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These are my protest paintings.
If I become really concerned about something, instead of writing to the newspaper, I put brush to canvas. Click on the
image to view a larger version.
Jenny Smith
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I think this painting is self
explanatory - although some have suggested that McDonalds might feel it is promoting them. Obviously, I wasn't
thinking along those lines when I painted it.
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| Earth in Heaven |
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| GW |
This portrait of George W Bush
was painted before the November 2004 election. At this time my feelings where that he was a simple fool and that he
was playing with world affairs. He said that God was on his side but I felt it was more likely that the Devil was directing
him.
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| King George III the Second |
After the 2004 elections Bush
started to behave like royalty. I painted him wearing King George III's coronation robes with the British coronation
crown, topped by the Statue of Liberty, at his side. Like his namesake he is not too interested in the rights of US
citizens, as can be seen from his treatment of the Bill of Rights document on which he is standing.
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| Emperor George the Destroyer |
By the summer of 2006 Bush was
acting more like the Emperor Nero. I have painted him standing in front of The White House which is about to go up in
flames, in the middle of the desert that the USA has become, dangling the tattered Stars and Stripes in the dirt.
In his left hand he holds the scales of justice with the Statue of Liberty outweighed by a coffin, on which is written in
Roman Numerals the number of dead resulting from his 'Operation Iraqi Freedom'. This stood at 249,840 in August 2006
when the painting was completed.
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