Faith + Dreams Painting

"Faith + Dreams" is a portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr using oil paints and various painting knives. Dr. King was a world famous Civil Rights activist and figure. I was considering figures who I felt where pivotal in US Society and who also connected with myself on a personal level. Dr. King was known as a man of strong religious faith and is very famously remembered for his speech, "I have a Dream" referring to his dream for civil equality with disregard to race/color and gender. This painting and title echo that concept of continuing faith in the pursuit of one's dreams. The painting comes with hanging wire and hardware and has also been varnished to protect the painting.