Painting a Message ("A False Sense of Security")- Universal Truths

in art •  7 years ago 

This painting is part of a series i did early on in my artistic career. These paintings are both personal reflections but also Universal Truths. A Universal Truth to me is something that apply to everyone, all people, despite any race, gender, or sexuality. These series of paintings i did starting with "The Ego of Social Darwinism." I have posted a link to it below https://steemit.com/art/@paulcolumbus/abstract-surrealism-painting-the-ego-of-social-darwinism-a-universal-truth

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"A False Sense of security" 2014. Custom built Box Frame

This painting is symbolic of how living under a safety net (the umbrella) of financial security can really be a gloomy existence. The idea of never having a bill or care in the world or not having to support oneself, which is very prevalent in modern day society i.e. winning the lottery. Seems nice right? But there is no “True” reward in that. Really the people outside of the umbrella (Safety Net), are the people who are finding real happiness when the world rains down the golds they so desire. But they must first take the risk to step outside the umbrella, because nothing good ever does come easy, and you never know what you're made of until your back is up against the wall.

Here are a few close up shots
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The Painting with the frame on it is 18x25x2.5

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Love this brother. I need to put out our podcast where we talked about this.

hell yeah! i would love to hear that again, given we were both in such different places at that time too.

Interesting style. I haven't seen anything like it before. Nice work

@viazenar Thank you very much! Same here i defiantly feel like I've got a major original style. I tend to switch up techniques and style a lot too. These Universal Truths are kinda Basquait inspired, because he could relate a message without realism so well.

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@cheetah very cool! thanks for the upvote and yes this is the full page of paintings that are personal reflections/ universal truths

Love your style. Followed and resteemed

Much appreciated! plenty more to come.