Protest

What makes potent, striking art that says something important and provocative? How can art impact the world beyond it's borders. How can art relate and even influence current events through meaningful expressions? These questions are at the heart of protest art.

Above is Picasso's Guernica, arguably the greatest anti-war protest art. It depicts the city of Guernica, Italy being bombed by the Nazi Air Force. Civilians and farm animals are dying in a blaze of raining death rendered with ferocity in cubist form. The composition is understated in terms of color, with cool monochromes and washed out grays emphasizing the shape and line quality of the rest of the piece. Picasso's Guernica is my first inspiration for this project. In this piece Picasso was referencing the masterpiece of Goya:

The painting style of Goya is really quite interesting and Goya pallet's will defiantly influence my digital painting I will be doing for my project.
What's not to like about those tones? Rich, vivid, but carefully understated in medium saturation.
My piece will be called "Bloody February." Sketches, studies and studio production are coming soon!