced over.
By using discarded technology, the piece bridges generations, reminding us that freedom is not static— it must be continually expressed, defended, and passed forward.
Each key represents an individual voice; together, they form a unified whole, echoing the founding principle that liberty survives only through collective responsibility.
This work is both homage and warning. Liberty is inherited, but it is never guaranteed.
Once lost, it is not easily regained.
There is a word search spelled out with the keys hidden throughout the artwork.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
-Thomas Jefferson
Liberty once lost is lost forever.
-John Adams
Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
-Benjamin Franklin
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance.
-James Madison
These are the times that try men’s souls.
-Thomas Paine
Give me liberty, or give me death!
-Patrick Henry
The land of the free and the home of the brave.
-Francis Scott Key
A government of the people, by the people, for the people.
- Abraham Lincoln
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