painting project #2

My first painting assignment got pretty trashed in our first crit, so I wanted to redeem myself in my second assignment.

I re-did the project of making a painting that makes a statement. My idea was to make a painting of the banal moments that make up the destruction of the world. I was thinking that it's not really one crazed person wanting to destroy the world like Dr. Evil in Austin Powers, it's just people doing their jobs, going to meetings, determining how to maximize profit. So that's what this painting was about. As for the crit: they liked it, they really liked it. I really enjoyed painting it, too.

Detail (a little blurry):

It's oil on canvas, 40" x 46" (approx.)

It's a very tough schedule, for my painting class we have to paint one painting per week, and for my children's books class, we have to write one story & one illustration per week. It feels as hectic to me as foundation year at ECI.