I am new to the images of Atlanta-based contemporary artist Michi Meko, and I find myself drawn to his layered works on canvas and paper that blend ideas of ecology, life cycles, violence, landscape and history. In the 2022 mixed media piece “Crappie Painting: Render an Apocalypse. A Life for a Life. How to Kill a Fish”, Meko uses fishing line and dried scales from a crappie fish along with acrylic, aerosol, white pencil, gold leaf and sequins.