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by Ian Duncan MacDonald
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This is a large wall sculpture/painting (30 inches X 48 inches X 1 inch.
A giant eye is peering through the bars of a tiny... more
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11 oz.
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Description
This is a large wall sculpture/painting (30 inches X 48 inches X 1 inch.
A giant eye is peering through the bars of a tiny window into a prison where wall is covered with the graffiti of famous quotations about freedom..
The top layer contains the bars and window. You look through the bars to the bottom layer where the eye is painted on a mirror one inch behind the bars.
The painting never fails to attract a crown when it is exhibited. The viewers spend time reading and discussing the quotations. It was not meant to be beautiful . It was meant to be raw and provocative as it depicts the quest for freedom.
This painting was once taken down at a show in a hotel because the hotel management thought if might offend American hotel guests even though several of the quotations are by US presidents and philosophers : "Trust No Man With Power", John Adams; "Freedom Lies in Being Bold", Robert Frost; "Democracy is Nothing More than Mob Rule, where 51% o...
Ian Duncan MacDonald. "Artists are different. That creative void inside of them is filled by the gift of art. That persistent need to create. It keeps them striving. It's less about the destination than the path." For decades, I worked in oil, acrylic, ink and pastels. Now, I mostly create images in a digital medium. The speed and effects l can create by manipulating pixels on a computer screen, I find both exciting and very liberating. Interested in my background? Go to my webstite www.informus.ca. If you have any questions about my art, please contact me at imacd@informus.ca. I am always curious to learn why people have bought my images as I am incapable of choosing one over another. It is a bit like which of your children...
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David Bearden
Ian, stunning and important work...a fave and vote...
Ian Duncan MacDonald replied:
Thanks David. I did this painting 6 years ago and it appears that little has changed. If anything freedom continues to erode.