Defenders Of the Nation - Limited Edition 1 of 1 Print

I born at vizanagaram at andhrapradesh state India,on 22 nd sep 1981 Ever since I can remember, Ive been troubled by the state of things. Maybe it was all that talk about heaven in school. A perfect world, why isnt like that here? I feel ripped off. Even the animals didnt eat each other in heaven. Imagine that. You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you Leon Trotsky Given this beautiful planet, our intelligence, talent and opposable thumbs, one would think that things for us would be a lot better than they are. I suppose Ive carried a general disappointment in human nature for quite a while that makes itself apparent in most of my work. It seems to me that in terms of what we do to each other and to our environment, we really are fiddling while Home burns. Perhaps we are either to smart or too dumb for our own good. As a result of this perspective, satirical work is the logical direction for me. Humor allows for comment to be made without alienating the viewer. I believe it also it also shows a larger view and some affection and sympathy for the players in it. Mark Twain and I are in very much the same position. We have put things in such a way as to make people who would otherwise hang us, believe that we are joking George Bernard Shaw.In my paintings I see the world as a cosmic stage for human activity. Im in the audience like a court reporter taking notes with my sketchbook and brushes, playing the critic, here to observe and make comment. I usually begin a painting with a beautiful natural landscape, but cant seem to leave it at that. Because of my need to make comment, I feel compelled to fill it up with depictions of absurd human activities and/ or violent acts of revenge by Mother Nature. These depictions are full of symbolism, exaggeration and parody, much in the manner of political cartoons. I like to how men involved in their own tiny dramas while oblivious to greater and more powerful forces around them. Men go to war because they enjoy it General John Pershing Most of my work in the past has had social and political undertones and made comments in a symbolic and general way about the human predicament. It was not aimed at specific individuals or situations, but events in the world and the political direction of this country in the past few years have been alarming to me. I feel that it is a time for artists with a political bent to make stronger statements with a clearer message.