We have all heard the term by now ‘reducing your footprints’
well this piece focuses on our handprints. During the dry season although
authorities advise citizens against burning their ruble they still do anyway
and then we may end up with a wild fire. A simple thing as dropping a lit
cigarette in the bush can destroy everything that mother nature has spent
building for years. This piece is a plaster paris mixture with my hand print in
the center. It’s my first time experimenting with this media and I had to work
fast as it began to harden the moment I finish mixing. I then held my hand in
place for about 5 minutes then slowly removed my palm to allow the piece to
finish dry. When time came to paint it I did not have an objective in mind but
as I painted the hand in red I was inspired to do something I feel strongly
about. The hand represents the fire and around it is the greenery that is being
burnt by a fire started of the human hand.
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