These pieces are based on the long-standing artistic tradition in both eastern and western cultures, using visual art as a means to make visible the mysterious and the invisible. The figures float in a darkened sky. They are serious, comical, and scary. They consist of heavy metals, lead and arsenic, mercury vapors, green-house-gases, agri-business, coal and oil. Some are ancient problems, lead and mercury, some are new problems, green-house-gasses, agri-business, all are unsolved difficulties faced by our society. My intent with this piece is to make visible the complicated and abstract issues of our time. By personifying these complex issues as “demons” I am attempting to develop an awareness of, and a dialogue on, the relationships amongst these “modern demons” and ourselves.