Medium: Acrylic and watercolor on paper

Size: 375.9x772.2mm or 14.8x30.4in

Date: 2018

I represent each US state and inhabited US territory with a 7x7cm square. A square is colored based on the economic disparity between top 1% and bottom 99% in that region. The higher the contrast between two colors, the greater the economic inequality in the region. In this sense, I painted New York in black and white because New York has the greatest economic inequality between top 1% and bottom 99% and has the greatest contrast between its two colors.

Further, I organized these regions from left to right in a grid based on their number of electoral votes per population. In the far left, Wyoming has the biggest number of electoral votes per population. In the opposite corner, California has the least electoral votes per population of US states. The US inhabited territories, having no voting rights, are listed from smallest to biggest population.