Preservation and more specifically the act of keeping an event or structure in existence is the driving force behind my research and creativity. I create visual representations of specific historical events and architectural sites through various printmaking techniques. Recently, the focus of my art pieces has been on decaying structures and historical events resulting in destruction. I am captivated by the structure of architecture, but knowing the historical significance of a structure along with its degradation furthers my motivation to preserve it through art. I research sites and occurrences in the United States, with a more recent, narrow focus on Colorado. I utilize a combination of linear marks with gestural, painterly marks to depict recognizable architectural structures amidst chaos and disorder. This piece is part of a series where I illustrated the Old Main Fire that occurred at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. During the Vietnam War, college campuses became places for anti-war activism and protest. On May 7-8, CSU students went on strike in protest of Nixon’s announcement of the US invasion of Cambodia and the Kent State Shooting. On the night of May 8, one of CSU’s oldest and first significant buildings, Old Main, was burned down along with an attempt to burn down the ROTC building. No one was ever charged for arson. Theories about who burned down Old Main range from student activists to an outside agitator aiming to create division between students and the Fort Collins community to extreme, non-student anti-war activists.