On the Top of Unstable World

Oil on canvas.

15x30"

This is original artwork. I made it with brushes, palette knives, and fingers. Ready to hang. Vertical. Unframed.

This painting is a new version of the famous "Girl on the Ball" by Pablo Picasso in 1905. There is a significant difference between now and then: a young acrobat girl balances on a ball while under the supervision of a powerful man, with a serene landscape in the background. Now, I see this lonely, fragile teenager struggling to balance the instability of our world. We all know about global warming: deadly fires in Australia, California, and Alberta, tsunamis, and hurricanes.
Can we do something to give our children a better world? That is why my painting, which is the first variation, is titled "All we are saying is give the world a chance" (after John Lennon's famous "...give peace a chance ").