Peace, 1973. Painting

A pair of doves, one with an olive branch soaring across a blood red sky. The 1st oil painting I did at the age of 13 while I was living at my grandma's on Maui. My father was station on Thailand at the time. I went with my mother to an art store and bought my first painting supplies. I still have some of those tubes of oil. My sense of aesthetics hasn't changed much in 40 years. The Vietnam War was coming to an end. The troops were coming home. That whole revolutionary youth movement, rock n roll, peace and love was still prevalent, but it was loosing steam and a chapter in American history was coming to and end. I missed Jimi Hendrix by a couple of years playing Upcountry on Maui in a field. It was and exciting and interesting time to be growing up on Maui. Peace and War. What else can I say... it's all around us. I hope my art can make a difference for a more peaceful world that we all share. Peace, Carl