Oil on Canvas – 12” x 48”
March 2017
This is a conceptual symbolic painting meant to portray various degrees of insecurity, and uncertainty, that are taking place with our planet and with many cultures. In Colombia, specifically, a recent Internationally acclaimed peace deal signed in November 2016 between the Colombian Government and the Marxist FARC guerillas, is viewed in the eyes of many indigenous communities in Colombia with great uncertainty.
Power vacuums have resulted in areas where the FARC are disarming, and illegal bands and government sponsored paramilitaries that represent multinational interests, are already moving in to fill those vacuums, and violently silencing anyone who speaks up against them. Expansion of Oil Palm monocultures, which destroy forests and biodiversity, is a prime example of a recent trend. Colombia, with the “peace” has plans to vastly expand their Oil Palm industry, which is already the fourth biggest producer in the world and largest in the Americas.
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