Warning XX Century / diptych / 1984 - 1995 Painting

Picture "Warning - 20th Century" was created in a period of about 11 years as I always would leave for revision. I thought it an incomplete and inconclusive, in that time I have worked on other projects. In 1995 we celebrate 50 years but the end of World War II and then decided to put maximum effort to finish work on it. Thematically, it is divided into two parts - war and peace. Working I thought I could use a style of iconography by transferring the Byzantine icon in the modern world. Excessive detail comes from the theme of the 20th Century. I also used the stylish features of realism, impressionism, abstractionism and surrealism. Symbols, texts, reliefs, signs, shapes and colors I wanted to provoke people into thinking about these events, make them aware and to never leads to such dramatic and detrimental to humanity such things as death and destruction. The technique is classical oil painting on linen canvas - layered and multilayered alternating transparent paint and thick layers of paint. Relief is achieved by layering and impasto. The picture is bought by a collector in Bulgaria.