Hard Choices Artwork - Limited Edition of 250

The work was inspired by Edmond Charles, who was forced to make a choice overseas during the citizen Genet Affair in 1793-1794. Genet arrived in the United States with the mission of seeking American support for France in its wars against Great Britain and Spain. His actions went beyond diplomatic norms in violated American neutrality. He began commissioning American ships as privateers to attack British vessels recruited American citizen to join French expeditions against Spanish territories, and openly defied the wishes of President George Washington administration. As his actions became increasingly provocative in Chinese American sovereignty. He found himself in a precarious position. The US government demanded that France recall him, but didn’t it face the dilemma of either obeying these orders, and returning to France, or to find them in risking potential consequences, such as a race or exposure from the US. Ultimately under pressure from both the American government in his own superior admin, Edmond Charles Genet chose to comply with the request for his record in August 1793 requested a cylon from Washington’s administration rest, then returning to France, where he feared, reprisals for his unauthorized access in America. I feel that Genet had the first opportunity to make a choice overseas worse his car controversial actions as friends ambassador to the United States during a sensitive period of international relations.