So this painting is based off of a quote that I found that states "When will our conscious grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?" I was required to make this painting "messy" so I decided to use a lot of different techniques to create this piece. I cut and glued pictures to the ground to help lay a foundation. I decided to give the dirt and grass a texture to it, so I used cold wax as a medium. I wanted to make the dirt dark and messy to represent the "human misery" and the grenades represent the violence of "human misery" but also represent the bulbs of the flowers that are growing. The flowers are representing humans "preventing" the "human misery" symbolizing peace. To include the quote in the piece, I chose to scratch it in with a screw. The large image catches the viewers attention, but I put the quote on small so it would draw the viewer in to look closely at the detail.
