Karen Kaapcke: Painting #OWS

Karen Kaapcke, Occupy Wall Street 1, 2011
Karen Kaapcke, Occupy Wall Street 1, 2011

Painter Karen Kaapcke writes about her experiences painting the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park.

Kaapcke writes: "I needed to go paint at Zuccotti Park, to grant it the seriousness, the respect and the statement of importance that was, I felt, lacking. There was a certain element of fear, or of risk involved on the days I went. And then, I thought about those down there and the risks they were taking and realized that my fears potentially paled in comparison... I don't usually paint among others, let alone in such an active crowd. I didn’t know how I was going to proceed, I just went."