< > Artist: Cliff Eyland Title: Untitled (aa70) Date: 2004 Medium: acrylic on gessoed MDF board. 5"x3" (12.7x7.6 cm) Notes: This is a picture of a mushroom cloud, an important motif in Eyland's art. Nuclear war was feared more than other disasters like car accidents during Eyland's childhood, which was largely spent on Canadian air force bases. Atomic war was mentioned in conversation by his air force family only during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, when nuclear annihilation was expected.