Chaos

"Chaos", 20"x30", pastel, charcoal, gesso, ink. This is my last painting for 2016 and it was another one that I had no idea would be so timely when I started it. In a very somber coincidence I photographed my model at the exact same city square in Berlin where the attack at the Christmas Market happened today, Dec 19, 2016 (of course here I abstracted the background)! The photos were taken more than a year ago when I photographed my female models for my Berlin Wall series. I knew I wanted to paint Juri, too, and had the general idea in mind (my commentary of the chaos we are leaving behind for the next generation). I started this about a week ago and finished it today just as I was learning of the attacks in my hometown. It left me shaking...

To see progress shots of the creation of this piece, please click here for my blog post.

• Published in Poets and Artists Magazine, issue #82, The Male Muse, Feb 2017, as a double page
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• Selected as part of the FAV15% (jury's favorite 15% of the entries) in the December 2016 BoldBrush Painting competition.
• Published in Pratique Des Arts, a French art magazine, October 2017
• Featured on the TV show "How I Met Your Father" 2022
• Accepted into Shoebox Arts' TEXT/MESSAGE exhibition , Los Angeles, CA, June 2023