Love Me, Leave Me, Kill Me, Eat Me 

2024 

Intaglio with aquatint on Hahnemühle 

10 x 6.25 inches 

“Lets domesticate an exotic venomous animal just because it looks cool. Then when we get bored, we’ll chuck it into the ocean!” Lionfish are an invasive species that are not supposed to be native to the Atlantic coast. They were victims of displacement by exotic pet dealers and later released into the coast when their former owners no longer desired to care for them. Lionfish have no known predators when released into this environment and disrupt local ecosystems and threaten coral reefs. A campaign has been launched to kill and eat them on sight. They were beloved then abandoned, and now hunted and eaten.