Violence Is No Salvation Drawing

We live in a world where there is a growing unrest and violence seems to be some solution. Whether it’s at the street level or on an International scale it is not the answer and it liberates and saves nobody. I wanted to create a visual that was powerful and confronting, yet handled in a way that the was easy to understand. I hope viewers can acknowledge why the need to use this kind of iconography to carry the message. The paper was a cotton fibre so the surface has a slight 'furriness' to it, so it collected quite a few blemishes during the draw, which was perfect - I wanted a worn look. I used red pen ink as the blood elements because I wanted to capture that true darkness blood has. The really basic line detail is symbolic of an air bombing raid across the land. This piece was around an 80 hour draw time.

Drawing:Graphite on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 44 H x 0.1 D in

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