This painting is based on an encounter observed by the artist’s husband, an ornithologist, in Muir Woods: two chipmunks systematically raiding a hermit thrush nest as the parent birds watched, unable to intervene. By placing a screech owl—the chipmunk’s natural predator—within the composition, Bozic introduces a layered tension that reframes the scene through the lens of ecological interdependence.

Rather than presenting a simple narrative of victim and aggressor, Enemy of My Enemy foregrounds the complexity of survival strategies and shifting relationships within an ecosystem. The work reflects on how these intricate, often overlooked interactions mirror broader emotional and existential patterns in human life, inviting viewers to consider the fragile and continual negotiations that sustain all living systems.

The series begins with Echo in the Grain.