America

A pen and ink political piece on paper. I painted the background in acrylic wash. The color isn’t blood red, unless this is a Quentin Tarantino universe, in which case it’d be about right. The small details are difficult to see in the photo, so I’ll post detail images later. The figures are a satanic Uncle Sam, various demons, a dead and headless Miss America (bye-bye Miss America Pie…), and a butchered freedom figure in the foreground. Starting at the top and moving counter clockwise, the demons are Invasion of Privacy, Fascism, Pollution, Television, Apathy (with its eyes, ears, nose, and mouth sewn shut), Gluttony, Noise, and Violence. The design was based off of old Madonna and Child paintings from the late Medieval/Early Renascence periods.