#1 Calamity. Calamity is the first in this series exploring raw, human emotions. I created this piece with a white background melded with subtle black, symbolizing where I was in terms of experience with life... white being innocence; black the opposite. The bright red spilled upon this canvas represents what this calamity meant to me. Medium: Acrylic | Tool: Knife | Canvas: Birch "An event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster."- Oxford English Dictionary