yesterday i had a revelation. I had some images stored away for over a year in my mind for a painting i wanted to do. Yesterday i finally started that painting. It seems to be merging quite well with where i am at mentally with my work right now. I have been looking to move forward and step outside my usual comfort zone of straight up figurative sculpture, painting, and drawing. I plan on merging that with concepts and ideas on the current state of our socioeconomic landscape. Merging figures, landscapes and literal statements using a variety of media and techniques. I have been hoping to explore different painting styles and media combinations for sometime. It seems to fit well with the current theme i am researching.
Piece #1 standing in lines
A statement on our current divide of socioeconomic class, the downtrodden state-of-mind of a group of people, the hopelessness of unemployment and disapperance of attaining the American dream for many families. Standing in lines waiting for a chance to get help with jobs, heating assistance, food, healthcare, and shelter as each passing year people get enveloped deeper and deeper into their role as "the poor." Dreams of a home, a job, and a certain quality-of-life float away with the clouds in the sky. People are labeled as such and walk around feeling the eyes of others demeaning them everywhere they go, being looked down on as worthless, uneducated, and lazy. In a constant purgatory state between having the hope to come out of the cloud of depression, hopelessness and having the wear-with-all to get through another year of struggling to survive or ultimately succumbing to the fate you fear has become your reality and your future. This is where many people exist in time and space. Not really a part of one or the other, in a state of anxiety, confusion, depression, and survival as the sickening divide between the rich and the poor gets even larger.
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