Second Painting

I call this the second painting because it is the second of what I envision as being three...all of which do... and will... express what I feel so deeply. I have been overcome with the abundance of ignorance, selfishness and greed....what I often refer to as the "me-me" attitude... and these paintings are my response.

Those of you in my classes, knowing how I feel about using black, are probably laughing at my use of it. The thing is, for these paintings, I feel black is the only "color" which represents the negative effectively.

I had a hard time titling this one and am still not certain the title Tomorrow? will remain. I hope it asks the questions loud enough for people to answer.

This painting is in response to the greed of fracking.... the threat of global warming, the poisoning of our waters and our earth. How far will we allow it to go before we step up and do something about it? Hence the title is a question. Is this our Tomorrow?... Or do we, like the figure in the painting, plant to restore and nourish hope?

Wouldn’t you know it! In writing that last sentence I settled on the final title.

Planting Hope