With Love From Me to You

'With Love From me to You' (22/12/2008) Dimensions 81 x 108 cm. Oil on board.

This painting is part of the group of paintings where I have been looking at the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In my last post I said I wanted a large painting to be displayed opposite the mass of smaller paintings, this painting was going to be that one. I decided however 'With Love' is not big enough, although the imagery in the painting is very close to that I will use in the larger version.

With this painting I wanted to show a different view, almost humorous, certainly a little ludicrous. To juxtapose with the smaller paintings I wanted a sort of propaganda image, I was looking at both photos of the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq as well as Socialist Realism.