Commission

I'm currently working on a commission piece and therefore will not be posting a new painting this week. However, I will have a new work up for sale next week sometime, so be sure to check back!

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Gorge

Acrylic on Canvas, *12" x  12"
SOLD

The Soviet Union dumped 1.7 million tons of grain on Western markets during the Genocide.

Nearly a fifth of a ton of grain was exported for each person who died of starvation.

                  -http://www.ukrainiangenocide.com/index.html

Gorge once again alludes to the Ukrainian genocide - A robin gorged with wheat, far more than he can eat. I use the robin as a symbol for the former Soviet Union due to the red colour of their breast. Like the Soviet Union under Stalin's regime, this robin has obviously taken more than his share. From another angle, this bird might be in the process of bringing up food for its young - giving away the nourishment rather than keeping it for himself just as the people of Ukraine were forced to give up their bountiful harvests. Only unlike a bird, they were not giving up their food for their own young, they were giving it up for the Soviet Union, and they were unnable to keep enough for themselves.

*This painting is on gallery style canvas, which is 2" deep.