Original painting available — $600. Acrylic on canvas, 11 × 14 inches. Select “Original” below to purchase.

Fine-art prints are available in three sizes.

A teacher stands at the center of her classroom with an open book while students around her raise guns and a phone instead of their hands. Familiar symbols of learning—the chalkboard, globe, alphabet, and American flag—collide with the threat of violence in this unsettling reflection on what it means to teach and learn in an era of school shootings.