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"My only response to destruction is to create".
In some small way I hope these paintings I've created out of my sense of urgency provoked by the evil acts perpetuated against our great country on September 11, 2001 convey the sensations of terror, horror and sadness felt by all humanity.
It is inconceivable to me that a person(s) could hold such hate for his fellow human beings as to purposely invent monumental destruction of innocent people. We must all be brave in the face of this disaster and vow that this horrific deed should never be forgotten or repeated in any form anywhere in the world.
Tsunami
30" x 40"
oil on paper
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"Tsunami" - The wind roared, the sky turned black, and the earth shook. Shoshanna and Guy were enjoying their first day of their honeymoon on the beach of an exotic resort in the Philippines. Everything was supposed to be beautiful...wonderful.
But suddenly it was Hell. They didn't know where to run. People were scattering about as the buildings fell and the palm trees broke in half. They clung to each other, not knowing what to do with themselves. Then the wind changed, and a giant roar could be heard from the ocean. A huge wave bigger than a ten story building was racing towards them.
They were frozen in fear as the rush and push of the water blasted away all their hopes and dreams into a watery hell. Shoshanna and Guy were never seen again, they just disappeared with hundreds of others into the greatest tsunami disaster the world had ever experienced. |
Earthquake
40" x 30"
mixed media on paper
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"Earthquake" - I had only just arrived in Los Angeles to start a new life after my young husband died in Chicago. I was in a new apartment, which just received its last piece of furniture to complete its decor. Everything was perfect. Then, early the next morning, around 4:00 A.M. I was tossed out of my bed ith a giant lurch and I thought the world had come to an end. The building shook and swayed and creaked and groaned. I lay on the floor listening to things crashing down from the walls and cabinets. Had I died and gone to Hell? No, I just experienced my first earthquake in Los Angeles. I can hardly wait for another. |
Iraq
50" x 50"
oil on board
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"Iraq" - What could be more definitive than the destruction, material and intangible, that war and aggression causes?
"Iraq" shows a particular battlefield, no winners, no losers, just unrecognizable remains.
That usually is the outcome of all wars.
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Why?
36" x 24"
mixed media
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"Why?" - War comes from a primitive part of the human brain. Humans are capable of both great acts of kindness and horrible acts of murder and destruction. Individual citizens are always wonderful, lovely people, but their leaders get crazy with greed and power, causing terrible atrocities to occur.
We should all be above these despicable acts, but somehow get mesmorized into cultivating and permitting hate and distrust. Wouldnąt it be a sensational world if this section of the human brain could be modified into generosity, goodness and kindness?
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Dear Dad
30" x 30"
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"Dear Dad" - Got the Easter card and box of candy from you and Mom, and loved both. I ate the entire box of chocolate late last night. It was so good. I can't wait to come home. My best buddy got his legs blown off yesterday and they don't think he's going to make it. Things are pretty bad here. I'm supposed to ship out next month, but there have been a lot of uprisings and there is talk that no one is going home for a while. I'll let you know when I know. Well, I better get to sleep now. Give Mom a kiss.
Love Chuckie |
Lead Them to Heaven
28" x 24"
acrylic on canvas
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"Lead Them to Heaven" - Provoked by such a horrible incident of the destruction of the World Trade towers in New York City, our Lady of Liberty cries real tears as she offers up the remains of the towers to heaven.
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9/11/01
24" x 28"
acrylic on canvas
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"9/11/01" - Time passes, and our country seems to still be swimming in the same state of affairs as it was when the terrible tragedy of "9/11/01" occurred. We are locked in a struggle in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the other countries in the Middle East aren't looking too good at this point either.
We went into Iraq without a plan, and now we've taken up a war that Russia couldn't win after years and years of fighting the Taliban in the remote mountains of Afghanistan. When does it all end? The world cannot take another world war. With our nuclear capabilities we will destroy ourselves and every living thing on this earth! All we can do as individual citizens is hope for the best and pray in our own way that our race of human beings will not destroy everyone and everything. |
Tears
20" x 18"
pastel
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"Tears" - Provoked by such a horrible incident that our Lady of Liberty cries real tears...
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