Zulu Child Painting by Elliot Curtis

Painting: Oil on Canvas.

This painting was inspired by the confusion in the eyes of this young child preparing to be a warrior. so young and not knowing what lies ahead, boys as young as 10 have to start coming to terms with the fact that their childhood is over and it is time to become a man.

i want people to see that in some countries, children don't have a choice about what they wish to be they have to do what they have to do in order to survive.

some of us take our lives for granted and don't understand how lucky we are to be able to choose our own paths.

i have chosen oil on canvas for the absolute details I've been able to produce.